Llyn Cwmorthin

Llyn Cwmorthin is without a doubt one of the strangest and most haunting locations we have ever visited in Britain. The lake is situated in a valley in the mountains high above Blaenau Ffestiniog. Around its edge stand the desolate and disintegrating remains of cottages built to house the 19th century slate-mining community that abandoned the site shortly after the turn of the 20th century. To walk amongst the overgrown vegetable plots, the slate-built garden walls and the delapidated, modestly proportioned cottages is a strangely moving experience.

Canon EOS 5D and EF 17-40mm lens.

Exposure of 1/8 second at f/22.