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The spectacular Aurora Borealis (aka Northern Lights) from Glyder Fawr in the Snowdonia National Park

The spectacular Aurora Borealis (aka Northern Lights) over Glyder Fawr in the Snowdonia National Park, Wales. The flash in an Iridium Flare from a communications satellite.

The path to Llyn Idwal in Snowdonia National Park

My first proper attempt at landscape photography as a much different ~ slower paced genré of photography to that of wildlife photography which in itself quite slow and methodical, which suits me just fine... A friend mentioned that this had some merit and so I tidied it up a little and its gotten into portfolio. The 'Sleeping Swan Lake' of Snowdonia I have allocated just metal print format for this piece as I think that it will better exemplify the work.

The peak of Pen yr Ole Wen in the clouds with Llyn Ogwen below it at dusk in the Snowdonia National Park, Wales

Last summer I sought out a bit of what the Welsh call... 'distawrwydd' - peace and peacefulness and ventured off to a local spot for me south of the national park towards Porthmadog... Initially I was searching for the elusive wild red kites up high in the mountains and by doing so I just so happened to stumble upon this veranda in the mountains that offered this wonderful summer vista..!!! Having admired the tree colour and diversity and backdrop towards Snowdon for some time and filling my lungs as deep as I could with wonderful Welsh air... I decided to make a picture and this was the result... I imagined the French Pyrenees or the Dordogne as being quite similar and framed my shot...

This was taken from the Snowdon viewpoint on the A468 looking down the valley towards Llyn Gwynant in the Snowdonia National Park, Wales

A painterly of Dolgoch falls lower falls in the Snowdonia National Park after 24 hours of heavy rain in the autumn of 2019. The Nant Dolgoch stream cascading down the mountain at Dolgoch near Tywyn, Gwynedd, Mid Wales, UK.

The heavy rain cascading over the waterfall causing mist and spray everywhere giving it a dreamy mystical feel to this image. This painterly of Dolgoch lower falls, on the Nant Dolgoch stream near Tywyn, Gwynedd, Mid Wales, UK. in the Snowdonia National Park was taken in the autumn of 2019.

Custom logo design as part of the Swanborough Mountain Collection©

Looking along the ridge of Crib Goch. Snowdonia, Wales. This image is a detailed panoramic, comprising of three separate photographs that have been stitched together in photoshop.

Wales Go By Train vintage style travel poster.

As I sat from the viewing point from across the lake on a perfectly still, well lit day, I composed this image with a reflection shot in mind. It wasn't as vivid as this, but through using lightroom and photoshop... improvements were made. I hope you like it..!

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Yr Wyddfa, Snowdonia Wales Emblem - White

Being Welsh, I thought very hard about the Aberglaslyn gorge and the significance of the name “Aberglaslyn”… I doubt there is correlation, but aber is estuary, and glas is blue and llyn, with a double L is lake… so blue lake estuary… I pondered on the walk with this in mind… and whilst taking some shots, I thought that I’d capitalise on this blue thought, by looking for an area of rich contrast and high energy with a hint of azure blue… Later, working in post, I heavily vignetted the image and worked on the colour contrast, to enhance and enrich the wonderfully lush natural water colours!

Yr Wyddfa, Snowdonia Wales Emblem - Black

This craggy little peak is called Clogwynygarreg, which I've been told is Welsh for Wolf Crag. It sits in Snowdonia national park (Wales) surrounded by much higher peaks, including a cloud capped Snowdon in the background, and Mynydd Mawr behind the viewer. This crag has a certain presence, so its macho name is quite understandable. This is a re-painting based on photographs I took on a bright sunny September morning in 2006. I've painted it in oil on a 20x16 board straight over my less accomplished original version.

