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One of the best investments you can make when visiting a new location is undoubtedly an Ordinance Survey map.
My wife Liz bought such a map of the Pembrokeshire National Park a few days before our mini-holiday there in the autumn of 2016 and we spend a couple of happy hours poring over the detail, deciding which remote, end of the road, places we could visit.
Of particular interest to me from a photography point of view are lighthouses, so I was very pleased to find the Strumble Head lighthouse on our map, set in what looked like a really remote and dramatic location, high on a cliff on the north coast.
It was towards the end of our few days' break when we headed north to explore that area of the National Park, and with the help of the map we found the road to the lighthouse with no bother.
Arriving at the overlook I wasn't disappointed with the view, with the lighthouse set imposingly on top of a dramatic and picturesque island just a few metres away from the coast proper.
Liz and I took a good look around, well wrapped up against the cold and stiff breeze, and when a weak sun broke through the cloud cover and bathed the landscape with a short lived burst of light I was there ready to click the shutter on a beautiful, stark and dramatic scene.
A few seconds' worth of light was all we got before a heavy layer of cloud rolled across the sun and we beat a hasty retreat back to the relative warmth of the car.
A place that was well worth the effort of finding, and I'd love to return to catch a sunset here when the conditions are more ameneable.
Filename - strumble head lighthouse 02.jpg
Camera - Canon 6D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 24mm
Exposure - 1/15 secs @ f11, ISO100
Filters - Polarising filter used to enhance colours and two stop neutral density filter used to darken the sky.
Location - Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire, Wales
This image - 800x450pxpx JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop
Comments - Tripod, mirror lockup and remote shutter release used to prevent camera movement
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