LBA again..............

Yep, it's in the Elan Valley but it's Pen y Garreg. Should be up there again tomorrow afternoon as they're having an open day when I'll be able to get into the control tower in the middle (there's a tunnel through the dam to reach it which isn't usually open to the public). I plan to take the (film) KX and 28-50mm zoom as I know that the dam stonework looks very good in mono - see here for evidence (KM, 55mm f1.8, Ilford HP5 then scanned):




Water levels are pretty low up there at the moment - I would say there's a good chance of the normally submerged dam under the Garreg Ddu viaduct making an appearance this year, assuming we don't have torrential rain for the next month or so. We might also see the garden walls of Nant Gwyllt (a sizable house demolished and flooded when the reservoirs were built).

I see what you mean about purple - I left the camera WB on Auto and didn't fiddle in UFRaw, but will keep playing around with this. I'm still working out how to deal with the old perfect sky/underexposed hills problem, there seems to be a very fine balance in using exposure compensation between blowing out the sky and making the subject visible.

Reminds me to check out Llyn Celyn next time I'm home....that's the very controversial one