Rhiwbach. The long lost city. - a photo on Flickriver

            Rhiwbach is an old ruined slate mine in the remote midst of Snowdonia's mountains. Perhaps more than other derelict sites this one looks most like a long lost city.

I arrived very early in the middle of the first of two very heavy showers. Looking up at the Dark shape of the first quarry, I really didn't fancy the ascent from Cwm Penmachno. It's a killer when your legs and lungs haven't warmed up after a week of nothingness in the office. But luck favours the brave and we set off up. It always looked like it might pour again, with heavy dark clouds coming in and covering the sun most of the time. But every so often, aided by a strengthening wind, a small part of sky opened briefly enough to let the sun illuminate the landscape, in fast moving patches of strong light. We had to be quick, several times missing a lovely patch just because we had put the camera back in its bag. Even if we could unzip the bags and yank the camera out, at lightning speed, sometimes we were still too slow.

Taken in: UK / Wales / Ffestiniog (show map)

Taken on: August 18, 2019

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/10.0, 1/200 sec, 24mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Aperture:	f/10.0
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Embettered by PicMonkey. http://www.picmonkey.com
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