Castell y Gwynt

[Trappe]

Conditions looked good on Sunday night and the forecast predicted a gap in the clouds at dawn. So it was a trip to the hills first thing !

We took the path up from behind the Pen y Gwryd hotel. The first 15 minutes is the worst part as you have to navigate through the bog. Once you hit the path then it's just a case of head down and get on with it.

We arrived around 15 minutes before sunrise so it gave me plenty of time to figure out some vantage points.

The Panoramic was taken using the 24mm T&S lens and Lee grad ND filters

Castell y Gwynt Panoramic by Rory Trappe, on Flickr

The second with the 70-200

Castell y Gwynt 2 by Rory Trappe, on Flickr

 

[gilbouk]

Stunning shots. Very enjoyable

 

[RichieTee]

Beautiful shots Rory. Some wonderful conditions and you made great use of them

 

[Mark Johnson]

Lovely photos. You worked hard to get them. Well deserved....................

 

[Tringa]

Great shots, Rory. You should be well pleased with them, especially the second.

Dave

 

[Tilz]

Nice shots

 

[sbowler579]

Second for me.

 

[cargo]

Fabulous light 2nd for me but first is stunning too.
Gaz

 

[ancient_mariner]

Fabulous shots, with the second being the winner.

 

[Kevin O'Brian]

Fantastic Rory

 

[SFTPhotography]

Epic.

 

[Trappe]

A couple more.

Castell y Gwynt by Rory Trappe, on Flickr


Fire and ice by Rory Trappe, on Flickr

 

[G.K.Jnr.]

"Excellent" work Sir, nothing more to be said.

George.

 

[daveh]

Stunning shots, like them all.

 

[Craig_85]

Just awesome, especially the first image. It's one of the best I have seen on this forum in a long time. I would be well happy with that and be printing it large.

Highlights in the sky of the second feel a tad over tamed for me but the composition and scale of the shot is still great. Added shots are very nice too.

 

[ianmarsh]

Now I see why this guy was so keen to get to this spot (

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjFD31XN25s
). He had slightly different weather though.

Your second shot is superb.

 

[69Bonni]

OMG Rory my favorite place in the UK! The Glyderau and the Glyders. This is truly Photography Porn for me!
You can do no wrong! Stunning Work BTW. You have really done them justice

 

[alfbranch]

Great work Rory

 

[Byker28i]

Oh wow, really nice. Almost makes me want to go walk up mountains. Almost

 

[Scott Robertson]

The second in the OP is my kind of picture, ticks all the boxes for me. I'd be tempted to crop in from the left and the bottom of the first (similar to the composition posted later but tighter) to focus attention towards the rocks stacks and mountains in the background. Don't think it needs the area to the left or much of the foreground but all very nice pictures.

 

[Trappe]

Now I see why this guy was so keen to get to this spot (

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjFD31XN25s
). He had slightly different weather though.

Your second shot is superb.

Great video. He had some good shots there despite the weather. He did take the difficult route up to The Glydyrs though !

 

[NeilA1975]

Fine images Rory, the second in the first post is stunning.

 

[dekeyboy]

Superb shots Rory.

 

[JasonPC]

Fantastic set. #2 is my pick of the bunch but a tough call.

 

[Scirocco_09]

Very nice indeed, worth getting your head down and getting up there! I like numbers 1 and 3 in particular - well composed and everything came together with the view, clouds, snow and light

 

[Trappe]

Hi,

As this scene seems to be the favourite I had another look at the images taken. The original was at 140mm. This was at 115mm.

Slightly less compression

Snowdon and Castell y gwynt-web by Rory Trappe, on Flickr

 

[alan72]

2 stunning shots, I admit I am the odd one out (as usual!) and prefer the panoramic, the light and depth really work for me.

 

[Neil Burnell]

2 stunners Rory

 

[PaulButler]

Fab images, gorgeous light and structure. Not a weak one there.