At the close of a day spent admiring and photographing the wonders of the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales, my wife Liz and I usually head back home to Buckley along the coast.
Not only is this the fastest route, but takes in some great spots to stop to watch the sunset.
One of our regular sunset viewing spots is Llandudno's West Shore beach, which gives a great view of the sunset out over the Isle of Anglesey and the Irish Sea all year round.
However, on this occasion the sunset was hidden behind a blanket of cloud along the horizon, but higher in the sky the air was clear with a lovely shade of twilight blue, slowly darkening as day faded to night.
On this particular evening the crescent moon was just a few days into its new cycle, and it was hanging in the dusk sky like a glowing jewel, slowly following the sun downwards towards the western horizon.
Well I wasn't going to let this beautiful spectacle pass by unnoticed and un-photographed, so it was out with the camera and tripod for the twenty minutes or so it took the moon to traverse my viewfinder as I captured the hundreds of still images required to make just a few seconds of time lapse video.
And then, with the colours in the sky above fading to black as the first of the planets became visible, it was time to pack away and resume our journey home, having once again witnessed the wonder of God's creation in the clockwork precision of our solar system.
Filename - moon crescent timelapse 06
Camera - Canon EOS 6DMK2
Lens - 100-400mm zoom @ 400mm
Exposure (start of sequence) - 1/50 sec @ f/5.6, ISO100
Exposure (end of sequence) - 1/50 sec @ f/5.6, ISO100
Filters - None.
Shooting interval - 1 sec
Music - No.7 Alone With My Thoughts - Esther Abrami
Location - Llandudno West Shore beach beach, North Wales
This clip - HD 720p, 30fps (4K and 1080p HD formats also available)
Clip duration - 19 seconds
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