A lovely day in early spring, and with a bit of hard-earned free time, my wife Liz and I decided on a tour of one of our favourite North Wales places, the beautiful Isle of Anglesey.
We spent almost the whole day driving right around the island, stopping at various beauty spots along the way and dropping into a couple of cafés for some much needed refreshment.
But at the end of our circumnavigation we just couldn't leave Anglesey without pulling into this famous viewpoint overlooking the Menai Straits and Thomas Telford's iconic suspension bridge, one of the first of its kind in the world.
I was delighted to see cumulus clouds playing over the Straits, casting a moving patchwork of sunlight and shadow on the landscape below.
So it was out with the camera and tripod, and for the next twenty minutes or so we sat and watched as the hundreds of still images needed to create just a few seconds of time lapse video were captured.
And then it was time for the drive back home along the A55 coast road, quite a scenic route in its own right and always a pleasure.
What a wonderful part of the world we live in!
Filename - menai straits timelapse 21
Camera - Canon EOS 6DMK2
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 28mm
Exposure (start of sequence) - 1/500 sec @ f/4, ISO100
Exposure (end of sequence) - 1/500 secs @ f/4, ISO100
Filters - 2 stop neutral density graduated filter used to reduce the brightness of the sky.
Shooting interval - 2 seconds
Music - Kiss the Sky - Aakash Gandhi
Location - Menai Straits, Anglesey, North Wales
This clip - HD 720p, 30fps (4K and HD formats also available)
Clip duration - 23 seconds
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