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Winter in the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, and an inversion layer lies over the peaks and valleys surrounding Betws-y-Coed, trapping a layer of mist in its warm embrace.
In the course of enjoying a day out in Snowdonia, my wife Liz and I quite often drive into Betws-y-Coed along the A5 from Pentrefoelas, a road which takes us past this stunning overlook, just before dropping down into the town itself.
There's a conveniently placed layby where we normally stop to look at this view, but we'd never seen conditions like this before.
So it was out with the camera and tripod to capture this amazing and beautiful scene before driving on through Betws-y-Coed and onto Capel Curig and the magnificent high peaks of Snowdonia beyond.
Back home, after spending some time considering how to best present this image, I decided to convert the colour RAW file to a duotone tinted rendition in order to remove the dull and drab winter colours and place more emphasis on the contrast between mist and land which, after all, was what drew my attention to this view in the first place.
One of those instances where less is more.
Filename - betws y coed 12.jpg
Camera - Canon 6D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 105mm
Exposure - 1/60 sec @ f11, ISO100
Filters - Polarising filter used to reduce glare.
Location - Betws-y-Coed, Snowdonia, North Wales
This image - 800x450px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom
Comments - Tripod, mirror lockup and cable release used to prevent camera movement
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