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Harbour and Yachts #1

Caernarfon harbour at dusk with yachts, North Wales coast

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The recently developed Victoria Dock at Caernarfon on the North Wales coast is a lovely place to stroll around in the cool of the evening.

My wife Liz and I had just emerged from a dockside restaurant, the sun had gone down about half an hour previously and there wasn't a breath of wind to ruffle the calm waters of the marina as I set up camera, tripod and all the other paraphenalia that goes with taking a photo in low light.

This was one instance when my cumbersome DSLR setup scored heavily over Liz's smartphone camera, as a thirty second exposure was needed to capture the full beauty of the scene before us, with the yachts lining up very nicely to point the way to the harbour masters office on the dock wall.

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Filename - habour yachts 01.jpg

Camera - Canon 5D

Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 55mm

Exposure - 30secs @ f11, ISO100

Location - Caernarfon, North Wales

This image - 800x533px JPEG

Conversion - ACR & PS-CS2

Comments - Tripod, mirror lock up and cable release used to prevent camera movement.