Well, I went to university near Snowdonia in north Wales and with all of Snowdonia on my doorstep, how could I not get out there? I went out pretty much every weekend/every other weekend for years.
Now, this is where this blog immediately runs into a problem... Obviously there are lots of mountains in Snowdonia, not just Snowdon, and like the incredibly hardworking and ingenious student I was, I didn't label a single one of these pictures with which mountain I took them on...
I have the dates... just not the location beyond... Snowdonia... I know that all the groups of pictures that I blog together were taken on the same day and same mountain so these are all the one walk...
But we'll be fine because all of Snowdonia is B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L so I'm going to post the pictures anyway because I have hundreds of pictures and no social life!
If any of you can tell where these pictures were taken do PLEASE get in touch, I would hugely appreciate it (I might make it a competition or something...) So, without further ado, these pictures were taken 1-3-2014... somewhere in Snowdonia... Weather was cold with some snow on the higher grounds, sky was fairly cloudy though cleared up around midday.
Little bit of morning cloud and mist still hanging over, I figured it'd help get the scale and atmosphere in there.
Quite a lot going on but I liked how the picture almost rolls away down the valley and up the other side with the mountains behind rolling away again behind, right to left.
With woods...
Without woods. I think with woods worked better, more colours, richer contrasts. What do you think?
Okay, I just love this one, all the shades of Snowdonia in winter.
Sheep! Okay, it was the first time I had a subject matter that moved, I didn't really know what to do with it...
Again, I love scale and how this just rolls away from you.
It was as cold as it looked.
It's all atmospheric and stuff!
It's so surreal being on the same level as clouds but not in them. Love those moments.
Looks like rain over there...
Hmm... Maybe should have put the bottom right more in the centre. I get what i was going for though.
Horse!
Horse with fringe!
"You got some conditioner, mate?"
This might be one of my favourites.
Or this...
Stoic... Should I have focussed more on the sky? I think I was trying to get the height but there's not much scale there so... Lesson learned.
Playing more with those 'rolling away' pictures. This one works better I think.
That rain had followed me in all day...
Blue sky!
Near the summit now (maybe...)
Love how the snow drips down these mountains
Low how tall that one is!
If the orcs come I know where I'm hiding.
Unidentifiable person for scale.
"and I didn't feel like a giant, I felt very, very small." - Neil Armstrong
Shout out to the girl in the pink coat! (Don't worry, I got her permission)
Teeny-tiny people!
And one last wow. Love how you can follow that river so clearly for so long.
Well, I still had quite a lot to learn back than but this was 2014, I've carried on since then and like to think I've improved. As always, any tips and comments are hugely appreciated.
Thanks for browsing, Cya soon!
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