Porth Y Post, Anglesey, North Wales

Had a stroll along the coastal path from Trearddur on Anglesey last night & took a couple of shots, here's one

All comments welcome

Simon

Lovely part of the country, which I think, you've captured beautifully.

My eye goes straight to the horse(?) on the hill, is this the intent? I wish I could see more detail in the rocks in the water.

The horse makes the shot for me

Gorgeous. very atmospheric. And the horse is superb.

Not bad at all for a GX10, in fact.

G

Lovely light in the sky, and as the others have said, the horse, despite being so small, does make the image. I bet that in a larger size the lack of detail in the foreground isn't as much of a distraction?

Really appreciate your landscapes, Simon.

Thanks for the replies...

The shot was taken at 1/50sec & to be honest I did make the mistake of not using a tripod - this limits my PP options as the iso was quite high

simon

Another shot from the same position, think I prefer this one

simon

Sorry, first one does it for me.

I prefer the first one, I particularly like the horse on the point. I did not realise they could wander so far from their paddock.

It's lucky you were not there yesterday afternoon, you would not have been able to see anything as the rain was so heavy. Also the tide was in.

None of Porthdafarch in your portfolio Nor South Stack.

Howard

I've a couple of Porth Dafarch shots I haven't processed yet, not great ones though - I've a distant South Stack shot on the site & after this recent visit I have other shots in mind for the area, I'm awaiting the best sun position & some nice colourful foreground heather though !!

The coastline along Trearddur isn't ideally placed for shooting at this time of year

thanks

simon

I think the 1st one is the best as well. Very nicely composed.

Yes, me too.

Normally a sky as featureless as this, yet taking up as much of the frame as it does, would make a picture very dull, but the transition from blue to pink from left to right adds just enough interest.

That empty expanse of sky, together with the solitary horse (?) gives a sense of peace and solitude that are most agreeable.

The transition from the enclosure of the bay to the limitlessness of the open sea and sky add to this, and leave me a with a sense of calm. I like it.

I don't like the second one - the beach takes up a lot of the frame and is quite dull, and the knobbly rock thing in the middle has nothing to recommend it in its own right, and it's so dominant that it takes attention away from everything else.

Edit: interesting that the 'knobbly rock thing' is also in the first one. I hadn't noticed it as so offensively dominant in that. Somehow it seems to be present, but by balancing the outcrop on the left where the horse is, it's not drawing excessive attention to itself. Maybe also because it's not so central.