Marchlyn Mawr & Llanberis Jan 19/20 th 2020

My first trip out this year , a walk up to Marchlyn mawr reservoir in the mountains near to Dinowig , Llanberis.     The weather is looking very nice, clear blue sky and very light winds, which is not good for photography though!
Parking up with the route straight up the road ,which goes directly up to the reservoir. It is a steady climb all the way.

               There is not much snow on the tops , it has been a very warm winter so far.

A great view across to Anglesey, I can see Penmon point lighthouse over to the far right , and Newborough and Llanddwyn island over to the far left in the distance.  Holyhead mountain is also clearly visible in the distance.

                                          Lovely light down there, but not up here unfortunately.

 Having reached the reservoir, a quick phone pic and now time to get the drone in the air for a few images.

                     All  9 frame panoramas  from the maximum height allowed which is 400 ft

                Time to walk back down now, there are no more compositions to be shot here.
The next day I have brought the Terrible Twosome out with me, Ozzy pup needs a slightly longer walk now he is 5 months old and growing fast .   A walk along to Dinorwig quarry early in the morning .
Both posing fairly nicely , it will take time to get him to pose like Mol did, but he is doing  pretty good already .

                   A 3 frame hdr merge of the old quarry buildings high up on the slate mountain.

This quarry must have been amazing when actually in use, there are disused buildings everywhere dotted around the mountains .

Leaving the Quarry, I have driven around to Llanberis and stopped of at Dolbadarn castle .There is quite a lot of cloud building up over the mountains on my right approaching this direction, so I need to get the drone up quickly as there is a clearing of the clouds which may allow the sun to break through to illuminate the castle.
After a couple of minutes the sun did exactly what I wanted ,  I managed just two sets of frames for these 2 Vertorama images before the light went .   perfect .

                                                                  5 frames merged

                                                                   6 frames merged

Time to move on , and just down the road near the bottom of Nant Peris I have stopped to take this panorama image of the lovely light on the mountains.

            Now to give the boys a run,  stopping of on the beach on the way home ,  happy pups.

The end of a couple nice days out …………………..

Cornwall July 2018 pt1 Polperro & Holywell

We are on our way down to Cornwall, staying at our usual camp site "Crossroads" which is in Cubert , near Newquay.   this will be the last holiday in the caravan as we have just purchased a motorhome which we will pick up when we get back home.
As usual for our holidays the weather is looking great, in fact this early part of the summer has been very warm.  the temperature is looking like a steady 22 degree's for the entire holiday , which is cooler than it is going to be at home luckily, where it is high twenty's into 30+ .

After a trouble free journey down we have set everything up are are going down to Holywell beach with the Terrible Twosome  ( aka Holywell Horrors)

                                                            Just  a couple of phone pics

Tomorrow we are going to Polperro which is on Cornwalls  South coast, last time  the sat nav directed us down a ever narrowing lane above the village and we nearly got stuck!!!!!!

This time however we navigated direct to the car park , and now walking down to the village.
Its looking a bit dull unfortunately , not what I want for taking photographs.

                                            The houses have beautiful flower displays.

    We are going to walk around the left hand side to go around the headland so I can fly the drone to get some images.   but first over the bridge to get a better view of the harbour boats.

                                             Its a beautiful harbour, enclosed on both sides

                                                   A local Photobombs my image    haha

We have made our way around the headland and I have clambered down onto these rocks where its safe to fly from.

                                   Here are the images I shot with the Phantom 4 pro drone.
     pity there is no sun , but that would make exposure very difficult with all the white buildings.

                                                           Topdown over the headland .

                                  A glimpse of blue sky and its brightening up a bit now .

                                                Six frame Vertorama  (verticle panorama)

As I was coming in to land, I shot this 9 frame panorama at quite a low level,  quite like the perspective it has achieved.

    That was a successful couple of flights , now to continue our walk and the sun is coming out!    just my luck after I needed it.

It is now getting very warm, Chester is looking a bit hot so we have gone back down to the harbour where Mollster decided to just walk off the end of the steps into the deep water!  Ooops    she is swimming around.  no off lead dogs here so cant let them play.   but Chester wouldn't go in!

                    Beautiful reflections in the sunshine now as we walk back around the harbour.

                           Ice creme time , and Chester balancing a cone on his nose, so funny .

Time to go now  ,i will go back down to Holywell beach tonight for sunset and hope to get a couple of good images IF there is any cloud to colour up!


The evening on Holywell beach , Gull Rock standing proud on the left side  and there is a small amount of cloud .     phone shot

I have found a big mound in the sand,  the incoming waves are just about to reach it , so this is my chance to get a good foreground into the composition.    

I have experimented with different shutter speeds , this is my favorite image.


                                              5DSr  17-40L  0.6 soft grad nd       1 second at f14 , iso 100

the end of first day in Cornwall...……………...

Cornwall Holiday Bedruthan Steps july 2015

After a wet morning it has cleared up and its now blue sky again  Yay!      time to head to our favourite location Bedruthan steps , where earlier in the week i was attacked by a small fish! HERE

 Here we are at the top of the cliffs overlooking this magnificent coastline , the tide is still too high to get down onto the beach so a few minutes spent shooting long exposures from up here first.

                                                                        a Family shot :)

                                       Its Stunning here , especially in this great weather

                                                                   Good Posing Mol :)

          Time to head down to the beach now, the tide is going out fast on the top of the beach.

                                                Mollster is in the sea already   HAHA

                                        A long exposure in the shallow crystal clear water.

                                              Running time for the  "Holywell Horrors"

                                           Almost got her reflection in the wet sand :D

 

Mad Spanner   :D

 Throw ball Now!!!!!!!

                                                                    Full speed ahead.

                           The waves are still crashing in  even though the tide is going out.

 

 I have waded around the rocks on a low wave and Mol has followed me , a big wave has come up way past my knees and she has swum onto a rock and is now stuck!!!   

 I cant believe it!     Mollster what have you done?        Exactly the same thing as last year  HERE on the same cove Doh!  

                           After getting her to jump in and swim we are on the next cove now

I have got my Crocs on , not taking any chances of getting a weaver sting wading in the shallow water!  my finger is still numb after the earlier incident.

                                               Mol has been naughty, and she knows it!!!!!!

                                                               Fantastic Beach rocks  

                                                                    Chester running  lol

                          Ooops , he just ran into a deep pool and went completely under!  
                          the beach is covered in these deep hollows in the shallow water.

                                                 Looks like Jan is the photographer   lol

                                                Wispy cloud formations forming now .

                                                          Lying in wait for the ball :)

                                   Time to leave now , a view from half way up the steps.

                             Walking across the cliff tops i have just spotted a Kestral at rest :)