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  • Within 2 minutes I was in Llanfaelog and the most spectacular view presented itself, a full moon right behind an amazing flood-lit church of St Faelog. Even though I was in a blinding hurry, I decided to stop the van and shoot the scene anyway. Actually the moon and church weren't in the ideal alignment for the composition I wanted but by bracing my tripod over the steps of the church, I could just create a composition that worked. I shot about four exposures at varying shutter speeds to get the right cloud coverage of the moon (so much more interesting than the moon alone) and as I was making the last exposure, a huge silent white Barn Owl glid across the scene in front of me, straight out of a Tim Burton film :-) Of course with 20 second exposures there was no chance of me recording this beautiful creature, but it will always be there in memory and will always remain magical. There were other movements in the graveyard, rustles, snaps and slithers but I couldn't actually see anything. At one point I felt something brush against my trousers but still saw nothing.
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  • A flood-lit St Michael's Mount glows in the blackness whilst a huge Harvest Moon slowly rises behind.
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  • Blue Moons, Harvest Moons, Cherry Moons, Supermoons ZZZZZZZ ……….It’s the same moon, miraculous, magnificent and enchanting and this time without one vapour trail spoiling the pure air between us, such natural skies this day.
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  • For such a brief opportunity to get to the coast this evening, the conditions certainly delivered and I was blessed with solitude as well. <br />
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As the sun dropped, giving way to a magenta dusk, I suddenly became aware of a brightening half moon over Snowdonia. The darker became dusk the more brilliant appeared the moon and it shimmered on the retreating tide. What really made this image work for me were the gentle curves of small waves pushing over a sand bank. As in my image “Wind Formed 4”, this was perfect geometry in nature, and I was utterly captivated and found it very hard to leave.
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  • A full moon rises over Penzance Harbour and the Isles of Scilly ferrry the Scillonian. The old lifeboat house can be seen in the foreground.
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  • The Scillonian, part of the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company, gently heads back into Penzance after its crossing from the Isles of Scilly. There was such calm that evening and hardly a soul about as the moon rose higher in the sky. Over the gentle sound of the waves all we could hear was the throb of the steamship engines.
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  • A moon rises in a blue sky as a gentle sunset falls across the Menai Bridge through woodland trees on the banks of the Menai Strait.
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  • This was a bright, fresh, sunny image (though the moon was an added bonus!) that I shot specifically for Menai Bridge Town Council for use on their website.<br />
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It was refreshing to be able to take a view of the bridge from a different angle, having been given the kind permission to shoot from one of the gardens of the amazing houses on that side of the Strait.My Nain & Taid used to live in Eithinog Farm a little higher than where this image was taken, but it’s a view I know vividly from childhood walks down through the Brewery Fields to cross the bridge
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  • As the sun dropped, giving way to a magenta dusk, I suddenly became aware of a brightening half moon over Snowdonia. The darker became dusk the more brilliant appeared the moon and it shimmered on the retreating tide. <br />
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The shift of colours between the moon-cool blues and the pink after-burn of the sunset was simply beautiful, gently mixed by the ripples from small waves. There was a confusion of colours and patterns yet within it all, a minimalist simplicity of form and composition. I was like a kid in a candy shop.
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  • A full moon arose in the glowing pink of dusk but as it ascended a bank of soft cloud gently obscured it’s luminosity
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  • A choppy sea at the craggy coastline at Rhoscolyn with the moon rising over the Welsh mainland.
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  • A flock of sheep all stare moonward as the sun sets, Rhoscefnhir, Anglesey<br />
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  • Not a soul around. The moon rose slowly in the rose-colured sky and the sunset burned in the farmhouse windows. Pheasants screeched to each other as they glid across the farmland. The hedgerows were dripping in lush autumnal berries and flitting amongst the dense twigs, sparrows enjoyed the pick of the crop.
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  • Ploughed fields near Dwyran, West Anglesey, Wales, with huge cumulonimbus clouds and a half moon.
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  • Water floods out from fields via a drainage outlet as a half moon rises in the sky above the church of Eglwys Cwyfan in the cove of Porth Cwyfan, West Anglesey, Wales
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  • I was in the shadows of Foel Goch and Moel Cynghorion, with the sun setting behind me. I had put my camera away for the day but suddenly the clouds cleared to reveal a beautiful scene. <br />
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I scrabbled in the rucksack to fetch the Fuji before the scene changed. I balanced my camera on a dry-stone wall to capture the near-full moon in a deep blue sky, high above the rolling foothills of Snowdon that were still bathed in warm sunshine.
