Loch Torridon

This shot was taken during our holiday around the Applecross Peninsula on the west coast of Scotland.
24-70L 1/125 f13
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What a beautiful, moody place. Is that a stitched photo?

Tim

Hi Tim,

No its not stitched. What made you ask?

Regards
Trevor

I like this shot, Trevor. I like it a lot.

I wish I lived further north.

I've always prefered a good, heavy sky. Nothing more boring for me than a cloudless sky. Good job, considering where I live.

By way of C&C, since you ask, and this is nit picking. Would it have been possible to move your vantage point so that the trees don't obscure the nearest island ?

Talking about vantage points, where did you shoot this from ?
It reminds me a bit of the Shieldaig area, but it's so long ago I'm probably miles away.

Got any more ? ............... Sorry if that sounds a bit pushy.

Best regards,

Thanks Cameron.
Yes it is near Shieldaig. We went along the coast road towards Applecross and stopped overlooking the Loch. Sadly I couldn't get a better view without crampons and a chainsaw. Maybe next time.

I have to confess that I tweaked the sky a little, to make it a little moodier. I found a technique in a magazine that Nicki bought me, that I thought I'd try. PLEASE don't tell anyone

I'm working through the images at present, so I'll post again if I like any of them. I think I'm getting fussy in my old age, we went out Saturday to Croick church and stopped for some river shots. I got bitten to death, but still didn't really like the shots I took! I may post one or two though for your opinion.

Regards
Trevor

lomond wrote:
I like this shot, Trevor. I like it a lot.

I wish I lived further north.

I've always prefered a good, heavy sky. Nothing more boring for me than a cloudless sky. Good job, considering where I live.

By way of C&C, since you ask, and this is nit picking. Would it have been possible to move your vantage point so that the trees don't obscure the nearest island ?

Talking about vantage points, where did you shoot this from ?
It reminds me a bit of the Shieldaig area, but it's so long ago I'm probably miles away.

Got any more ? ............... Sorry if that sounds a bit pushy.

Best regards,

weemannie wrote:
Hi Tim,

No its not stitched. What made you ask?

Regards
Trevor

On my uncalibrated monitor, it seems that there is a pretty dramatic light fall-off on the left side of the photo. I tend to have that problem when I try to stitch photos to make a panorama, so I was wondering if you had the same thing happening in this photo. The difference is, I couldn't find any obviously stitched areas, so I was going to complement you on your blending!

Tim

Trevor,
I know that place too - I've a pano shot on 35mm of almost that exact same area!

weemannie wrote:
I have to confess that I tweaked the sky a little, to make it a little moodier. I found a technique in a magazine that Nicki bought me, that I thought I'd try. PLEASE don't tell anyone

We promise not to tell as long as you share the info with your friends!

I like the composition and the crop you have choosen - the diagonal of the edge of the islands leads the eye nicely through the image.

I think I only have one suggestion and one complaint - possibly bump up the saturation about +25 to bring out some of the greens on the mountains - and the complaint - looks like you'll have to clean your sensor there's at least three dust marks I can see - shot at a high f-stop was it?

Regards

Hi Tim,
The dramatic fall off in light might be due to something very rare in Texas.....Clouds. Lucky you.

It looks normal to me.

Regards,

David, thanks for the comments. I'll have a go at the saturation. Yes there were dust spots on the sensor, although I thought I'd got them all with the spot healing brush (I love that tool!). More money spent on a Rocket Air blower.

As I owe you one (or two) here's what I did:
1 Feathered (25) selection of the sky.
2 Levels adj. layer. Slide left arrow to right to meet the pixels and slight tweak to right of midtone slider.
3 Still with the same selection, I adjusted the saturation -49 to suit.

Speak soon

Regards
Trevor

Meerkat17 wrote:
Trevor,
I know that place too - I've a pano shot on 35mm of almost that exact same area!


We promise not to tell as long as you share the info with your friends!

I like the composition and the crop you have choosen - the diagonal of the edge of the islands leads the eye nicely through the image.

I think I only have one suggestion and one complaint - possibly bump up the saturation about +25 to bring out some of the greens on the mountains - and the complaint - looks like you'll have to clean your sensor there's at least three dust marks I can see - shot at a high f-stop was it?

Regards