Last week saw the bank holiday weekend, and my first and last opportunity for taking a break for while – so Karen and I decided to take advantage, and get away for a few days by taking a short break in Wales.
I’ve not been to Wales for some time, but I remembered that it has some great scenery, lots of sheep and a fair dose of rain! Undeterred, we set off and made the most of our time, relaxing and taking it easy away from the hussle and bussle of everyday life. Very nice indeed.
Of course, we couldn’t go away without taking our cameras – so although this wasn’t going to be a ‘photo shoot’ as such, we did both take a few snaps along the way. Here’s the first of a short series I was playing with one evening. I loved the bird flying into view (yes it was really there!) and grabbed a few shots as it wheeled overhead. It never did quite make the ‘perfect’ placement in the picture, but I enjoyed it nonetheless while I waited for the sun to sink..
The next shot is what I’d had in mind when my feathered friend (above) flew into sight. This is a stitch together consisting of, I think, 5 different exposures – allowing me to create one huge picture suitable for a long wall hung landscape. The image below is just a quick edit of course, and will need to be refined before any printing is done, but you’ll get the idea. As with any of the pictures here, you can click on it to view a larger version.
The next shot here is a little later on as the sun dropped slowly behind the mountain range..
Of course, where there are mountains, there are also waterfalls.. We both photographed a few of these along our way too, but I often find that my favourite waterfall pictures of all are those little detail shots, almost abstract in nature. Here’s a couple of those;
And the last one..
..has been removed for now, pending a little bit of fun I’m planning to have with it over the next day or two (keep your eye’s peeled for the competition post)!
Although the weather wasn’t perfect (mostly quite muggy actually), we enjoyed our brief time amongst the hills and mountains, and will look forward to the next getaway – wherever and whenever that may be. But for now it’s… back to ‘real’ life again!
