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Looking towards Cwm Dyli,it is Britain oldest power station at the time in 1905.And it one of the oldest grid - connected hydro electric stations in the world,it is situated in Eryri national park in North Wales.It is known locally as the Chapel in the valley, it is remotely controlled from Dolgarrog in the Conway valley.
Water for site comes from llyn llydaw 320 meters above the power station, where rainfall is very high,
All that’s left of this church near Newport, Pembrokeshire is this solitary wall, and part of the churchyard. The building was destroyed in a storm in the mid 19th century.
There is another view in the previous shot >>
HWW!
Our choice for today's adventure was either go to Cwmorthin Slate Quarry or head to Cwm Bychan which is near Beddgelert - after brief discussion we chose the latter.
This waterfall is at the end of Cwm Bychan near Nantmoor and I was firing a few blanks so was happy to see such a beautiful waterfall and that rowan tree looks good too.
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CWM Y EGLWYS
Church of the valley
Built right on sea shore
For sailors so free
With stone walls strong
Burial ground for souls
For fisherfolk too
Many years so passed
Then a storm sea came
Washing walls away.
Only the belfry
Stands protecting graves
In this place of peace.
By Henrhyde
Location
The Church of St Brynach, Cwm Yr Eglwys, Newport Bay , Pembrokeshire , West Wales
. Overlooking the picturesque pebble beach are the remains of the 12th Century church of St Brynach's, destroyed during a fierce storm in 1859.Also most of the ground and graveyard.
. Set in a secluded bay, Cwm Y Eglwys is said to have its own micro-climate and is
a few degrees warmer than elsewhere on the Pembrokeshire coast.
: Cwm yr Eglwys beach. Looking west over the picturesque cove of Cwm yr Eglwys (valley of the church) with the belfry of the 12thC church..
Looking west to Cwm Cau with the imposing Craig Cau at the head of the cwm. The summit of Cader Idris is the middle high ground ground on the right. Heavy rain was not far away but managed to get down just in time before a downpour. Hand held on a very windy afternoon and noticed later that the stabiliser was switched off unfortunately.
This photo was taken on a recent trip to Cwm Idwal. I had visited this spot many years ago but was unhappy with the photo I took at the time. So I decided to revisit the spot and I'm much happier with this shot.
The equipment I used to take this photo was a FujiFilm XT-3, FujiFilm 10 - 24mm F4 lens, Lee Landscape Polariser and a Lee N0.6 Soft Grad Filter.
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We had been thinking about hiking Cwm Eigiau for around a year but it took a while to finally get around to it. We first saw the valley while hiking Pen Llithrig yr Wrach which is one of the mountains which overlooks it.
The pathway is fairly flat and the linear walk is around 7 miles. The ground can be a little boggy in some areas but it is easy to find your way around without getting wet. At the end of the cwm there is series of old quarry buildings that belonged to the Cwm Eigiau Slate Quarry and Cedryn Quarry and they sit underneath Wales' second highest mountain: Carnedd Llewelyn.
The reservoir, Llyn Eigiau, was the scene of tragedy in 1926 when the walls of the dam burst resulting in the deaths of 16 people and the flooding of local homes and roads. You may also be able to find remains of several aircraft which crashed in three separate periods from the 1940s to the 1950s.
Another from a cold and gloomy, but very rewarding, day in Snowdonia. On a fine summer's day this place is swarming with people so it was a real treat to have it all to myself. I found a handy boulder that gave a fine viewpoint across Llyn Idwal and it's little island to the rock climbers playground the Idwal Slabs. I've been to this place more times than I can remember, but it still takes my breath away.
First adventure of 2017, an early morning Drive to Cwm Idwal in search of a bit of snow. No sunrise or sunshine to speak of but some quite dramatic cloud cover
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Climbing up from Aberglaslyn on an old miner's track through beautiful yellow and orange coloured autumn trees you eventually break out into the open of Cwm Bychan. And it is further up here that you are first met by the strange sight of "Transformer" style pylons leading up into the mountain. Apparently they date back to the start of the twentieth century and were built to exploit the workings of the old copper mine that was started in the early 18th century.
This shot shows the remains of the top station, the whole thing being very similar to a modern ski lift, but this one for carrying heavy copper ore and rock.
It's amazing what you discover in them thar hills of Snowdonia. In fact, it amazes me at the endeavour of mankind that they could find something like copper in such a remote and high place and then spend all that human effort carrying thousands of tons of raw rock down by hand for processing a couple of hundred years before they even built this ropeway. I just don't know what today's youth would even make of it. Far too much trouble. Far too much trouble to even learn about it!
Cwm Idwal magic.
Long exposure image taken in the twilight last night, made more dramatic by the backdrop of Devil's Kitchen and snow capped Glyder Fawr shrouded in cloud.
More snow please.......
I really enjoy walking around in a new location and finding compositions which I've never seen before. There are of course a plethora of well known "honeypot" locations throughout the UK, and they're aptly named for good reason, you just can't help but admire the view...
That said, there's a real thrill in finding a composition which you've never seen before and one which instantly clicks with you.
Take this picture for example, a beautiful January walk around a well trodden location, yet whilst I've seen photos of Llyn Idwal, I had never seen this particular one before and it instantly hit all the right notes.
In the backdrop are the mountains Foel Goch and Y Garn, towering over the lake below that is Llyn Idwal.
I can't always instantly understand what it is about a particular scene insofar as I'm able to instantly place my tripod as soon as I lay my eyes on it, knowing that it'll work. I'm not even sure if it's something I've learnt over the years through practicing the art of Landscape Photography or if it just comes naturally, but there are often times where in my mind's eye everything balances and then when processing the image on my computer I realise why the composition works.
In this particular scene there's a symmetry between the fore and background elements, the rock on the left hand side is pivotal in this image and without it, the balance is out of kilter.
On the right hand side the gentle and gradual slope of Y Garn is mirrored by the sloping cascade of Llyn Idwal's downstream outflow.
The mid layer of rocks frame this flow of water with a gentle passage from the upper mid left and eventually creates a rhythmic flow out of the picture, from left to right (that's helpful then, as in Western Culture, we read from left to right and read images from left to right too, which further adds to the balance).
Finally, the very background of the picture is balanced on either side as Foel Goch and Y Garn are flanked on their opposing sides by undulating terrain.
All of these elements create balance, and balance, in my opinion, is the most important aspect of composition.
Thanks to some youtube tutorials and some inspiration from Thomas Heaton I have had another look at some images which I originally thought would not see the light of day.