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Llanddwyn Island (Ynys Llanddwyn) is one of those uniquely Welsh coastal locations that combines stunning unspoilt beauty with a rich and diverse history. (You can visit the Anglesey History website for a full accounting.)
I love coming here in the late afternoon, to be on the island at dusk, especially during the winter months when the sun sets to the southwest, allowing me to see and photograph views such as this one.
This is the watchtower, right on the tip of the island and flanked by shingle beaches with weird volcanic upwellings of green coloured rock poking through; although with the high tide none of that was visible when I took this image.
What was visible was a beautiful curved sweep of sea, with gently breaking wavelets that were reflecting the glowing colours of the sky.
So to try and capture as much of the relfected colour as possible, I slowed the shutter speed down as far as possible without blowing out the sky, in order to blur and smooth the water.
The final image shown here was the best composed and exposed of several that I took, with the sun just on the cusp of vanishing for another day.
Filename - llanddywn 02.jpg
Camera - Canon 5D
Lens - 17-40mm zoom @ 17mm
Exposure - 0.8sec @ f22, ISO100
Location - Ynys Llandwyn, Anglesey, Wales
This image - 800x533px JPEG
Conversion - Lightroom & PS-CS6
Comments - 3 stop ND grad filter used to darken sky.
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