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    Russ Francis

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    The money shot! After 3 days and nights of challenging conditions, I finally managed to witness the sun breaking through the clouds over the mountains of Snowdonia. It was worth every minute of discomfort. Views[244] The 3rd night I awoke at around 4am to see the moon shining through my tent, the clouds had finally broke. Making the most of this window of opportunity, I dragged myself out of my sleeping bag to grab this shot of my camp spot and Mt. Snowdon bathed in moonlight. Views[278] Sometimes you have to do away with technical skill and just grab the moment. The point this was taken I was absolutely beat, battling against gale force winds and rain all day with a 16kg pack was taking it's toll, but I pushed on. Taken with my GoPro 3 Views[257] I envisaged mornings of sitting outside my tent, enjoying my breakfast after shooting a beautiful sunrise. That of course is not always the case, the weather was so bad that I had to fire up my stove inside my tents porch, even then the wind was swirling around inside making things difficult. Views[253] The first of 3 nights hiking in Snowdonia, Wales. The weather was far from ideal with gale force winds, persistent rain and low cloud, I knew right away that the trip was going to be a challenge. I took this shot to give a feeling to what the weather was like. Wind is invisible, apart from when you have fast moving clouds overhead and the right conditions for a long exposure, you can also see the deformed look of my tent due to the force. Views[267]
     

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