Wales landscapes debatably possess some of the British Isles most exciting seascapes, amid moorland, coast, and mountainous areas as well as coastline. Wales possesses large, unexploited isolated areas untouched by contemporary intrusion. For myself, I champion the south west seaboard and the ample mountainous mid area known as the Cambrian Mountains. The coastal regions of Pembrokshire, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire possesses a wealth of creative material waiting to be captured.
The coastal National Park of Pembrokeshire, the British Isles single coastal national park, has some impressive camera material. If you would like to snap British geology,
Ceibwr Bay and the short cliff top path walk that begins there, to The Witches Cauldron is arguably one of the more perceptibly prominent geographical features down the Pembrokeshire Coastline. With it's impressive cliff-folds and precipitous cliff top walk to collapsed caves, gives an simple and appealing target for landscape photographers.
The Preseli Hill range, unfortunately passed by in partiality of it's more renowned coastal cousin, but, still inside the National Coastal Park, is also one more personal recommendation, with a variety of uncultivated photographic selection. In terms of mountains, they are undoubtedly not the biggest and are in a number of sections, more publicly identified as hills. However, they are without doubt striking, with a mixture of dramatic soft curves and angles, craggy outcrops, and enigmatic vistas all over the south, south west and into mid wales; and on clear days, all the way across to Ireland. Being overlooked by the holiday making groups, the Preseli's have a deserted and remote atmosphere to them, and you can stroll for hours and not notice anything but the wildlife and views. Foel Cwmcerwyn, the tallest summit and an ancient, eroded volcano, lends plentiful prospect for the landscape photographer to play with light. I find the autumnal light around this area the most complimentary for dramatic pictures.
Also within the Preseli range, Carn Ingli is an note-worthy target for landscape photographers. Towering over the beach of Newport and home to an iron age hill fort, Carningli's coarse protruding outcrop is bordered to one side by a comparatively soft heathland climb, and toward the other side, a steep, precipitous drop. I find this lends plentiful opportunity to play with light and shade multiplicity, as well as arrangement.
There are countless uncharted cameratic opportunities throughout south west Wales, many of these places are well off the beaten path and a pleasure for those countryside photographers get pleasure from solitude in their work.
