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Wonderful things happen to the light at dawn and dusk.
This is the beach at Church Bay on the Isle of Anglesey just off the North Wales coast, and I'm stood in the surf looking west towards the already set sun as light bleeds from the sky.
The bright sun has ceased to cast its harsh shadows, and a gentle, cool light blankets the scene in front of me.
As the light continues to soften I start to photograph this rock with the incoming tide washing around its base.
Exposures lengthen and after just a couple of minutes it's taking seconds, rather than fractions of a second, to record the scene.
At these sort of exposure times the foam flecked waves at the shoreline become streaks and swirls of abstract light, looking ethereal set against the solidity of the rock in the foreground.
A little later and the incoming tide is washing over my feet. Time to pack up and head back to the car for the hour and a half drive home.
What a beautiful place Anglesey is, especially at these times of changing light.
Filename - beach rock 06.jpg
Camera - Canon EOS 5D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 26mm
Exposure - 6secs @ f22, ISO100
Location - Church Bay, Anglesey, North Wales
This image - 800x533px JPEG
Conversion - ACR & PS-CS2
Comments - Slow shutter speed used to blur waves
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