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  • A post swim stroll along a misty Ty'n Tywyn beach, watching nature doing its thing as the sun rose in the sky and slowly warmed the icy air. In the background is Barclodiad y Gawres a Neolithic Burial Chamber. I find it so strange to watch life happening now when roughly 5000 years ago Nee Stone Age people would have also seen the same sunrises and heard the same sea & sounds of nature.
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  • A very rushed race to the beach for a swim that never happened, but I did grab my camera and revelled in an amazing sunset, despite the disappointment of not getting into the sea!
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  • No need for many words, just short-lived, unexpected & beautiful
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  • This beach doesn't change profile that often, but when it does, it seems quite significant, leaving large pools & lagoons, with fish-like undulations of sand ripples. As we move towards summer, it was so uplifting to see change on its way.
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  • As I floated in the calm sea, looking towards the embers of an intense sunset, a fire crackled on the beach behind me. I turned to look, and a romantic couple sat huddled together around the flames, staring into the same sunset. The draw of the water, the draw of flames, there’s something eternally mesmerising about the elements to so many people isn’t there?
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  • The sun is never extinguished, just like beautiful memories
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  • The biggest waves I've personally ever seen at Porth Tyn Tywyn and I have walked, swam and surfed there many 100s of times over the last 20 years.<br />
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On this particular morning I had gone there with the idea of body boarding what was reported to be a brilliant swell for Anglesey. The day was clear with a strong offshore wind and just a few rapidly clouds. I parked up overlooking the dunes and the sea beyond and I could already see wave tips higher than the dunes (foreshortened perspective of course) and I knew it was going off! I walked down to the reef and two surfers were being thrown about in the white water before finally getting out to the back where a strong rip was pushing them Southwards towards the bay of the burial mound, Barclodiad y Gawres. It was funny in a way watching these guys go for the surf but spend so much time just trying to keep parallel to the shore. At this point, I just knew that I was not going in! I have not body-boarded seriously for years and having had a bit of an epic attempt at Sennen in Cornwall in January in big seas it was all too intimidating for this surf-unfit body !<br />
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Of course the upside to that decision is that I could guilt-freely enjoy taking pictures of the surf instead and it was just so beautiful and powerful to watch. Thankfully the offshore breeze was keeping most of the sea-spray off my lens for a change meaning that I could continue to shoot without minute-apart lens cleans. <br />
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The light on the sea in the bay was sharp and intense, and the lips of the waves were backlit and sparkling against the darker sky in the background. I enjoyed studying the bands of light and dark as they created monochrome Rothko seas, large ocean canvases of abstract landscape. After an hour or more of outgoing tide, the waves noticeably reduced in height to the point where perhaps I could have gone in, but with a full CF disc I decided to head for hot coffee back in the gallery instead - wrong decision ? Probably ! :-)
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  • Showery weather forms dramatic skies and reflections at sunset on the wet sand of Porth Tyn Tywyn at Rhosneigr, West Anglesey.
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  • Showery weather forms dramatic skies and reflections at sunset on the wet sand of Porth Tyn Tywyn at Rhosneigr, West Anglesey.
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  • Powerful storm surf at sunset in winter gales coming from the Irish Sea at Porth Tyn Tywyn near Rhosneigr on the West Coast of Anglesey.
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  • Warm, glowing evening sunset throws orange light over the rocks at Porth Tyn Tywyn, Rhosneigr, West Anglesey as a calm sea gently laps at the reef.
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  • Showery weather forms dramatic skies and reflections at sunset on the wet sands of Porth Tyn Tywyn,  Rhosneigr, West Anglesey.
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  • Gentle waves flow around the rocks at sunset at this rocky point at Porth Tyn Tywyn, Rhosneigr, West Anglesey.
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  • From stormy weather, wind waves and surf crash over rocks into a rockpool at sunset at this rocky point at Porth Tyn Tywyn, Rhosneigr, West Anglesey.
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  • The sun sets over the Irish Sea and a large pool which had formed on the main beach at Porth Tyn Tywyn near Rhosneigr, Anglesey, Wales
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  • The sun sets over the Irish Sea and a large pool which had formed on the main beach at Porth Tyn Tywyn near Rhosneigr, Anglesey, Wales
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  • Showery weather forms dramatic skies and reflections at sunset on the wet sands of Porth Tyn Tywyn,  Rhosneigr, West Anglesey.
