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A sense of place and scale.
The view from the top of the Glyderau mountains overlooking Snowdonia was magnificent as usual, but with high pressure dominating the weather patterns the further peaks were disappearing into a haze, so much so that it was hard to differentiate between the sky and land out at the horizon.
Never mind though, my son Andy (pictured here) and I were really enjoying our day out exploring the otherworldly terrain around Glyder Fawr, but I wanted to take a photo of the view that wasn't just a washed out blur of haze.
In the end, I decided to use the haze to my adavantage to create a near-far view that used the fact that haze increases with distance, and therefore should add a sense of depth to the image, with the nearer features being clearly defined, and those further away less so.
But I still needed a focal point for the composition, something that would add a sense of scale and a bit of drama to the scene.
Step forward Andy, who kindly perched himself on this foreground rock for me to give the finishing touch.
Filename - rock man 02.jpg
Camera - Canon 5D
Lens - 17-40mm zoom @ 17mm
Exposure - 1/25sec @ f11, ISO100
Location - Glyder Fawr, Snowdonia, North Wales
This image - 800x533px JPEG
Conversion - ACR & PS-CS2
Comments - +1ev exposure compensation used due to low contrast.
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