We had a fairly adventurous day which started under cloud which was the perfect light for waterfall photography, so we headed off to the Conwy Falls. The entrance is controlled via a turnstile with an entrance fee of £2 per person. We then descended down into a gorge and finally a climb down some rocks to a point to photograph the waterfall.
I couldn’t carry Holly down the rocks safely, so Vanessa and I took turns to take the photos. Then I had the pleasurable challenge of carrying Holly back up to the top of the gorge to the café and some well earned lunch.
Back at the motorhome, the sun started to break through the clouds, so we headed off on foot to a nearby church for some more graveyard shots.
The skies continued to clear so I planned to attempt 3 late evening photo shoots in 3 different locations. We had already visited the areas and I knew roughly where and when the sun would be in the evening. The first was a location I had seen on ‘LocationScout’ which involved a half-mile scramble up a mountain slope which I couldn’t manage with the dog, so Vanessa waited in the car whilst I went off for my short yomp. The evening light was now less harsh and more conducive to good pictures.
The mountain in the image is Tryfan which was also the first peak I ever climbed back in 1972. After this I returned to the car and we headed to the other end of the lake.
We were soon going to lose the foreground light, so timing wasn’t too bad. Then we had a 35 minute drive and a 10 minute walk back to the point looking along the Llanberis valley towards the Dolbadarn Castle.
Finally one last shot across the lake…
So we did manage to chase the light and get a few late evening photos in the sunshine.
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