1977

SK0888 : Beneath Kinder Downfall

taken 47 years ago, 5 km E of Little Hayfield, Derbyshire, England

Beneath Kinder Downfall
Beneath Kinder Downfall
Kinder Scout, Peak District, Derbyshire

Scanned from a print taken from an original 35mm colour transparency.

This scene – one of my all-time favourite pictures from my earlier hillwalking days – is on Kinder Scout, and was taken when a friend and I were exploring among the rocks beneath the famous Kinder Downfall. Too cold to hang around for long, I seized this opportunity for a picture before moving on, only to realise minutes later that the shutter speed on my camera had for some reason been set at 1/15th second. I expected nothing more than a blurred unrecognisable picture as a result, so was pleasantly surprised when my processed colour slides were returned.

Camera: Olympus 35RC
Lens: E. Zuiko 42mm f/2.8 5 elements in 4 groups
Focus range: 0.9 metres to infinity
Shutter-speed: B, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500
Aperture: 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22

Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Mike Nield and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Kinder Scout [17] · Rock [6] · Peak District [4] · Famous Kinder Downfall [2] ·
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SK0888, 107 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Mike Nield   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 3 April, 1977   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 23 November, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 08259 88887 [1m precision]
WGS84: 53:23.8050N 1:52.6357W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 0826 8887
View Direction
North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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