Snow-capped Snowdonia reflections

Here's a few more shots I've now processed, still a few left. I've posted them by the time they were shot, the light changed quite quickly and a slight haze appeared a little later.

All taken with Pentax 12-24, mainly at 12mm - it's actually the first time I've used the lens to take quite so many photos.

Very Nice Simon - 1 and 4 stand out for me - 1 for the beautiful rich colors and reflection, 4 for the same + the symmetry - I can not resist a good reflection

Carl

Exactly what I was going to say

Great set.

Excellent shots and I would have been pleased just for one of your photo's of Snowdon which I climbed last August, but it rained all day, and every day for 3 days

It does that a lot here in Wales

Cracking shots again Simon.

Thanks,

The last couple of summers have been pretty awful for photography, rain in August is pretty much the norm as Stuey says - I take by far the most photographs in the winter months between October & April, last year I only took 5 photos in the summer months and those were whilst having a wander around the Dinorwig slate quarry

Simon

Question.

In the first one, the reflection is almost as bright as the mountain, yet the reflected snow isn't white at all.

Unlike the 3rd, 4th and 5th ones, where it is.

Why is that?

Good question Chris & one I can't fully answer - I've googled it myself and apparently it's to do with the intensity of the reflected light, in certain cases it can greatly increase saturation, seems to make sense - it's the first time I've seen it so intense so must be to do with a combination of the strong sunrise and snow - here's another one, this & the one above were the very first two shots of the day, taken 10 minutes apart and the only two with the "effect".

I've seen a shot very similiar from another guy based in North Wales taken from the same location and co-incidentally virtually the same time of year: