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  • May 15, 2026
  • May 15, 2026
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Morning Light in the Tips

I’m loving the woods in the morning. This part of Ystradfawr Nature Reserve is referred to as ‘the tips’ as it’s where the coal tips for Ystradfawr Mine used to […]

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  • May 14, 2026
  • May 14, 2026
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

May Morning Rainbow

So far, May has been a string of failed attempts to kick-start summer. The winter has felt long. Whilst we have been blessed with some recent dry weather, the days […]

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  • May 12, 2026
  • May 12, 2026
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Clouding Dawn in Ystradfawr

I recently bought a 17-year old bridge camera off Vinted so our friend could photograph our wedding. This thing has an 18x zoom on it – something I’m not used […]

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  • April 22, 2026
  • April 22, 2026
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Dawn Skies Over Waun Gyrlais

Good to have a dry week so far. There’s been a real chill in the air in the mornings though, sometimes accompanied by a cold wind. Spring has really shifted […]

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  • April 18, 2026
  • April 18, 2026
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Sunny Spring Mornings

Wow, everything is really starting to green up. Forecast’s looking alright for next week too, so hoping for a few morning mornings like this! Path up to Cycle Route 43 […]

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  • April 17, 2026
  • April 17, 2026
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Golden Hour on Swansea Beach

Swansea Bay, ten years ago. The last light of a warm March afternoon scattered across the beach, bathing the city in a golden glow while a couple and their dog […]

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  • April 15, 2026
  • April 15, 2026
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Halfway Forest in Spring

Halfway Forest is a rather lovely spot located not far from Llandovery. A selection of trail lengths mean it’s great for a short stroll, or a good long walk. It […]

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Landscape photo of spring woodlands in Ystradfawr Nature Reserve in morning sunshine.
  • April 14, 2026
  • April 14, 2026
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Spring in Ystradfawr Nature Reserve

Freshly leaved trees in spring morning sunshine – nothing quite like it! This shot is one day off being 6 years old. Taken on a lockdown walk. What a spring […]

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  • April 13, 2026
  • April 13, 2026
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Sgwd Gwladys in Spring

My first time visiting Sgwd Gwladys near Pontneddfechan just over a decade ago. Early spring is an ideal time to do the waterfalls walk: Still wet enough for the falls […]

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Landscape photo of billowing clouds in late afternoon light over Ystradgynlais Cross.
  • April 10, 2026
  • April 10, 2026
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Clouds Over Ystradgynlais Cross

The weather’s been all over the place this spring, but it’s treated us to some lovely cloud displays. Sometimes the light and clouds line up just right — and that’s […]

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  • April 9, 2026
  • April 9, 2026
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Riffing on Spring Light

I’m still riffing on the gorgeous spring morning light. I love seeing everything coming out this time of year — the sloe blossom, new needles on the Japanese larch, catkins […]

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  • April 8, 2026
  • April 8, 2026
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

First Light on the Pines

Morning all. I’m still having a hard time getting back into posting regularly. I’ve had this awful bug for the last 3 weeks and had several days off work (for […]

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Pools of sunlight illuminated the coniferous forest floor at Halfway Forest, Carmarthenshire
  • March 21, 2026
  • March 21, 2026
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Spring Light in Halfway Forest

Absolutely superb spring light in Halfway Forest this afternoon. Despite having walked this trail numerous times, I still feel a sense of intrigue each time I see it. Halfway Forest […]

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  • March 19, 2026
  • March 19, 2026
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Late March Hill Fires

It seems like we’ve just dived into spring head-first with some startlingly warm temperatures yesterday. What a time of year! When that spring sunshine finally hits — pulley washing lines […]

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  • March 14, 2026
  • March 14, 2026
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography, Photoblog

Superb Crisp Morning

A superb crisp morning. Lovely pastel tones. Kind of gutted I didn’t have a chance to capture the frosted vegetation backlit by the rising sun, but the bloody dog ran […]

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Landscape photo of dawn cloud formations over Waun Gyrlais in Ystradgynlais
  • March 6, 2026
  • March 17, 2026
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography, Photoblog

Dawn Skies Over Waun Gyrlais

A bit of a chill in the air and a bit grey this morning, but dry. Sunrise brought quite a display over Waun Gyrlais. I’m loving being on the cusp […]

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An empty road runs down hill with deciduous trees on both sides on the cusp of bearing spring foliage. In the distance the Cribarth ridge lies in haze.
  • April 11, 2025
  • April 11, 2025
  • Chris
  • Blog

There’s so much to do… and not enough time to do it

There is no possible way I could say I’m in a creative funk at the moment. No, I suffer from the opposite in that I’ve got so many ideas, so […]

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Dog walkers on a large, sandy Welsh beach on a rainy day
  • August 19, 2024
  • April 11, 2025
  • Chris
  • Landscape Photography

Cefn Sidan in March

It’s utterly insane what good results you can get from phone cameras now. The Sony Xperia 5 MkV can shoot RAW. This means you have what the sensor picks up, […]

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Sarn Helen Roman Road traversing heathland and forest
  • April 8, 2023
  • June 25, 2025
  • Chris
  • Travel, Walking

Walking Sarn Helen Roman Road – From Banwen to Crynant

March. Normally a lovely time of year to walk. But this year, reports just came out that we had the wettest March for 30 years, and it’s not hard to […]

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