I lived the first 18 years of my life in South Wales, UK. It is a very beautiful area with rugged landscapes, many sheep farms and castles dating back to the 8th century and earlier. As much as this might look like a castle in some ways the towers you see are inspection towers for a reservoir. The name of the reservoir is Llandegffed Reservoir and is about 10 minutes from where I grew up. It is in a valley surrounded by sheep farms. On some occasions, like the day this picture was taken, there is a thick fog that envelops the valley. If you look closely at the top of the larger tower you will see cormorants that are spreading their wings and catching the sun. This was one of over 50 pictures I took that day of the reservoir but this was my favorite.
It was taken with a 70-200mm lens with a 1.4x extender attached and a Canon 5D. I needed the extra length to get the angle I was looking for that gave me this background. Other angles would have given many more trees in the background which would be distracting.