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  • Gentle waves at sunset at the rocky headland between Porth Tyn Tywyn and Broad Beach, Rhosneigr, West Anglesey.
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  • Gentle waves at sunset at the rocky headland between Porth Tyn Tywyn and Broad Beach, Rhosneigr, West Anglesey.
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  • Pools and ripples left by retreating ebb tide at Traeth Tyn Tywyn Beach, Rhosneigr, Anglesey
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  • Having fun with the big October waves storming onto Tyn Tywyn beach at Rhosneigr last week. I love the compositional luck of shooting the chaos of waves, bubbles, and reflections in these fast and difficult conditions, never knowing quite what will appear when I download the disc to the Mac. So many images don't work at all but every now and then a little cracker like this one smiles at me, and I smile back.
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  • Storm waves batter the West coast of Anglesey near Cable Bay and Rhosneigr. It is rare for such large waves to hit this coast which did create a spectacle.<br />
 The burial mound (looks like a small hill) of Barclodiad y Gawres can be seen in the background <br />
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The biggest waves I've personally ever seen at Porth Tyn Tywyn and I have walked, swam and surfed there many 100s of times over the last 20 years.<br />
<br />
On this particular morning I had gone there with the idea of body boarding what was reported to be a brilliant swell for Anglesey. The day was clear with a strong offshore wind and just a few rapidly clouds. I parked up overlooking the dunes and the sea beyond and I could already see wave tips higher than the dunes (foreshortened perspective of course) and I knew it was going off! I walked down to the reef and two surfers were being thrown about in the white water before finally getting out to the back where a strong rip was pushing them Southwards towards the bay of the burial mound, Barclodiad y Gawres. It was funny in a way watching these guys go for the surf but spend so much time just trying to keep parallel to the shore. At this point, I just knew that I was not going in! I have not body-boarded seriously for years and having had a bit of an epic attempt at Sennen in Cornwall in January in big seas it was all too intimidating for this surf-unfit body !<br />
<br />
Of course the upside to that decision is that I could guilt-freely enjoy taking pictures of the surf instead and it was just so beautiful and powerful to watch. Thankfully the offshore breeze was keeping most of the sea-spray off my lens for a change meaning that I could continue to shoot without minute-apart lens cleans. <br />
<br />
The light on the sea in the bay was sharp and intense, and the lips of the waves were backlit and sparkling against the darker sky in the background. I enjoyed studying the bands of light and dark as they created monochrome Rothko seas, large ocean canvases of abstract landscape. After an hour or
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  • After a wonderful, sunny swim in the Menai Strait this afternoon, Jani and I headed for the west coast so that she can get some fresh air after three hectic night shifts in ITU. Initially, the late afternoon sunlight was nice, but nothing special, but after the sun dropped lower, and appeared from under the cloud bank, the richest sunset colours burst onto the landscape. I was utterly amazed that so few footprints had ruined the pristine sand, so I grabbed the opportunity to race around the wonderful sand pools, studying the shapes and trying to select the most interesting to photograph. I shot around 15 variations before selecting two as my favourites.
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  • Brilliant morning sunshine backlighting crashing waves at Porth Tyn Tywyn, West Anglesey, North Wales.
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  • Wind blown Marram grass catches the last of the sunlight as the weather changes and a gale advances over the Irish Sea here at Porth Tyn Tywyn, Rhosneigr, Anglesey, Wales.
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  • Some good-sized summer surf after two days of strong winds. The surf was short-lived but in the warm water and evening sunshine it was brilliant whilst it lasted.
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  • A 2.5º COLD morning at the Rhosneigr beaches, and near windless in the brilliant morning sunshine. Even from the van I could hear the crashing waves in the distance & I was getting excited. I raced to the top of the dunes and just knew it was a photo morning, though a rushed one before getting back to work.<br />
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I therefore decided to wear my wetsuit to allow me to stay in longer, and was glad I did as after half hour I was feeling a bit chilly even in my 3-2. I watched a large group of lady swimmers arrive on the far beach, and judging by the endless screams and laughs the cold waves were testing them out! <br />
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Sadly the waves decresed in size quite quickly as the tide ebbed but I was able to capture a handful of nice images before I headed back to work.
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  • The sunset is very real but I've left the rest of the exposure as the camera created it, meaning it's a little darker than reality, but I love the result because it's very much how I felt it looked at the time. I felt alone and the cold sea was a shock on entry and each time a wave came over my head, but I remained focussed on the sunset, literally, though it didn't provide any warmth at all.
