Swansea

With the Mumbles Lighthouse forming a backdrop as the tide goes out.

Built in 1794.

A spectacular beach in the Gower, particularly when the crowds have gone home.

Gower Peninsula, Wales

Another photo I took in Wales last week. We were staying in Mumbles and the good thing about this place is, it has plenty of interesting coastline to photograph. Especially the Bracelet Bay with Mumbles Head offers many opportunities for compostition. I went there 4 times in the morning, having one really good sunrise. This is the first photo I took on the third morning there, half an hour before sunrise. There were still many clouds in the sky but color was already showing through. Combined with the movment of the clouds during the long exposure the sky got quite a nice look.

I used a lee 0.6 hard GND here to balance the exposure.

Hope you like it, there was some postprocessing for contrast and color as usual to give the image the look that I perceived that morning ;-)

cheers

Half an hour after sunset the clear sky of the evening turned on an amazing glow and Pobbles Bay was bathed in this beautiful warm light.

This is what I often whitness at the end of civil twilight right before it gets dark. When you have a clear sky, don't despair, just wait till the end of twilight and quite often you'll get such an awesome glow as here.

I used a lee 0.6 hard GND + I think a lee 0.6 GND here to keep the sky dark enough but I also blended in a second exposure. If you are interested in how I do this check out my tutorial on the Landscape Photography Magazine

landscapephotographymagazine.com/2011/blending-multiple-e...

cheers

Gower Peninsula, Wales