The first two photo is of the famous Menai bridge and the little cottage built at the end of the structure. Completed in 1826, Menai bridge was the world’s first major suspension bridge, and for 150 years, was the only road bridge that connected England to North Wales, crossing the Menai Strait. The cottage underneath is called ‘Manadwyn’, currently used as a holiday stay.
The first photo is taken at British Autumn 3:00 PM. Equipment was a Sony A7III with a Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 at 85mm, f/8, 1/120s, ISO 100. The second photo also uses the same equipment, taken at 7:00 PM; on a tripod, 135mm, f/5.6, 25s, ISO 50.
This photo is from deep inside Snowdonia National Park, by the side of a mountain-top lake called ‘Llyn Idwal’. The rainwater from the lake creates the stream that falls into the lower lake ‘Llyn Ogwen’, at the foot of the peak ‘Carnedd Llewelyn’, as seen in the photo. Taken an hour before sunset, the clouds were quickly turning from white to orange to blue. To quickly capture this change, the ISO had to be raised. This photo was taken with a Sony A7III with a Sony 16-35 f/2.8 GM at 16mm, f/8, 1/60s, ISO 400.
Due to the unique height variance of Welsh landscape, the clouds are formed much too close to the beach. As a result, rainfall at one end of the sea often creates rainbow that seems to be rising straight from the land at another end. This photo was taken at ‘Traeth Llanddwyn’ at British Fall 3:30 PM. Equipment was a Sony A7III with a Tamron 70-180mm f/2.8 at 180mm, f/2.8, 1/800s, ISO 50. To emphasize the rainbow, the photo had to be taken at maximum focal length the lens allowed. But due to the fleeting scenario, there was no time to set up a tripod, and handheld capture at 180mm created a scope of blur. So, shutter speed was raised by opening the lens aperture to the maximum (depth of field did not matter due to subject distance).
Twr Mawr Lighthouse is one of the most famous photography destinations in the whole of UK. Tough to reach, this is an exceptionally quite place, with mainly photographer crowd found around. This photo was taken with a Sony A7III with a Sony 16-35 f/2.8 GM at 35mm, f/4, 25s, ISO 50.
Anupam Dey is a Photographer, by passion. At present, he is working as a Lecturer at the Department of Project Management at The University of the West of Scotland.
Excellent Collection