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A late summer's afternoon and Liz and I were enjoying a day out in the warm sunshine, driving and photographing around the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales.
One of my favourite views occurs while driving up the A5 from Capel Curig to the coast, as the road takes you along the shore of Llyn Ogwen, with the conical peak of Pen yr Olwen to the right and the wonderfully ridged and crenellated Tryfan to the left.
Voted 'Britain's favourite mountain', Tryfan to me resembles nothing more than a giant Cornish pasty, or a sleeping stegosarous for that matter.
Anyhow, I find it irresistable from a photographic point of view, so unless it's pouring with rain I'll usually stop somewhere along the road to capture a fresh image or two.
This is the classic view, best showing the faults and ridges that make this mountain so recogniseable, and if you look carefully you can see the two pillars of rock, called Adam and Eve, right at the top, across which the braver of us have been know to jump.
Filename - tryfan 09.jpg
Camera - Canon 6D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 95mm
Exposure - Various @ f11, ISO100
Filters - Polarising filter used to enhance colours
Location - Tryfan, Snowdonia National Park, North Wales
This image - 800x533px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop CC
Comments - HDR blend of multiple exposures
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