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  • Despite the chaos and bluster on the ocean surface, below there is a relative calm, windless, smooth, gentle. When you dip under, it's like hiding under a stormy blanket.
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  • With so many anxieties, commitments and pressures running around in our heads, a quiet stroll on a near deserted beach is often just the remedy we need. I’ve been acutely aware of the increasing numbers of visitors to these once quiet beaches, and these days it’s hard to escape people and dogs almost no matter where you go or at what time.<br />
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This evening though I was lucky, as the dog walkers kept to back of the beach and on the ebb-tide a perfect sand pool appeared, foot and paw print free. It was a beautifully calm oasis of silent perfection, mirroring the gentle procession of dusk painted clouds in the blue sky above. My worries were briefly collected by them, until they reached the pool’s edge and my reality returned.
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  • Some good-sized summer surf after two days of strong winds. The surf was short-lived but in the warm water and evening sunshine it was brilliant whilst it lasted.
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  • Successive storm waves during bad, gale driven weather, create piles of wind blown foam on the incoming tide at sunset in Winter at this West Anglesey beach near Rhosneigr
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  • It seems to have been a long cold, often gale-blown winter, but I'm dreaming of long happy days in the sunshine, where our hearts and heads find it easier to overcome the clouds of anxiety that face so many of us these days.
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  • Amazing how deceptive a photograph can be. This could have been a warm summers evening at a gorgeous tranquil stretch of Ynys Mon coast. The reality was a biting cold Northerly wind and numb fingers, during a very short-lived sunset and one you'd never even see in the summer, because it's just not the way the stars roll :-)
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  • Some good-sized summer surf after two days of strong winds. The surf was short-lived but in the warm water and evening sunshine it was brilliant whilst it lasted.
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  • Some good-sized summer surf after two days of strong winds. The surf was short-lived but in the warm water and evening sunshine it was brilliant whilst it lasted.
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  • So many years driving by this beautful little cottage but this time I just had to stop and take a picture. The gorgeous bright sunshine, the rolling surf behind, the rich, lush grass - everything came together to make it worth photographing for posterity.
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  • This beach doesn't change profile that often, but when it does, it seems quite significant, leaving large pools & lagoons, with fish-like undulations of sand ripples. As we move towards summer, it was so uplifting to see change on its way.
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  • Having done a picture delivery in Northern Anglesey, I was on my way back down the A55 when I decided to turn for the coast, just to get some fresh air. I found myself on the Rhosneigr road and my heart was light. Mine was the only vehicle in the sand-dune car park and pools of rainwater transformed the normally gritty rutted surface into rather beautiful patches of bright sky.The wind was bitter, still blowing in from the North West and today I only had trainers on, so no risky teetering about on wave washed rocks for me.<br />
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The recent gales and big tides had deposited tonnes of dead brown seaweed over most of the shelving beach, but the outgoing tide revealed a beautiful sandy stretch at low water mark. The waves had decreased considerably today but it was still choppy in the strong cold breeze and the waves though low, were still powerful enough to launch themselves explosively up the shingle. Yesterday in the blazing late afternoon light, there was a smoothness to the foam-covered beach but today, there was sharpness, a contrast and a new brooding weather front overhead. My fingers froze whenever I removed them from my shooters-mitts and I put two hoods on to keep my head warm. I negotiated my way up onto the reef via a series of bizarre-to watch, core-stabilised ballet movements, tripod over my shoulder and rucksack swaying heavily with each leap. I found somewhere I could stand securely and just watched the wave performance below me. <br />
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The sunshine remained clear and intense for quite a while, even though the cloud front appeared keen to obscure it, and the light danced on the waves in a bright avenue ahead of me. Soon though, the light subdued and the rain started so I made my way back to the van and on to the gallery to work. I really enjoy these spontaneous moments when you find yourself excited and stimulated by someone or something unexpected. I felt alive and captivated, if only for a brief hour.
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  • A 2.5º COLD morning at the Rhosneigr beaches, and near windless in the brilliant morning sunshine. Even from the van I could hear the crashing waves in the distance & I was getting excited. I raced to the top of the dunes and just knew it was a photo morning, though a rushed one before getting back to work.<br />
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I therefore decided to wear my wetsuit to allow me to stay in longer, and was glad I did as after half hour I was feeling a bit chilly even in my 3-2. I watched a large group of lady swimmers arrive on the far beach, and judging by the endless screams and laughs the cold waves were testing them out! <br />
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Sadly the waves decresed in size quite quickly as the tide ebbed but I was able to capture a handful of nice images before I headed back to work.
