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It's easy when faced with a wonderful view of a big landscape to ignore the beauty to be found in small details, and yet, sometimes the small details reveal more about the nature of a place than the grand scene can.
I noticed this arrangement of tide worn stones, nestled in a cleft in a foreshore rock, while out photographing at one of my favourite locations, Penmon Point on the island of Anglesey.
No doubt about it, Penmon has grand scenery. What with the sea, shingle beach, wonderful rocks and dramatic lighthouse it's easy to be overwhelmed with what immediately meets the eye.
But having sated my photographic appetite for the grand scene, I'm glad I looked down at my feet and was not so visually drunk to miss the beauty and meaning to be found in the small, intimate tableau laid out so invitingly for my enjoyment.
However, there was a fly in the ointment in that the colour palette present in this scene was far from pleasant, but a conversion to monochrome soon sorted that out and allowed the true beaty of the arrangement to shine through.
Filename - stones 02.jpg
Camera - Canon 5D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 80mm
Exposure - 1/25sec @ f8, ISO100
Location - Penmon Point, Anglesey, North Wales
This image - 800x533px JPEG
Conversion - ACR & PS-CS2
Comments - Polarising filter used to reduce glare.
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