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What better thing to do on a beautiful summer's afternoon than go hiking in Snowdonia.
On this occasion my wife Liz and I decided to try a path that we'd never been on before, so instead of driving to one of our usual favourite places such as the Ogwen valley or Moel Siabod we explored further round the base of Snowdon on the road to Beddgelert.
We parked up by the side of Llyn Cwellyn, which you can see in this photo, and started hiking up the Ranger's path, which zigzags up the southwestern slopes of Snowdon, right to the peak if you can make it that far.
On this occasion, having started climbing in the afternoon, we knew we wouldn't be making it all the way to the summit and back, but we went far enough to see Snowdon lit dramatically in the late afternoon light, backdropped against a clear blue sky (I'll have to dig those photos out of my archive as well).
When we finally tore ourselves away and started back down the light was already fading towards sunset, and as the sun went down we were treated to a wonderful twilight colour show in the sky, which reflected off a slight mist hanging in the valleys between the surrounding peaks.
When we arrived at this weather beaten old hawthorne I had to stop and compose this image, using the tree as a silhouette frame for the peaks and lake beyond, glowing in the many hued colours of twilight as the coming night chased the light from the sky.
We drove home in the dark, with our minds full of the beauty and serenity of that evening.
Filename - mountain tree 02.jpg
Camera - Canon 5D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @24mm
Exposure - 15secs f14 ISO100
Location - Ranger's Path, Snowdonia
This image - 800x533px JPEG
Conversion - ACR and PS-CS2
Comments - Tripod, mirror lockup and cable release used to prevent camera movement.
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