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The Isle of Anglesey, just off the North Wales coast, is certainly not lacking in seaside beauty spots, and one of the loveliest is Church Bay (Porth Swtan in welsh) on the northwest side of the island.
With a pristine sandy beach, backed by golden yellow cliffs and strewn with interesting boulders, Church Bay is a visual wonderland.
Add to that the Wavecrest Café, decent car parking, toilets and the famous Lobster Pot restaurant it's no wonder that Liz and I always seem to end up here at some point during our Anglesey excursions.
From a photographic point of view, with its west facing aspect, Church Bay looks its best towards sunset, as the golden sands and cliffs glow in the warm light of the low angled sun.
I'm normally down on the beach doing my photographic thing at this time of day, as numerous examples on this website testify, but on this occasion I decided to try something different.
So I stayed up on top of the cliff path for an overview of the whole bay but, unable to fit the whole sweep of cliffs and beach into one sensibly proportioned exposure I took advantage of the Adobe Lightroom 'Merge to Panorama' function.
Shooting a series of overlapping stills for a panoramic collage not only gave me the long, thin composition I wanted, but also gave me a finished image with very high resolution.
Maybe I'll make a huge print of this scene one day - it's nice to have the potential to do so.
Filename - church bay panorama 01
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 50mm
Exposure - 1/30 sec @ f8, ISO100
Filters - 2 stop neutral density graduated filter used to reduce the brightness of the sky.
Location - Church Bay, Anglesey, North Wales
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom and PhotoShop CC
Comments - Panoramic image made by stitching multiple exposures
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