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  • End of the day at Newlyn fishing harbour in Cornwall. The moon, HPS lights and dusk iluminate the normally bustling but now quiet industrial scene.
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  • A Curlew stood near motionless at the tip of the reef.  Between jagged arms of rock floated four large seals, only their loud exhalations of breath betraying their position but then unavoidably noticeable.<br />
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As I gingerly navigated the serrated rocky reef I startled an Oystercatcher that then screeched off across the calm sea.  Other than the sounds of wildlife there was just the gentle splash of near-invisible waves around me as I crouched low to photograph the rising full moon. The dark water came in behind me, silently, and my camera and me nearly became part of the sombre depths.
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  • After a dreary afternoon of drizzle under grey skies we walked back from Mousehole to Newlyn harbour. For literally no more than five minutes of that, the sun broke the blanket behind us cast a pink glow across the coast. A near full moon was already rising in the now delicate blue sky and wisps of cloud softened the light. <br />
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I haven’t often seen the harbour looking so busy but it offered a wonderfully rich foreground to contrast with the watercolour view.
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  • A new moon rises high in the sky as a lone pink cloud floats towards the darkening peaks of the Llyn mountains. I was totally alone, not a soul around, just as I like it and it made the wondrous happenings seem all the more magic to me. I’m always amazed that being so alone can bring such peace and happiness.
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  • Already feeling lucky having driven to the beach in dull weather, and finding the sun had broken through, I spent ages absorbing myself with the foreshore. For the first time this year I found myself standing thigh high in in the Irish Sea at dusk, each wave caressing my skin as I concentrated on the miraculous and heavenly scenes unfolding before me. The cool water started to feel warm and the movement of energy launched my mind to the Summer ahead. I hadn’t even noticed the moon overhead at first, but I caught it glinting in the corner of my eye and the whole euphoria of simply being alive was overwhelming.
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  • A sudden and MASSIVE squall passed over the small ex fishing cove of Moelfre but clear brilliant low sunshine continued throughout. It was like an enormous explosion rising into the sky.
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  • Hand held shot of the moon over the medieval city of Mdina in Malta - ‘The Silent City’<br />
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There is so much history here over thousands of years; so heavily influenced by money, power, opposing cultures and religion; attacks, sieges and massacres. Today however, in its current form, it stands as a romantic and beautiful city, a testament to surviving such a rich and dangerous history.
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  • We’d been so engrossed in our rock-climbing that we hadn’t even noticed the full-moon behind us, rising above Crib Goch ridge on Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) <br />
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Had to stop to grab a snap from the roadside, so thankful that I’d left my tripod in the van.
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  • Aberffraw church in the main village, in mist at dusk, during a particularly cold, snowy winter
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  • “In 2010 a young, funny, dynamic, 19-year-old friend of my ex-stepchildren had gone missing at Christmas, apparently having jumped off the Menai Suspension Bridge but no-one really knew for sure; there were no answers and no closure for his devastated family and friends. <br />
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Weeks later in January 2011, I was out walking across this shallow wet estuary at the end of the Menai Strait. I have always gone to the sea for solace and comfort, but after this event, the sea represented something very different – swallowing, concealing. I was thinking about how lucky I was to simply be there, to breathe, to see, to live"<br />
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  • This was a handheld snap on the way home from the pub after celebrating my Mum’s birthday. When you look at scenes like this, it makes you realise just how damned lucky we are to live in such an incredible place.
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  • Wonderful moonrise tonight over Tryfan. Been some incredible sky based wonders this last few days here in North Wales - didn't have my long lens with me, but the mid-range in some ways has given more topographical context.
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  • Just a wonderful moment in the skies above St Ives in Cornwall
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  • On my favourite beach, in the subtle dying rays of light on a warm summer's day, on an advancing tide, I walked alone on the shoreline, as a full moon rose over the sand dunes to my left. Unnervingly, there in the sand dunes arose a dark figure to watch me. I couldn't make out any details. As I walked closer he dropped  back into hiding. I was unnerved en route back to the car.
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  • Once again I was lured by the evening light over the Menai Bridge. I never aim for those ever popular viewpoints but I drive past them almost daily so perhaps it’s no surprise that ocassionally the view delivers something beyond the normal beauty it holds. <br />
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The moon rose rapidly, shrinking in size by the minute as it did so. I only managed a few frames before the moon was obscured by cloud anyway, but I’m glad I stopped anyway to enjoy this very magical and serene moment.
