It was the blue and red on Rhossili Downs that caught my eye. The snow on the Down was in shade and had taken on the bluish colouration that snow in shade does. This was enhanced by the red of the bracken on the downs being visible due to the snow having melted previously.
The evening light was quite spectacular while the snow was present, and even though I got to Cefn Bryn a bit late to get good light on the foreground, the colours in the sky and where the snow had melted on the ground provide plenty of interest. The four trees above are always a popular focal point of mine in some of my photographs.
As the sun lowered in the sky and finally dropped below the horizon the sun was reflected onto the clouds above Llanelli and Burry Port giving them an orange glow. The start of this can be seen in the image above but as the light faded slightly, the colours seemed to intensify in the two images below.
I prefer the image above as it is more simple and slightly two dimensional in appearence which appeals to me. I’ve noticed that of the landscape images that I make, that appeal to me the most, have this two dimensional feel to them. Most landscape images tend to have a foreground, middle ground and background which gives them a more three dimensional feel but I’m not sure if this is the way I see them, hence the two dimensional images proliferating. It could just be phase I’m going through in my photography, only time will tell on that one.
