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Saint David's Cathedral #2

Saint David's cathedral at dusk, Pembrokeshire, Wales

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Billed as the smallest city in the UK, St Davids in the Pembrokshire National Park is firmly centred around its lovely cathedral.

During a few days' holiday in Pembrokeshire, Liz and I made a point of visiting St Davids to see the cathedral, and we weren't disappointed.

Arriving just after sunset on a lovely autumn evening, we had the place to ourselves and spent some time marvelling at the architecture before I ventured up to a high vantage point to take a series of photos.

The lighting was great, with a warm orange glow from coming through the cathedral's windows from the lights within contrasting beautifully with the cool blue tones of twilight in the skies above.

However, I only managed a few frames before the cathedral lights went out and the magic ended for another day.

Just in time or what?!

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Image data

Filename - saint davids cathedral 02.jpg

Camera - Canon 6D

Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 50mm

Exposure - 30 secs @ f10, ISO100

Filters - Two stop neutral density filter used to balance exposure.

Location - St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales

This image - 528x800pxpx JPEG

Conversion - Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop

Comments - Tripod, mirror lockup and remote shutter release used to prevent camera movement