Castle Dinas Bran, Llangollen, Wales

THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTOGRAPH

Castell Dinas Bran stands atop a high conical hill overlooking Llangollen and the River Dee in southern Denbighshire. Very little remains of the once-mighty fortress save crumbling fragments of walls. On this occasion I was photographing the castle from below, hoping to capture the evening sunlight on the castle walls. When the sun faded into the western hills I climbed up to the castle ruins and managed to take this photo of the setting sun through an old medieval arch before the sun disappeared altogether. I think this view is much better than the image I had originally visualised!