Elan Valley - Ceredigion - Wales

I used a polariser lens for the landscape shot I was taking. Suddenly a sheep appeared over the ridge of the mountain. The polariser enhanced the blues and greens in the shot. It is very rare to use a polariser when doing wildflife photography. I might use it more often



Elan Valley - Ceredigion - Wales

The late afternoon sun spilling over the glaciated valley.

Clay pigeon shooting - Snowdonia - Wales

Snowdonia - Wales

Timing was the key, got it right the third time!

Clay pigeon shooting - Snowdonia - Wales

Cruglas Farm - Ceredigion - Wales

Taken an hour after sunrise.

Elan Valley - Ceredigion - Wales

An abandoned workhouse for the silver mines. I spotted this abandoned house next to the silver mines. The dry stone wall and gate gave me the perfect lead-in-line into the photo. The late afternoon sun lighting up the house and background was a bonus.

Cruglas Farm - Ceredigion - Wales

Water ripples on the pond on the farm. A bit modern arty maybe.

I spotted this Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly on the wall at the sheep market. Again a bit arty. A marmite shot.

Cruglas Farm - Ceredigion - Wales

Sheep Market - Devil's Bridge - Ceredigion - Wales

This sheep market is one of the oldest in the Uk. This is John selling his lambs in the auction ring.

John selling his Sheep in Devil's Bridge

Sheep Market - Devil's Bridge - Wales

Jamie Oliver's Chinese Cousin in Wales

This is Mum Alexander in Wales. This wall is very similar to the background against which Jamie Oliver posed for his photo in the last book.

Sheep Market - Devil's Bridge - Ceredigion - Wales

Buyers inspecting the lambs. This shot looks a bit different, this is due to the

Elan Valley - Ceredigion - Wales

A glaciated valley in west Wales. The late afternoon light scattered accross the valley floor. I underexposed so that the bright river became the most prominant feature of the photograph, with the less intense light only just registering around the river banks. A high contrast black and white conversion gives it the most impact.

Cruglas Farm - Swyddffynnon - Wales

Two swans were passing the lake on Cruglas Farm. I had been trying to take a photograph of the farmhouse, but the dark sky didn't clear up for the shot. I was just about to leave when I saw two swans in the distance heading my way. I quickly got my other camera out with a zoom lens attached and underexposed the image so that the sky would be even darker than it was giving the white figures more prominence within the photograph. I knew when I first saw them that it was going to be a black and white image.

Elan Valley - Ceredigion - Wales

I spotted this waterfall just off the mountain road in Wales. This took quite a lot of work to get the shot right, I had to wade through the water to get to this side of the water. I waited for a breeze to get some movement in the foreground fern, and then had to wait for the sun to go behind a cloud in order to get a slow enough shutter speed to blur the water.

Elan Valley - Ceredigion - Wales

Just before the sun dips over the valley walls, the low sun sidelights through, shining the warm light onto the side of the abandoned farmhouse that scatter the welsh countryside.