Loch Leven

rudgej · 19th of January 2007 (Fri)

This one was taken a few weeks back in from a hill above the town of Kinlochleven in Scotland, and looks back down Loch Leven. While the day did start of (weather-wise) very promising, it unfortunately clouded over for most of the day, and the sun only peeked out from behind the clouds for the odd moment.

Frank_Hollahan · 19th of January 2007 (Fri)

Love those trees in the FG John and the light on top of the far off mountain, very pretty shot indeed.

siejones · 19th of January 2007 (Fri)

Very nice composition.

Did you struggle to decide how to place your GND on that?

Neilyb · 19th of January 2007 (Fri)

Did you use a GND? If you did you were indeed subtle! The sky has just enought detail to hold your gaze and the patchy sunlight adds enough colour to make the trees stand out

good shot on a bad day.

Seaboarder · 19th of January 2007 (Fri)

Hi John
A stunning shot.
Hope it prints well and looks good on your wall.
70mm was a spot on choice of focal length .. good thinking outside the wide angle box.
Thanks for sharing.
Paul

rudgej · 20th of January 2007 (Sat)

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Originally Posted by Frank_Hollahan

Love those trees in the FG John and the light on top of the far off mountain, very pretty shot indeed.

Thanks Frank, JLP9639 and I climbed up that hill to try and get photos of a waterfall, that in the end was so we hidden by trees that we didn't take a single shot of it. We then got to a nice height to look down the loch, but the nearest foreground interest was these trees, and they were far enough away which is why I used my 70-200 to frame them.

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Originally Posted by siejones

Very nice composition.

Did you struggle to decide how to place your GND on that?

No not too much! I have the Cokin P-series which are soft grads anyway.

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Originally Posted by Neilyb

Did you use a GND? If you did you were indeed subtle! The sky has just enought detail to hold your gaze and the patchy sunlight adds enough colour to make the trees stand out

good shot on a bad day.

I'm pretty sure that I was using a 2-stop ND. The shot was one of my better ones that day, and in general I was disappointed as I was trying to manually focus, and although things looked ok, I've never been able to get photos as sharp as if I just left the camera to do it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seaboarder

Hi John
A stunning shot.
Hope it prints well and looks good on your wall.
70mm was a spot on choice of focal length .. good thinking outside the wide angle box.
Thanks for sharing.
Paul

Thanks Paul. While my son has a couple of my photos on his wall, I've never got round to printing many of my photos let alone framing them. The 70mm focal length was simply to make the trees part of the foreground interest.

adebass · 20th of January 2007 (Sat)

Lovely shot John, really good composition and captures the atmos of the area nicely.

siejones · 20th of January 2007 (Sat)

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Originally Posted by rudgej

Thanks Frank, JLP9639 and I climbed up that hill to try and get photos of a waterfall, that in the end was so we hidden by trees that we didn't take a single shot of it.

Yep I have been to that same waterfall (the one right by the village). It's nice alright but you can't get a shot clear of trees and branches for toffee

rudgej · 21st of January 2007 (Sun)

Quote:

Originally Posted by adebass

Lovely shot John, really good composition and captures the atmos of the area nicely.

Thanks Adrian.

Quote:

Originally Posted by siejones

Yep I have been to that same waterfall (the one right by the village). It's nice alright but you can't get a shot clear of trees and branches for toffee

The waterfall is a disappointment isn't it? Even from the best viewing area from the path, you can barely see it through the trees, and when you combine that with the fact that the rocks around the waterfall give it a twisting route, then you can barely see any water at all.

Johan Groenewald · 21st of January 2007 (Sun)

This is the best composition I've seen in a long time! Well done

mws3 · 21st of January 2007 (Sun)

lovely shot John
i like the trees in the foreground and the loch coming in from the bottom left hand corner

beautiful part of the country

malla1962 · 21st of January 2007 (Sun)

Superb shot.

CarolP · 21st of January 2007 (Sun)

Beautiful shot! I really like the colors in the hills and the way the green of the trees show up so nicely against them in the foreground.

MAH · 21st of January 2007 (Sun)

Lovely how the sun catches the trees.

siejones · 21st of January 2007 (Sun)

Just to contribute a couple more thoughts on this.

If it wern't for that unfortuate tree to the bottom left I would say this isn't far off the kind of composition a painter would purposely create for a painting.

