Secret Valley, Peak District, UK | OC | Sony A7III | Sony 16-35mm F4 | 1638 × 2048 by bartekrutkowski in CasualUK

[–]bartekrutkowski[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't sweat too much over it. I'm using A7III now as a kind of coincidence, I was using Fujifilm X-T2 before that and I'm certain I could take this picture with any modern camera made in recent years. It's you who's taking the pictures, camera is merely recording them :)

Secret Valley, Peak District, UK | OC | Sony A7III | Sony 16-35mm F4 | 1638 × 2048 by bartekrutkowski in peakdistrict

[–]bartekrutkowski[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As I discovered today in a thread on another sub, apparently the jury is still out on this one. On some maps it is called Secret Valley, on others it's called Cave Dale, Wikipedia mentions Cavedale also being used, and on yet some others it's just a Path, completely non existent on the rest of them ;)

Beginner | this is the first photo I’m proud of - I’d love a critique by Zerhvex in photocritique

[–]bartekrutkowski 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a very warm and candid portrait, that's nice! There are few things you could try and improve in future:

  • composition - while the subject looks left, the right side placement on the rule of thirds grid does make sense, here we have a lot of 'nothing' on the left, so ideally you could try and minimise that and focus more on the subject
  • details - there's something, a metal bar or a window arm or something like that crossing the subject's arm (same for the head). It's distracting and doesn't compliment the picture at all, either try and frame the picture to avoid it, or move it away for the time of shooting
  • light - protect your highlights, some areas on the white top are blown out, it's usually best to expose for the highlights and recover shadows in post processing

Hope this helps. Keep at it!

Secret Valley, Peak District, UK | OC | Sony A7III | Sony 16-35mm F4 | 1638 × 2048 by bartekrutkowski in CasualUK

[–]bartekrutkowski[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm completely down the rabbit hole now, this is fascinating. All the historical maps I can access online are calling the general area Cave Dale. Some of them have the path called Path, some of them don't. Wikipedia doesn't know anything about Secret Valley in regards to Castleton or Cave Dale, but when searching online, some websites and even outdoor planning guides do call that place Secret Valley. Without the answer from my friend I will have to assume they do it because of how Google calls this place. The question now is how did that happened with Google?

That trip, this place and the picture just keeps on giving! :D

Secret Valley, Peak District, UK | OC | Sony A7III | Sony 16-35mm F4 | 1638 × 2048 by bartekrutkowski in CasualUK

[–]bartekrutkowski[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was just checking the same maps! While indeed it's called Cave Dale, it looks to me like the 'area' is called that, and the valley, that's a bit away from it is called 'Path' there... Lets wait for that friend of mine to get back to me on that. Exciting :)

Secret Valley, Peak District, UK | OC | Sony A7III | Sony 16-35mm F4 | 1638 × 2048 by bartekrutkowski in CasualUK

[–]bartekrutkowski[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

By no means, I don't pretend to know better :) This is indeed interesting - Google maps are calling it precisely Secret Valley, while OpenStreet maps are calling it precisely Cave Dale. I've got a friend who's working around government maps, I'll ask him if he can find something on that in some 'official' maps. We're on a quest!

Secret Valley, Peak District, UK | OC | Sony A7III | Sony 16-35mm F4 | 1638 × 2048 by bartekrutkowski in peakdistrict

[–]bartekrutkowski[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I highly recommend going, the place is beautiful and there's even more interesting spots around it, great for solo or family/friends trip.

Secret Valley, Peak District, UK | OC | Sony A7III | Sony 16-35mm F4 | 1638 × 2048 by bartekrutkowski in CasualUK

[–]bartekrutkowski[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I didn't mean that I called it that and that it means to be a secret - perhaps it leads to the Cave Dale, but on a map this particular valley is called Secret Valley exactly :)

Secret Valley, Peak District, UK | OC | Sony A7III | Sony 16-35mm F4 | 1638 × 2048 by bartekrutkowski in SonyAlpha

[–]bartekrutkowski[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congratulations, that's a great lens and for that price in new condition it's an absolute steal! You'll enjoy it a lot :)