5dmkII, 17-40L, ISO100, f11
5 vertical frames at 17mm bracketed with a 3 stop range. Stitched in PTGui and blended in Photoshop CS4
Pen Y Fan is the highest peak in the Brecon Beacons and in southern Britain. At 886m it is diminutive by continental standard but can still provide spectacular views and unforgiving conditions.
Photographically 2012 did not get off to a good start for me. Of the trips I have been on perhaps 25% have produced any images at all. It's hard to keep going when you keep hitting bad weather! Our hike up to Pen Y Fan was no better. Freezing rain made for quite unpleasant walking conditions and my waterproof shell literally became a shell of ice! Once the tent was up (on the summit of Pen Y Fan because I try not to do things in half measures) we were fine though. It was cold but down jackets and sleeping bags soon warm you up, as does hot chocolate with a spot of whisky! The night went well and I got up every 3 hours to check the weather (it was cloudy but still all night). By 5.30am a gap had appeared on the eastern horizon and with the high clouds overhead an wonderful sunrise became almost certain.
This image was the one I concentrated on. I captured it a few times as the sun rose. Once I felt the best moment had passed I moved on to other images including this one of our ice covered tent!
I love me some snow-covered mountain top sunrise photos.
This one has a great comp and lines with the ridges.
The tent shot is classic as well. Perhaps not a wall hanger or a gallery piece, but I like it nearly as much. Especially with the rainbow and salmon-colored bend of precip on the right.
I would like to see a wider angle of the tent and I wish the one posted didn't cut off the guy lines.
Beautiful sunrise. Never visited the BB in the winter. Must do that some day.
Do I recognize a Quasar in the second image? Love those. (I'm on my second...)
Great view on the first.
There is a sliver of white on the second image in the top left, possibly from rotating the image. It should be easy to clone out though.
camerausername wrote:
Great view on the first.
There is a sliver of white on the second image in the top left, possibly from rotating the image. It should be easy to clone out though.
Thanks, yes I noticed it when I uploaded but because it's more of a snapshot I couldn't be bothered to fix it! Thanks everyone
Excellent shot. Well worth braving the elements as you did. To spend a night in those conditions, I'd need a lot more than a spot of whisky ... more likely a few bottles of the best single malt I'd find!