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  • A 5 minute glow of incredible sunset colours, which went as soon as it came. This was just after a surf-wild swim at the same beach, so I was shivvering as I took this!
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  • The sea has dropped to 15.3º now, but still a warm swim despite the rain & Autumnal weather. A different sort of beauty is making an appearance once again.
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  • Some good-sized summer surf after two days of strong winds. The surf was short-lived but in the warm water and evening sunshine it was brilliant whilst it lasted.
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  • Some good-sized summer surf after two days of strong winds. The surf was short-lived but in the warm water and evening sunshine it was brilliant whilst it lasted.
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  • Explosion after explosion of huge waves battering the West Anglesey coast in early October. Rhoscolyn Beacon on the horizon disappeared and re-appeared after each strike on the reef. The light was so soft and gentle but the sea created a dynamic and noisy contrast.
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  • Some good-sized summer surf after two days of strong winds. The surf was short-lived but in the warm water and evening sunshine it was brilliant whilst it lasted.
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  • Some good-sized summer surf after two days of strong winds. The surf was short-lived but in the warm water and evening sunshine it was brilliant whilst it lasted.
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  • Wave jumping in big waves at Rhosneigr, April 2022
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  • Sunset and clouds over wide sandy beach at low tide, at Rhosneigr, West Anglesey.
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  • Today has been hard and incredibly emotional, having attended the funeral of a very close best friend. His funeral was the biggest I've ever been to, so big that crowds had to wait outside and listen by loudspeaker. As a pole bearer for my friend, I could feel the physical and emotional weight shared by fellow bearers as we slowly walked into the crematorium, to an aptly chosen Top Gun theme tune. <br />
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I sat staring at the order of service, the cover portrait one I'd taken at his retirement do just a few years before - in his element, surrounded by colleagues and loved ones, glass of red wine in hand and a damned cheeky, mischievous smile. <br />
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Today he was surrounded once again, and he'd have been elated by all the wonderful, loving people, from school friends to top consultants high in the NHS, and all of us everyday folk in between. We were all there to mourn his passing, because his grin, cheekiness and gregarious personality was infectious and drew people to him. <br />
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I listened to amazing eulogies from his daughter, an anaesthetist colleague and one of his professors from med school. It was hard to cry because they all related so many mischievous events from his past that made most of us smile. When his daughter Siân finally said, in Welsh, 'Sleep Well Dad' a ripple of stifled tears tore into the mourners. <br />
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This evening I stood in near-freezing air before entering the cold sea, my breath backlit by the setting sun. A huge seal silently appeared just 30 feet from me and stared into my tearful eyes. An arched back rose in the molten gold and he disappeared into the distance. I didn’t swim - I just stood shoulder deep in the bitter water and studied the passing snow clouds, curtains of them against the delicate warm hues of the disappearing day. Though there were a few walkers in the gloom back on the beach there was silence, as was only right this evening - no cars, no planes, no yapping dogs, no screams from kids
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  • A 2.5º COLD morning at the Rhosneigr beaches, and near windless in the brilliant morning sunshine. Even from the van I could hear the crashing waves in the distance & I was getting excited. I raced to the top of the dunes and just knew it was a photo morning, though a rushed one before getting back to work.<br />
<br />
I therefore decided to wear my wetsuit to allow me to stay in longer, and was glad I did as after half hour I was feeling a bit chilly even in my 3-2. I watched a large group of lady swimmers arrive on the far beach, and judging by the endless screams and laughs the cold waves were testing them out! <br />
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Sadly the waves decresed in size quite quickly as the tide ebbed but I was able to capture a handful of nice images before I headed back to work.
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  • Wave jumping in big waves at Rhosneigr, April 2022
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  • Waves pile foam crescents on the high tide mark at sunset in Winter at this West Anglesey beach near Rhosneigr
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  • It was a wishy-washy sunset with choppy but unimpressive waves, but I still enjoyed being in the sea anyway. Unusually for me, I've pushed the contrast a little on this frame to create more definition in the scene.
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  • Literally being thrown around in the surf near rocks I've grown fond of over the years. They feel familiar, secure, grounding, even in the waves.