This is an image, originally taken on film in 1980, of a train nearing the summit of the Snowdon Mountain Railway. The railway started operations in 1896 with a service from Llanberis to the top of Mount Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales. As an aside, there was a fatal accident on the first day of operations following a derailment as the train was too heavily laden. Extraordinarily, four of the original eight steam locomotives are still in operation (with another undergoing an overhaul), although diesel locomotives—much cheaper to run—are now making their way up the mountain, but none of the diesel locomotives were yet in service when this image was captured. For railway enthusiasts, the steam locomotives are of a 0-4-2RT config...

Being Welsh, I thought very hard about the Aberglaslyn gorge and the significance of the name "Aberglaslyn"... I doubt there is correlation, but aber is estuary, and glas is blue and llyn, with a double L is lake... so blue lake estuary... I pondered on the walk with this in mind... and whilst taking some shots, I thought that I'd capitalise on this blue thought, by looking for an area of rich contrast and high energy with a hint of azure blue... Later, working in post, I heavily vignetted the image and worked on the colour contrast, to enhance and enrich the wonderfully lush natural water colours!

Thinking about the works and looking back at techniques of old masters ~ those that excelled in Black and White and wanting to replicate using modern full frame 35mm DSLR technology - I created this 'olde worldy' piece... of Dolbadarn Castle from across the lake. The almost completely obsolete technique of photo format single lens reflex camera work conducted by the masters is very seldom implemented now ~ due to the advent of the much simpler and quicker digital single lens reflex cameras... Yet, it is often nice to reflect and try to emulate some of the techniques which were so diligently adhered to by those masters of the past... Taken with 35mm format full frame A7 SONY ~ modern camera.

Postcard or Greeting Cards image of Rhaeadr Ewynnol, more familiarly known to tourists - as 'Swallow Falls' in the national park of Snowdonia, Wales.

Canoeists prepare to tackle the famous 'Swallow Falls' - Snowdonia.

After a failed first attempt, I just had to go back and nail this shot! With all the shenanigans of set up for landscape photography... tripod, bag, lenses, grad filters, filters, filter holder, etc, etc... etc! I'd gone and forgotten to prefocus, so when I'd got back home and thought all my exposures, at least, were perfect, I opened my images on the lappy to find that they were correctly exposed (by my thinking) but incorrectly focussed - as in all blurred! :-/ So I came back had some lunch and went back to accomplish todays shots - and so finally for today - here they are!!! Finally, in focus, and as I expected... "Watercolour Waterfall" Hope you like it..! Further details to follow in another shot...

Took this shot because the composition tied itself in well... The small rock of the waterfall mirrored by the shape of the tree and the central heart like feature. A Love Of Nature.

This monoline illustration features the mountainous landscape of Cadair Idris, located in Snowdonia National Park, Wales.

I took a handful of images of these paddlers both coming towards me and turning back on the lake - just two images - I liked the look of for the balance of the image and their combined movements in the water. Working in full frame with a full frame lens and shooting manually - I set up beforehand to capture this stunning vista - so well known in the Snowdonia mountains here in Wales... In post allowed me to better adjust the fine tuning of light and shadow and for the first time ever - I stumbled upon the magnifier key on my keyboard to check the focus detail of the background and foreground with the two paddlers! Sony A7

This monoline illustration features the mountainous landscape of Cadair Idris, located in Snowdonia National Park, Wales.

The last light on the Snowdon Horseshoe from the slopes of Glyder Fawr in the Snowdonia National Park, Wales

Looking across the frost shattered rocks of Glyder Fawr towards Snowdon at night in the Snowdonia National Park, Wales

Y Garn and Llyn y Cwn in the early morning light after walking down from Glyder Fawr in the Snowdonia National Park, Wales

Snowdon and the surrounding area at night in the Snowdonia National Park, Wales

Snowdon and surrounding mountains at dusk from Glyder Fawr in the Snowdonia National Park, Wales

Glyder Fawr at night with a rare show of the Northern Lights in Snowdonia National Park, Wales

Looking across to the Snowdon Horseshoe from Glyder Fawr in the Snowdonia National Park, Wales

Dusk looking towards the Snowdon Horseshoe from Glyder Fawr in Snowdonia National Park, Wales