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Beach and clouds #7

Cloud and reflection on Talacre beach, North Wales

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The story behind this image

The beach at Talacre, on the North Wales coast, is a vast expanse of sand with ever changing contours as the tide washes in and out.

The gentle undulations in the sand fill with water at high tide, and then slowly drain as the tide recedes. This means that, if you time it right, there will be large stretches of calm water available to reflect whatever's going on in the sky above.

I struck gold on this particular evening, with tide, sunset and clouds all combining to produce a glorious visual spectacle.

This doesn't happen often, but when it does - WOW!

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Image data


Filename - beach clouds 07.jpg

Camera - Canon 5D

Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 24mm

Exposure - 1/13sec @ f16, ISO100

Location - Talacre, North Wales

This image - 800x533px JPEG

Conversion - ACR & PS-CS2

Comments - ND grad filter used to balance exposure.