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Lighthouse #50

Penmon lighthouse with Puffin Island in the background, Anglesey, North Wales

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This photo is very much a straight shot of one of my most favourite places, Penmon Point on the easternmost point of Anglesey, just off the North Wales coast.

Normally when I'm here photographing the scenery I'll go for a wide angled view, encompassing foreground rocks and plenty of sky, but on this evening, with the low angled rays of the setting sun grazing the scene, I decided to try something different.

So I took off for the far end of the shingle beach and picked out the lighthouse with a medium telephoto lens, set against Puffin Island in the background.

This is a very simple composition of a beautiful place shown in nice evening light, and I don't think it needs any more than that.

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Filename - lighthouse 50.jpg

Camera - Canon 5D

Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 105mm

Exposure - 1/15sec @ f16, ISO100

Location - Penmon Point, Anglesey, North Wales

This image - 800x450px JPEG

Conversion - ACR & PS-CS2

Comments - ND grad filter used to balance exposure.