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Autumn in the Snowdonia National Park must surely be one of the nicest experiences anyone could wish for.
Liz and I were visiting one of our favourite seasonal locations, enjoying a walk around the beautiful Llyn Crafnant, when I spotted this arrangement of fallen golden leaves in a little run-off stream by the side of the path.
I was really in the creative zone at the time, seeing potential photographs everywhere I looked, and this arrangement caught my eye so we stopped for a break while I framed this composition up and took a few frames at different exposure settings.
In the end, I preferred this shot, using both a polarising filter to kill any glare and a six stop ND filter to extend the exposure time to a whopping 15 seconds, allowing the flowing water to become mist like, contrasting with the fixed elements of rocks and leaves in the final image.
A lovely and evocative reminder of the beauty all around us, even in the small details at our feet.
Filename - stream leaves 02.jpg
Camera - Canon 6D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 102mm
Exposure - 15 secs @ f16, ISO100
Location - Llyn Crafnant, Snowdonia, Wales
This image - 533x800px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop CC
Comments - Polarising and neutral density filters used
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