The west facing coast of Ceredigion in mid-Wales is a fantastic place to spend a summer's evening, watching as the sun sinks slowly over the Irish Sea before finally disapperaring over the horizon to mark the end of another day.
My wife Liz and I were spending a couple of days exploring the region during July 2021, and almost the first thing we did on arrival was to head to a local bookshop and buy an Ordinance Survey map of the area.
Our good old road atlas, plus satnav, is dead handy for showing us the big picture, but if you want to find those hidden gems that make exploring so rewarding, you need a decent map.
So as we pored over the map, looking for the less well known places to visit, my eye was drawn to the coast, with its numerous little bays and beaches that our large scale road map didn't show.
One such bay, facing to the northwest and so ideal for a sunset, was tiny Cwmtydu, just down the coast aways from the tourist resort of Newquay, so we headed there to watch and film the sunset.
And we weren't disappointed as we spent a couple of hours in this quiet and beautiful place, listening to the sounds of the sea and watching as the sun passed in and out of light bands of cloud until sunset.
I love watching God's wisdom in action!
Filename - ceredigion sunset timelapse 01
Camera - Canon EOS 6DMK2
Lens (1st clip)- 17-40mm zoom @ 21mm
Lens (2nd & 3rd clips)- 100-400mm zoom @ 235mm
Exposure (start of shoot) - 1/1000 sec @ f/4, ISO100
Exposure (end of shoot) - 1/160 sec @ f/5, ISO100
Filters (1st clip) - 2 stop neutral density graduated filter used to reduce the brightness of the sky.
Filters (2nd & 3rd clips) - None.
Shooting interval (1st clip) - 6 seconds
Shhoting interval (2nd & 3rd clips) - 2 seconds
Software - Adobe Lightroom and Premiere Pro.
Music - Country Blues by Andy Litherland.
Location - Cwmtydu, Ceredigion, mid-Wales
This clip - HD 720p, 30fps (4k and 1080p HD formats also available)
Clip duration - 47 seconds
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