Y Bala

[MX5]

Well Sunday was Llandrillo to Y Bala (11miles). The forest walk part was shared with a (legal) motorbike motocross event which shared our path! Very exciting!! Typical of Welsh Wales ... one footpath blocked by a field of frisky bullocks, and several paths just couldn't be found. Normal lack of signage in many places. Oh and a downed bridge. So quite eventful.

1. Thingymajig for a whatchamacallit

f/5.6 1/640 ISO-200

2. One of the Motocross chaps (once we got out the forest)

f/4 1/1600 ISO-400

3. Panorama (I think that's the craggy Moel Siabod in the distance)

9 image stitch (ICE). Manual f/5.6 1/500 ISO-200

4. Stream near Bwlch-yn-horeb

Cropped (the RHS was blown). f/4 1/30 ISO-200

5. Llyn Tegid

5 Image stitch (ICE). Manual f/5.6 1/1250 ISO-200

6. The Route


40D plus 17-40L as normal.

Feel free to report any technical or narrative blunders.

Thanks for stopping by.

[pelliott1954]

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Hi MX,

I like 1-3 and 5, with 5 shading it for me.

You could use number 1 as Guess what this implement is comp!!, it makes the shot though.

I think for the Stream shot to have really worked you would have had to do a bit of climbing down and looking at the moss covered rocks I can see why you didn't risk it.

Regards Paul

[Muscat]

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Sounds like you had a 'fun' day, thanks for the Monday morning fix. I really like #1 and #5 but in #1 would crop most of the sky out as there is little detail in it and the main focus is on you Thingymajig for a whatchamacallit

[Nathaniel]

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The usual high standards. I prefer the one with the biker as it has a focal point. However, the other landscapes too are nice.

[Hereford_EOS]

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Some great shots MX5.
Llyn Tegid is welsh for Bala lake (I had to look it up).
Looks like a perfect autumn morning for walking and blue sky too.

[tesarver]

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Thanks MX5 for Sharing images of your walk. You find some neat places to trek through.

Tom

[MX5]

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Thanks Paul, Muscat, Nat, Stephen and Tom

What #1 is for has me perplexed. Especially as it was in the middle of a field. I'm thinking its a mechanism from, a skip lorry (well clutching at straws!).

That stream was in severe shade ... and would have been too dangerous to approach from where I took the photo.

Tom - yes 'neat' this one didn't exactly go to plan and I was leading. In some parts of Welsh Wales they just don't like walkers/ramblers. So paths vanish without trace, obstacles are placed in the way, ... but just certain parts not all of Wales.

[DeeGee]

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Looks beautiful walking country.

[Deva32]

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Excellent set, as usual MX5. You deserved some good weather after what you have had to put up with recently.

Thanks for sharing

Iam

[hhcanon]

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Top notch as usual!

[MX5]

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Thanks Di, Ian and hhcanon.

Di - it is wonderful walking and there are plenty of real (deciduous) trees rather than the Faux Forestry Forevergreens.

[djguk47]

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Looking at the "Monday fix" on Wednesday... oh well one of those weeks.

Usual high MX5 standard with #5 getting my vote.

David

[MX5]

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Thanks David ... you got one of those weeks as well !

[David Stallard]

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#5 steals it for me, as for the names. . . . . . I will take your word for it ;-)

Beautiful set as always, nicely framed and well taken!

.DAVID.