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Full moon over the Menai Bridge at dusk.
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  • Nominated in 2022 International Colour Awards<br />
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Even in this thick sea fog the crash of the waves and the advancing tide is relentless and comforting, confirming a natural order of things, the spin of the earth, the pull of the moon, the winds and the gales blowing their way around the globe. Yet I stand here on the shoreline, in one small microcosm of the rest of the planet, wrapped up in my own thoughts, my own ideas and my own emotions and without doubt my memories. Perhaps the whiteness of the fog even encourages this mental escape, eliminating everything else about me, reducing chaos to minimalist simplicity, lovely!
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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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  • Over centuries, Mên-an-Tol, locally known as the Crick Stone, has been associated with myths and folklore. Some of the more widespread legends are that if a woman passes naked through the holed stone seven times backwards during a full moon, she will become pregnant. It has also been used over generations to try & cure children of rickets, by passing them naked nine times through the hole in the stone. Whatever rituals have gone before, my ritual is to pay this wonderfully surreal ancient site a visit, usually in moody weather.
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  • Ash rock & pyroclastic materials exploded out of the volcanoes of Timanfaya in Lanzarote. This region was used for testing of lunar vehicles because of it's similarity to the surface of the moon.
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  • When I arrived at the beach the sun was out and brilliantly bouncing off the sea. You'd have thought it was summer but for everyone wearing their down jackets and hats. <br />
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I crouched down in the orange light and quietly got changed under my warm, towel robe, not really wanting to get out from under as the wind was very chilly indeed. For the first time this Autumn I also noticed a distinct change in the sea temp, now down to just 10.3º a whole degree drop. I nevertheless relished the cold water rising around my neck, forcing the involuntary gasps of excitement. I swam for a short while before enjoying the afterglow walk back up the beach to my kit. <br />
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Now wrapped up warm like the other beach goers, I thoroughly enjoyed making these images after sunset, loving the moon rising over the Eryri mountains on the mainland. What did shock me was the number of huge Barrel Jellyfish washed up on the shoreline, a reminder of what I'd been swimming amongst!
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  • Over centuries, Mên-an-Tol has been associated with myths and folklore. Some of the more widespread legends are that if a woman passes naked through the holed stone seven times backwards during a full moon, she will become pregnant. It has also been used over generations to try & cure children of rickets, by passing them naked nine times through the hole in the stone. Locally however, Mên-an-Tol’s reputation for curing back problems earned it the name of “Crick Stone” Whatever rituals have gone before, my ritual is to pay this wonderfully surreal ancient site a visit, usually in moody weather.
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  • Amazingly, after doing a quick walk to Llanddwyn Island this afternoon before Jani started another night shift on a busy Covid ITU ward, I did an absolute blast up Moel Eilio straight after to catch elusive sunshine promised for hours earlier. <br />
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I went from van to peak & back in 1hr 15 and lost 50 litres of perspiration doing so, only to see the huge ball of sunshine drop below the clouds before dropping further behind a massive band of cloud on the horizon! <br />
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It was just wonderful to be alone on the summit as sunset disappeared and a bitter dusk drew around me. I refused to use my headtorch on the way down, revelling instead in my night vision under a half moon
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  • In amongst gypsum dunes that cover 1000s of acres, a lightning storm illuminates the centre of the large cloud over huge mountain ranges in Southern New Mexico. A 3/4 moon hangs silently between the thunder claps and our friend & tour guide Carole waits patiently in her powerful 4x4 for me to finish. I loved the atmosphere, the range of illumination and the surreal fake snow landscape! The lightning storm lasted for over an hour and 6 fighter jets from the nearby Almagordo Air Base blasted overhead into the night sky.
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  • Even in this thick sea fog the crash of the waves and the advancing tide is relentless and comforting, confirming a natural order of things, the spin of the earth, the pull of the moon, the winds and the gales blowing their way around the globe. Yet I stand here on the shoreline, in one small microcosm of the rest of the planet, wrapped up in my own thoughts, my own ideas and my own emotions and without doubt my memories. Perhaps the whiteness of the fog even encourages this mental escape, eliminating everything else about me, reducing chaos to minimalist simplicity, lovely!
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  • Menai Suspension Bridge (Welsh: Pont Grog y Borth) which is a stone built Victorian suspension bridge between the island of Anglesey and Bangor and mainland of Wales. The 100ft high bridge was designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826. Here the floodlit bridge spanning the Menai Strait is backed by snow covered Welsh mountains of Snowdonia
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