A very long and overdue Brecon Beacons sunrise shoot!

The only issue with that particular plan is that summer sunrise are clearly very early, in this case my alarm went off at 3.30AM. The A470 was absolutely devoid of traffic, so the journey from Cardiff took about an hour,   I was also meeting a fellow landscape photogarpher Dan Santillo, we met up at just after 5.00Am, giving us 30+ minutes before the sun rose from behind us. 

Oddly it's a tricky place for acces to the lake with boat clubs and camp sites either side and way to many gated fences for my liking. Anyhow after a good hunt around for a good spot, I settled on the jetty.

Sunrise was muted and soft and also over fairly quickly, managed a couple of exposures, but this is a venue for a return and much more of a recce around the lake. With the Brecon Beacons, Pen y fan ridge as a backdrop it has definite potential.

I thought the quay acted as quite a lovely lead-in to the shot, but had my new Gitzo at full stretch to get the angles I wanted, it still slightly clips the reflection on the land at the far side. I don't want to moan too much, we got a sunrise, mist and a still lake giving rather nice reflections.

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