Pen y Fan seen from the Blorenge

During a recent family walk on the Blorenge, a summit overlooking Abergavenny, we were favoured by warm, sunny weather with a light breeze. Visibility was quite good too and shortly after we set off on our walk through the heather and bilberry we stopped to look at the distant Pen y Fan (886 metres, 2907 feet), the high point of the Brecon Beacons. In the photograph it is the rightmost of the two sloping peaks on the central horizon, the lower summit being Corn Du (873m). In the foreground of the photograph is an old farm surrounded by small fields edged with tumbledown dry stone walls.

Sugar Loaf and the Skirrid seen from the Kymin

On a recent visit to the Kymin, a hill that overlooks the Welsh town of Monmouth I put a long lens on my camera and photographed the distant summits. On the left is Sugar Loaf, looking like (but it isn't) an extinct volcano. The long "whaleback" of the Skirrid, dotted with trees, is next. On the right is, I think, Patrishow Hill, though that may be incorrect. The day was sunny, with a chilly breeze, but warm enough for a haze that gave something of a blue tint to the far off hills. Such things can be "corrected" in software these days with a haze filter but what's "correct" about rendering a scene so that it doesn't look like what is seen?

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Nikon D5300