| Wales landscapes arguably possess several of the | | | | striking, with a combination of dramatic smooth |
| British Isles most inspirational vistas, amid | | | | curves and angles, craggy outcrops, and long |
| moorland, coast, and mountainous spaces as well | | | | ranging views all across the three counties of |
| as coastline. Wales possesses enormous, | | | | Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion; |
| unexploited isolated spaces unaffected by | | | | and on clear days, all the way over to Ireland. |
| contemporary intrusion. For myself, I favour the | | | | Being overlooked by the sightseeing hordes, the |
| south west coast and the immense mountainous | | | | Preseli's have a lonely and remote feel to them, |
| mid area known as the Cambrian Mountains. The | | | | and you are able too hike for hours and not |
| coastlines of Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire holds | | | | observe another human being. Foel Cwmcerwyn, |
| a variety of creative material waiting to be | | | | the highest peak and an ancient, eroded volcano, |
| captured. | | | | gives ample opportunity for the landscape |
| The coastal National Park of Pembrokeshire, the | | | | photographer to play with light. I favour the |
| United Kingdoms sole coastal national park, has | | | | winter and late autumn light around this area to |
| some marvelous photography material. If one | | | | be the most striking. |
| would like to photograph UK geology, Ceibwr Bay | | | | Continuing in the Preseli's, Carn Ingli is an |
| and the brief coastal path walk that begins there, | | | | interesting target for landscape photographic |
| to The Witches Cauldron is possibly one of the | | | | artists. Overlooking the beach of Newport and |
| more clearly prominent geological features along | | | | with a iron age hill fort, Carningli's coarse outcrop |
| the Pembrokeshire Coastline. With it's remarkable | | | | is flanked to one side by a relatively smooth |
| rock-folds and steep cliff top walk to collapsed | | | | heathland climb, and toward the other side, a |
| caves, gives an simple and appealing target for | | | | steep, precipitous plummet. I find this gives ample |
| landscape photographic artists. | | | | opportunity to experiment with light and shade |
| The frequently overlooked Preseli mountain range, | | | | diversity, as well as composition. |
| still within the National Coastal Park, is also one | | | | There are numerous undiscovered cameratic |
| more personal recommendation, with a plethora | | | | opportunities throughout south west Wales, a lot |
| of uncharted photographic selection. As much as | | | | of of these places are completely off the beaten |
| mountains go, they are certainly not the biggest | | | | track and a delight for those landscape |
| and are in a number of sections, more publicly | | | | photographic artists favour to work without |
| identified as hills. But, they are unquestionably | | | | disruption. |