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  • In a streaming gale Jan and I crossed sand dunes to an almost deserted foam-strewn beach. The waves were heavy and fast and the wind was lifting and hurling foam creatures from the shoreline to the dunes, only avoiding splattering our faces thanks to slipstreaming! The sunlight was broken but when it burst through it was warm and rich, sparkling off the wet sand, backlighting oxygenated suds, waddling their way from the water margin. It was a bitterly cold air-stream sweeping down from the North, and poor Jan looked like a frozen rigid Chilli pepper in her new Paramo coat as I stumbled around on wave-soaked reefs. I was excited by the events in front of me but was ever conscious of my suffering slim companion. The spray was constant and when I looked towards the ancient burial chamber of Barclodiad y Gawres I could see horizontal sheets of spray contrasting with the brooding dark hillside. My lens was covered in spray within seconds and the thickness of salt meant that even specialist lens cloths were not effective at clearing off the saline coating - I accepted that today’s shots would be soft and droplet covered, and actually that no longer worries me these days, as atmosphere always beats detail. I balanced myself on a rock jutting from the pristine sand, ready to shoot the choppy sea but today again, I got caught out by one of those ‘tricksy’ seventh waves, which lifted to knee height which was already 18” above the beach, so this time I did get a boot-full of seawater but also a fun shot in the process - no award winner for sure but a great memory of a moment which had Jan laughing widely, even in her sub zero state :-)We walked on, my boot warming like a winter wetsuit and as I was already wet I resigned myself to further soakings as I haunched just an inch above wet sand to photograph a parade of the foamy suds. Finally we stood atop an isolated black crag in the center of this long sandy beach and we watched larger waves exploding over the offshore s
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  • Just the most amazing weather and light over the Irish Sea this evening. I'd just been swimmig, well dipping in the surf and although less rough than last night, the rip and power in the waves was still powerful nevertheless. I'd entered the sea in bright sunshine but sheets of rain, and finally hail, pounded me after I got out.
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  • Loving the clear seas of summer, as a chance to see above and below water at the same time. This huge golden nugget was a wonderful chance discovery on a hot day ,when I almost just swam rather than make images.
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  • Look like nothing from above, but below the surface, this reef post stands sentinal-like on the outer edges.
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  • Some good-sized summer surf after two days of strong winds. The surf was short-lived but in the warm water and evening sunshine it was brilliant whilst it lasted.
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  • I headed for the coast, desperate for fresh air, but the sky darkened and a huge blanket of grey formed overhead. Undeterred I kept going and amazingly on arrival at the beach, the cloud seperated and sunshine filtered and then burned through, splashing warm light across the wet sands. On the outgoing tide the sands were pristine and formed a wonderful layer in which the boulders created perfect pools and rivulets. I ended up on the beach until late dusk and the moon glinted overhead.
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  • Sunset and clouds over wide sandy beach at low tide, at Rhosneigr, West Anglesey.
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  • Absolutely incredible, beautiful light and colours on this West Coast Anglesey beach. I was alone and windswept but colours washed around my feet, like walking in magic. Gulls cried above the relentlessly roaring sea, at the excitement of seeing sunlight after such a wild stormy day.
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  • Gale blown winter surf on the outgoing tide. Every now and then a rogue wave would power up the beach and blast through the gaps in the rock to meet my feet, but as the sun dipped and the light disappeared, so did my waves.
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  • Breakers at Dusk<br />
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There are always shallow pools at Porth Sûr but this one evening the sands had really shifted and this enormous two foot deep pool had appeared between the main beach and the nearby breakers. There was no one around at all, just this slightly eerie and mysterious pool, the most beautiful and subtle reflections of sky and water and the contrast against the distant breakers. As I took this image my feet were slowly sinking into the deep soft sand surrounding the pool and my body was gradually being drawn into the mirror flat pool. I’ve never seen this pool here again.
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  • Intense and brilliant low afternoon winter sunlight near Rhosneigr. The strong winds whipped up surf foam which then blew inland, creating some incredible geometricals along the way. I couldn’t understand how such a striking right angle could be formed from such fluidly moving foam!
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  • A cold afternoon on Anglesey's West Coast. The weather was cloudy and showery but from the West sunshine kept breaking through the clouds and scattering around the landscape. The tide was low and the wet sands provided a beautiful surface on which to mirror reflections from the rapidly changing skies.
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