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A summer's evening with a rare clear sky on the North Wales coast was all the excuse my wife Liz and I needed to jump in the car and drive half an hour to one of the most photographed spots in our part of the world.
of course, I'm taking about the beach at Talacre, with its big skies, miles of sandy beach and the iconic and weirdly located Point of Ayr lighthouse.
Sticking out of the sand on a concrete plug, and never quite vertical, this abandoned lighthouse is the magnet that draws photographers from far and wide, so I consider myself really priviledged to be able to visit whenever I feel like and the conditions are favourable.
On this evening I decided on a slightly unusual angle to photograph the lighthouse from, facing directly into the sun as it passed behind the structure, rendering the tower as a silhouette set against a glowing orange sky.
In fact, this frame is one of hundreds that I took that evening as the sun passed behind the lighthouse, in order to make my Talacre Time Lapse #6 video, finishing only once the sun had disappeared below the horizon into the North Sea.
One of those special times that make the life of an outdoor photographer so rewarding.
Filename - talacre lighthouse sunset 03.jpg
Camera - Canon 6D
Lens - 100-400mm zoom @ 180mm
Exposure - 1/1250 secs @ f5, ISO100
Location - Talacre, North Wales
This image - 800x450px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom
Comments - This exposure is one of many taken in sequence to make a time lapse video
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