Thanks Stu...Crafnant is a good bet as it's pretty well protected by the hillsides on 3 sides, you might find Idwal a bit tricky as the sun hardly gets above the Glyderau this time of year, Llyn Dinas is a good bet towards the end of the day if you're looking for another location

Thanks Gwyn..the hospital have given me lots of guidance and support so I'm learning quickly, especially how to count carbs !!


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Crafnant is very tricky to get to in cold weather, the lane from Trefriw is probably near impassable in very icy/snowy conditions, even if you have a 4x4, the beauty of walking from Capel Curig is that you pass the Pinnacles with the great views of Snowdon.

Good luck for tomorrow, looks promising for first thing with low windspeed so maybe some reflections...I'm having a battle with Type 1 Diabetes at the moment having being diagnosed just before Christmas otherwise I'd have been tempted to join you, should be good for the "official" Snowdonia meet though

Simon

At launch was the time great camera, I can't see what you're waiting for:

Simon

No snow of significance so not worth making the trip yet, next weekend may well have more though

Simon

Dell gets my vote too, I use the 22 inch IPS version and it's excellent, it was slightly tricky to calibrate but once done very impressive

Simon

Thanks Andrew...it's a favourite of mine too, every time I'm passing I end up stopping and trying to take another photo that's different from the ones I already have...it's increasingly difficult as I have quite a few

Simon

Thanks...not exactly on the doorstep, about 1hrs drive

Thanks Stuey

Thanks for the comments and detailed feedback...to answer a couple of points:

Shot 1 isn't as compositionally strong as I would have hoped, the reason being I saw the mist as I drove down the valley and only had a few minutes to get there, setup the tripod and take the photo before it disappeared...I think I get away with it here though as the wonderful mist acts as the main focus for the shot so hides the not so great composition.

Processing wise shots 2 & 5 have been been re-edited just this morning based on feedback elsewhere...in these, especially 2, it's all about the lighting so I think the extra strong contrast makes the most of it and whilst some detail is lost in the shadows I think on balance it works, certainly moreso than my oroginal edits which were far too light and lacked contrast

Simon

Having posted a few series threads already I've found it really interesting to here which ones people prefer, and ideally why so here's another set, this time all the photographs are of Llyn Gwynant.

Autumn mist on Llyn Gwynant



Llyn Gwynant winter light



Reflections on Llyn Gwynant



Winter frost



Mirror reflection on Llyn Gwynant