Pen Yr Ole Wen

Picture by myliwg01


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  • March 22, 2013
  • Canon EOS 400D
  • Canon 18-55@18mm f11/1/40sec
  • Shooting Style Hand Held
  • Shoots Number Single RAW File
  • Exposures Number -4evto +2ev single step
  • Editing Software Photoshop / Others / Photomatix Pro
  • File Format RAW
  • Notes
landscape Mountain Lake Snowdownia N WALES Canon 400d

17 Comments

22 Mar 10:56
myliwg01

Pen yr Ole Wen is the seventh highest mountain in Snowdonia and in Wales. It is the most southerly of the Carneddau range. The mountain lies to the north of Idwal Cottage youth hostel on the A5 road, from where it has a pyramidal appearance. It may be climbed from the hostel by a path that leads directly up the south west "corner", climbing 675 m in about 1.5 km (i.e. an average gradient of nearly 1 in 2). A slightly easier ascent involves starting from Tal-y-Llyn Ogwen, about a mile north-east from the hostel, following the stream until nearing the outflow from the mountain lake Ffynnon Lloer and then branching left to take the path up the ridge. For many years the mountain's name was translated as "Head of the White Light", the interpretation of which was a mystery. However in 2004 Professor Hywel Wyn Owen at the Place-Name Research Centre at Bangor University in Bangor, Gwynedd resolved the matter saying that Ole comes from Goleddf, which means slope or hillside,[1] making the correct English translation: "Head of the White Slope". Pen yr Ole Wen is often climbed as part of a longer route on the Carneddau range. It is the same height as England's highest peak, Scafell Pike.

22 Mar 11:05
rrr

Superb.

22 Mar 11:25
flipd1

This almost has a Surreal look to it. Nicely done.

22 Mar 12:53
bjosted

10

22 Mar 13:18
arnie58

Burrrrrrrrrrrr

22 Mar 17:03
sanz3jo

10

22 Mar 17:55
drrach

wicked

22 Mar 19:34
myliwg01

Thank you to the secret voter.

22 Mar 20:20
deleted_user_

9+ the ice could look better

22 Mar 20:21
chema

10

22 Mar 20:53
miltonv

10

22 Mar 21:03
rcuello

rc

22 Mar 22:08
anonymous

nice!

22 Mar 22:16
karl_oparka

Nice, I like the surreal look

22 Mar 23:23
ksaul1

Excellent shot and process

23 Mar 00:03
josephc

10.

23 Mar 00:38
dalematt

Definitely should be seen on Download! Excellent photo.

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