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It's rare to visit Penmon Point on the beautiful Isle of Anglesey without running into a photographer or two scrambling over the rocks next to the iconic lighthouse.
I myself have spent many happy hours at various times of the day and night stood next to the lighthouse, behind my tripod as an incoming tide washed over my boots.
But on this occasion I decided to explore a bit further, and headed northwards to the far end of the shingle beach to check out the view from a different angle.
The far end of the beach is bounded by sloping rock shelves which angle down into the sea and catch the waves as they sweep up the beach.
The combination of the horizontal rocks in the foreground and the vertical lighthouse in the background made for a very attractive composition, and I spent a pleasant half hour just photographing this scene with different wave patterns over the rocks.
This was my favourite shot, with the breaking waves outlining the sloping rock shelf in a band of white foam.
Filename - penmon lighthouse 05.jpg
Camera - Canon EOS 6D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 40mm
Exposure - 1/40 sec @ f11, ISO100
Location - Penmon Point, Anglesey
This image - 533x800px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom
Comments - Polarising filter used to enhance colours
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