Your use of manual focus has made infinite a touch off focus. Making the distant mountain a little out but I think this contributes to the image. It gives a feeling of depth and a little texture like it is painted. Which is very interesting.

19th of January 2007 (Fri)	#1
rudgej Couch-potato photographer Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,613 IMAGE EDITING OK	Loch Leven This one was taken a few weeks back in from a hill above the town of Kinlochleven in Scotland, and looks back down Loch Leven. While the day did start of (weather-wise) very promising, it unfortunately clouded over for most of the day, and the sun only peeked out from behind the clouds for the odd moment. __________________

19th of January 2007 (Fri)	#2
Frank_Hollahan Goldmember Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Newfoundland Posts: 2,572 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Loch Leven Love those trees in the FG John and the light on top of the far off mountain, very pretty shot indeed. __________________ Frank http://www.aFrankVernonCollection.com

19th of January 2007 (Fri)	#3
siejones Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,267	Re: Loch Leven Very nice composition. Did you struggle to decide how to place your GND on that? __________________ Technical perfection is only ever important if it improves the asthetic. It is not the precursor to beauty. Not in art..not in music and not in photography! My Flickr account link

19th of January 2007 (Fri)	#4
Neilyb Goldmember Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Munich Posts: 4,386	Re: Loch Leven Did you use a GND? If you did you were indeed subtle! The sky has just enought detail to hold your gaze and the patchy sunlight adds enough colour to make the trees stand out good shot on a bad day. __________________ For sale: Kidney, half a lung and maybe an eye. Will consider trade for 200-400 IS L http://natureimmortal.blogspot.com http://www.travellinglight.de

19th of January 2007 (Fri)	#5
Seaboarder Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hilton of Cadboll, Highlands of Scotland Posts: 505	Re: Loch Leven Hi John A stunning shot. Hope it prints well and looks good on your wall. 70mm was a spot on choice of focal length .. good thinking outside the wide angle box. Thanks for sharing. Paul

20th of January 2007 (Sat)	#7
adebass Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 873 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Loch Leven Lovely shot John, really good composition and captures the atmos of the area nicely. __________________ Dr Adrian Bass (www.adrian-bass.fotopic.net) EOS 5D + BG-E4 grip, EOS 10D + BG-E3 grip Canon EF 24-105L, Tokina 19-35mm, Sigma 50-500mm

21st of January 2007 (Sun)	#10
Johan Groenewald Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Johannesburg Posts: 678 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Loch Leven This is the best composition I've seen in a long time! Well done __________________ [50D][Canon 70-200 f4L][Canon 17-55 2.8IS][Canon 100L macro] Kannie is lankal dood If you don't enjoy what you have, how could you be happier with more?

21st of January 2007 (Sun)	#11
mws3 Tartan abuser Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: perth Scotland Posts: 756	Re: Loch Leven lovely shot John i like the trees in the foreground and the loch coming in from the bottom left hand corner beautiful part of the country __________________ Mark ________________________________________ Kit: 350D, 18-55mm lens, 70-200 Sigma, 55-300Sigma,Tamron 17-50mm, polarisers, canon remote, battery pack Lee filters and more to come

21st of January 2007 (Sun)	#12
malla1962 Cream of the Crop Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Walney Island,cumbria,uk Posts: 7,713	Re: Loch Leven Superb shot. __________________ Gear List

21st of January 2007 (Sun)	#13
CarolP Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Buffalo, New York Posts: 650 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Loch Leven Beautiful shot! I really like the colors in the hills and the way the green of the trees show up so nicely against them in the foreground. __________________ CarolP Rebel XT 350D, kit lens Canon Zoom EF 90-300mm 1:4.5-5.6 Canon Zoom EF 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 II CP filter, tripod

21st of January 2007 (Sun)	#14
MAH Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Shropshire, UK Posts: 647 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Loch Leven Lovely how the sun catches the trees. __________________ Mark Some snaps of mine.

21st of January 2007 (Sun)	#15
siejones Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,267	Re: Loch Leven Just to contribute a couple more thoughts on this. If it wern't for that unfortuate tree to the bottom left I would say this isn't far off the kind of composition a painter would purposely create for a painting. Your use of manual focus has made infinite a touch off focus. Making the distant mountain a little out but I think this contributes to the image. It gives a feeling of depth and a little texture like it is painted. Which is very interesting. __________________ Technical perfection is only ever important if it improves the asthetic. It is not the precursor to beauty. Not in art..not in music and not in photography! My Flickr account link

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