An unusally calm summer's evening on the north Wales coast saw the giant turbines of the Gwynt-y-Môr offshore windfarm standing idle in their serried ranks along the horizon of the Irish Sea.
As it was a lovely evening, my wife Liz and I had taken a drive out to the coast, stopping at Rhyl to catch the sunset over the acres of exposed beach at low tide.
And with Rhyl being one of the closest points on the coast to the wind farm, of course I took the opportunity to film the sun as it slowly made its way towards the horizon, passing behind a conveniently placed group of turbines.
Now normally there's a breeze on the north Wales coast, whch make the turbines seem to spin rapidly when filmed as a time lapse video, but on this occasion, with not enough wind to move them, the turbines remained locked in place for the entire nine minutes of videoing.
Just another beautiful evening on the north Wales coast!
Filename - windfarm sunset timelapse 12
Camera - Canon EOS250D
Lens - 100-400mm zoom @ 250mm
Exposure - 1/500 sec @ f/5.6, ISO100
Filters - None.
Video shooting rate - 25fps
Location - Rhyl, North Wales
Music - Kiss the Sky - Aakash Gandhi
This clip - HD 720p, 30fps (4K and 1080p HD formats also available)
Clip duration - 23 seconds
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