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Jubilee Tower, Moel Famau #1

Ruins of the Jubilee Tower at dawn on the summit of Moel Famau in the Clwydian Range Area of Natural Beauty, North Wales

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A beautiful, clear dawn found me on the summit of my local hill, Moel Famau in the Clwydian Range Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in North Wales, after a breathless climb racing the approaching sunrise.

I arrived just in time to catch peak colour on the eastern horizon, about thirty minutes before the actual sunrise, and was able to capture just a few exposures featuring the ruins of the Jubilee Tower silhouetted against the skyglow.

A few minutes later and that band of orange and mauve had faded considerably in the approaching light of day, and I made my happy way back down to the car park as the rising sun lit the distant peaks of Snowdonia on the western horizon.

It's mornings like this that I get out of bed for!

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Filename - moel famau jubilee tower 01.jpg

Camera - Canon 6D

Lens - 14mm prime

Exposure - 1/4 sec @ f8, ISO100

Location - Moel Famau, Clwydian Range, North Wales

This image - 800x533px JPEG

Conversion - Adobe Lightroom

Comments - Tripod, mirror lockup and cable release used to prevent camera movement