Trooper’s Hill

Another HDR experiment

This picture was taken on Trooper’s Hill as another test of my HDR technique. It certainly looks odd, but there’s a strange charm to it, I think.

HDR in a copper smelter

This picture is my first attempt at HDR. It was taken inside the chimney on Trooper’s Hill using a fisheye lens.

This film has been in my Mamiya RB67 since December 2011, when we went to Clevedon for Hannah’s birthday. Unfortunately a storm blew up while we were on the end of the pier with ridiculous amounts of wind and rain. Nonetheless, we’re English, and we sat there and damn well enjoyed it. When the rainContinue reading “Clevedon Pier & Troopers Hill”

On Troopers Hill at night

Tonight found me on top of Troopers Hill, which overlooks the city of Bristol. It’s about three miles from the centre, so it affords pretty spectacular views. Click this image below for a somewhat larger version, or inspect the really huge version. I also took this long-exposure shot of the chimney on the top ofContinue reading “On Troopers Hill at night”

Season of mists

This picture of Troopers Hill inspired me to look up John Keats’s well-known poem. I also entered this picture into the Photo Challenge. To Autumn Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; ToContinue reading “Season of mists”

A selection of black & white views around Bristol

These pictures are an odd assortment from a film I’ve had in my camera for a while. This is the old chimney on Troopers Hill. A black & white view of Dower House. This was taken at the same time of my panorama of east Bristol. Not too far from Stoke Park and Dower House,Continue reading “A selection of black & white views around Bristol”

Trooper’s Hill today is a nature reserve near the centre of Bristol, in St George. It is steeply hilly and undulating, with rocky outcrops and mini cliffs as a result of mining for coal, copper, clay and slate at various points over the centuries. It is mostly covered with grass and heather and is anContinue reading “Trooper’s Hill”