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For a geologist, the Isle of Anglesey, just off the North Wales coast, must be a vertiable playground.
There's so many different kinds of rock here, from the volcanic upwellings of Llandwyn to the twisted layers at Porth Dafarch, there's just so much variety to enjoy.
From my perspective as an outdoor photographer, I love the rocks of Anglesey too, maybe not so much from a geological standpoint, but certainly from a creative artistic point of view.
I spotted this particularly appealing composition of form, texture and colour while walking along the seashore with my wife Liz at the Cemlyn Bay nature reserve on the north coast of the island.
The conditions were superb for this sort of photography, with a light overcast sky diffusing the sunlight, allowing those beautiful colours to shine through without washed out highlights or poor saturation.
Even so, I still used my polarising filter to bring out the very best of those colours in this most lovely of mini-landscapes.
Filename - rock 13.jpg
Camera - Canon EOS 6D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 67mm
Exposure - 1/60sec @ f8, ISO100
Location - Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey, North Wales
This image - 800x533px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom
Comments - Polarising filter used to enhance colours
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