The Snowdonia Series

In  late  September 1998 I was privileged be a guest of the North Wales Photographic Association as part of visit to the Snowdonia region of North Wales. The purpose of the visit was twofold, to participate in the  annual "Celtic Challenge Photographic Competition", and to take as many photographs as time and weather would allow.

Some of the places I visited included, the "Pass of Llanberis", "Betws-y-Coed", "Elidr Mountain", site of the vast "Dinorwig Quarry", and of course "Blaenau Ffestiniog". The weather conditions were such (very sunny) that general landscape photography was difficult, although not impossible. Nevertheless, I got, what for me were many memorable images of the the region. Unfortunately some of the most memorable suffered from the extreme lighting conditions that I encountered.

Equipment - Canon EOS-1N, 24mm Wide Angle, 28-105 Zoom, and film Fuji Sensia II, plus the obligatory tripod!. Images scanned with a Nikon Coolscan LS30 all finishing in Adobe Photoshop 5.

 

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Backlight Bush	Backlight Heather

Lakeview and Tree	View over Snowdonia	Dinorwig Quarry	Elidr Mountain View

Autumn Colours	Swallow Falls	Derelict Cottage

Sunlit Peaks of Snowdonia	Evening Light over Llyn Peris	Evening Light and Mist

The final 7 images are taken from Fuji Sensia II slide film. Greyscale conversion was achieved through the use of the Channel Mixer feature of Photoshop 5 (a tutorial describing the Channel Mixer technique is available here). All images have undergone a degree of manipulation in order that I could achieve the desired mood as visualised at time of taking the original images. The final printed images depict my aims more satisfactorily than those presented here since shadow and highlight details are fully retained. Nevertheless, I hope you gain some insight into my current "tastes" in monochrome imaging.

 

Angel Light	Pass of Llanberis	Shoreview,  Llyn Peris

Peaks of Snowdonia	Westward View	Llyn Cwellyn	Blaenau Ffestiniog