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The most famous of the many waterfalls and flumes in the first few miles of the River Severn's existence.
Hafren forest, Powys, Wales, UK
Reflections on Caban coch reservoir, Powys, Wales, UK
Caban Coch is part of a series of Elan Valley Reservoirs that include the Claerwen, Craig-goch, Pen-y-garreg and Garreg-ddu.
The man-made lakes were built to provide drinking water for the people of Birmingham, the reservoirs are owned and managed by Welsh Water.
Had to work hard on this one as I used a polariser with the sun not quite in the best position and it caused a lot of sun flares too, which took some time getting rid of.
Taken using a Nikon D90 at 16mm, f/16, 1/60 sec with tripod, cable release and polarising filter.
Nothing quite like it, the spray was incredible, especially close up. This was mid October with autumn just getting under way.
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This is a black and white edit on an abstract I took at Borth beach in Aberystwyth, Wales a few years ago.
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Juvenile 'Fish Hawk' posing with a glass water background reflecting early autumn colours in the water.
The Alwen Reservoir or Cronfa Alwen is a 5km long reservoir near Pentre-Llyn-Cymmer in the county borough of Conwy, North Wales, held back by the 27 metre high Alwen Dam. It impounds the Afon Alwen, and the dam is 8km downstream from Llyn Alwen. It was built between 1909 and 1921, originally to supply water to the town of Birkenhead, near Liverpool. Today it is part of the River Dee regulation system and is operated by Welsh Water / Dŵr Cymru (DCWW).
The dam is a gravity-arch masonry dam. The "first stone" of the dam records that the engineers were Sir Alex. Binnie, Son and [George] Deacon and the contractors were Robert McAlpine and Sons. A large water treatment facility was built below the dam, and a cast iron underground aqueduct laid to Birkenhead. The original water treatment buildings are still standing, but the equipment inside has long gone, replaced by modern plant in a new building
An early start and some waterfalls I've never been to before.
As the light was rising, it appeared over the top of the waterfall produced some nice rays.
I felt that this was better in B&W than colour.
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The Elan Valley Reservoirs were originally constructed by Birmingham Corporation to improve water supplies to the English midland city.
Today they are managed by Dwr Cymru (Welsh Water) and are an important recreational resource as well as a water resource.
The scale of engineering is typical of the municipal pride displayed in late Victorian public civil engineering projects.
More photographs of the Elan Valley Reservoirs can be found here: www.jhluxton.com/Wales/Powys/Elan-Valley/
Craig Goch Dam, the highest upstream of the series of dams in the Elan Valley, is often referred to as the 'top dam'. It is located at a height of 1040 feet (317m) above sea level.
(More photographs of the Elan Valley can be found here: www.jhluxton.com/Wales/Powys/Elan-Valley/)
As with all the dams, work started with the arrival of the railway line at the site. In the case of the top dam the line had the farthest to go and a rocky outcrop had to be blasted and dug through on the route to the site. Work on excavating the foundations for a secure base for the structure started in July 1897, some three years after the start of work on the lowest dam at Caban Coch.
Craig Goch is seen by many as the most attractive of the dams, with an elegantly curved retaining wall and a series of arches carrying a narrow roadway across the top of the dam. It has a domed valve tower and the structure is typical of the 'Birmingham Baroque' style of much of the waterworks scheme.
Wide angle image of a plastic bath duck floating in Atlantic Wharf between Cardiff Bay and Cardiff City Centre. A Lightroom edit of an old upload, where does the time go...
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One of the dams situated in the Elan Valley near Rhayader in Mid Wales. The dams supply water to Birmingham and the water flows by gravity along the 73 miles of pipeline