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The autumn of 2016 seemed to last forever, and even as I'm writing this towards the end of November there are oak trees outside my window still covered in russett coloured leaves.
I made a special effort over this wonderful season to photograph as much of the autumn splendour in the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, as I could.
One of the most dramatic displays of autumn colour was to be found in the area surrounding Betws-y-Coed, just an hour or so's drive from my home, and so Liz and I spent a series of weekends in that area exploring and photographing.
Mind you, we didn't have to venture far to see beautiful scenes like this one, pictured amongst woodland just a short stroll from the middle of Betws-y-Coed itself.
This pattern of knarly old tree roots, immersed in a sea of gold and red fallen beech leaves, was just too lovely to pass by, but it took me a few attempts at framing this image before I was happy with the composition.
I started off by including too much of the background trees in the frame, which distracted attention away from the roots and leaves.
So I got lower and closer until almost all my camera's viewfinder was filled with those roots and leaves.
Much better - and definitely a case of 'less is more'.
Filename - trees autumn 05.jpg
Camera - Canon 6D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 35mm
Exposure - 15 secs @ f16, ISO100
Filters - Polarising filter used to remove glare and enhance colours.
Location - Betws-y-Coed, Snowdonia National Park, North Wales
This image - 640x800px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom and PhotoShop CC
Comments - Tripod, cable release and mirror lockup used to prevent camera movement
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