Autumn 2021 part 3 – Leaf (NSFW)

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In mid-September I drove down to west Wales to meet up with a model I've wanted to work with for some time, and it turned out to be well worth the long day. We travelled up into the hills around Llyn Brianne - first by a small lake, then to a derelict building.The conditions were fantastic - it was overcast, giving some nice soft light, and some of the colours were starting to become autumnal. And Leaf was fantastic to work with. Some of the images look more autumnal than others - these were edited in Lightroom using a "teal and orange" preset/LUT. It's false colour, but my goodness it's produced some great looking images. She's a photographer as well, which helps someone still relatively inexperienced at working with models, like me.I also helped out with a project of hers - a series of nude portraits of photographers - which was an interesting experience. I won't be posting those photos....
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Bodnant Revisited

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One of the reasons for heading to North Wales was a desire to go back to the National Trust garden at Bodnant. We went in September last time, so quite fancied seeing it earlier in the year - we were particularly pleased that the Laburnum arch was in full display. Bodnant is quite possibly my favourite garden - so many different parts, and well worth a visit. " order_by="sortorder"]...
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Elan Valley

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We finished off our trip to the sunny delights of North Wales by driving down through the Elan Valley - a series of dams and reservoirs built to provide water for Birmingham. SWMBO was trying to convince me that the feral sheep of the Elan Valley were meat eaters. Mind you, this one was staring at me for quite some time. This tower is apparently the point where water is extracted for Birmingham. There was a real temptation to add my own personal donation......
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