Rannoch Dawn

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 1, 2011378 views19 comments

A beautiful autumn Dawn at Rannoch Moor. Shot on the way back to the airport after 5 days of rain and mist in the Scotish Highlands! Good things come to those who wait!!

Canon 5D, 17-40 L and Lee Big Stopper.
151 Seconds @ F11
Focal Length 21mm
Iso 100

Apologies for my initial lack of comments on here, work commitments are tight at present

I will try and put that to rights over the next few weeks.

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on February 1, 2011 at 1:32 PM

Phil - Love the mixed shadows and light in the distance. Processing looks perfect to me. Maybe a slight tilt to the right - maybe just an optical illusion. Nice job!

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Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on February 1, 2011 at 3:47 PM

Beautiful scene with some lovely colours. The far off peak towards upper right looks lovely beneath those moving clouds.
That peak, the island (?) with the lone tree and the sky could form a separate image.
The FG rock on the bottom-right is not contributing much to the composition IMHO.

Registered on January 4, 2008, 98 Posts, 1403 Comments

Comment posted by Jeremy Kessler on February 1, 2011 at 3:58 PM

This is a beautiful Image of what looks like an incredible area. The mountains look a bit soft in the larger version, almost as if to much noise reduction was used. Fantastic Image

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Comment posted by Varina Patel on February 1, 2011 at 5:12 PM

I love the reflection on the water in this shot - and the flow on the distant mountains and foreground grasses. These are wonderful lighting conditions and the processing is excellent. There is a lot going on here - which makes it difficult to find a place to rest the eye - and I can image myself taking several shots from this location. I wonder if you changed lenses to capture different perspectives? I especially love that little tree on the island in the distance.

Very nicely done! Congratulations!

Registered on August 22, 2008, 45 Posts, 1578 Comments

Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on February 1, 2011 at 5:36 PM

what a wonderful light and a great place...

Brigitte

Registered on January 10, 2009, 187 Posts, 1507 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on February 1, 2011 at 6:00 PM

What a gorgeous location. That foreground rock points the way into the rest of the picture. The light is wonderful and the moving clouds are an interesting textural contrast.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on February 1, 2011 at 6:17 PM

This is beautiful . . . really nice work! I'm not a big fan of the prominent rock in the foreground but all of the other elements work together nicely in your composition. The long exposure is a nice component of the scene too.

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Comment posted by Art Escobado on February 1, 2011 at 6:22 PM

That's nice-real nice! Makes me feel like I'm there.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on February 1, 2011 at 10:11 PM

This is exquisite, Phil. The light and contrasts and movement makes for a fantastic frame.

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on February 2, 2011 at 12:43 AM

Amazing landscape Phil! The rock in the fg is a litle bit distracting, but thats nit picking.

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Comment posted by Peter Richter on February 2, 2011 at 10:22 AM

Phil, it is delightful how the colors of the foreground are repeated in the background! I also think that the bright rock is a bit disturbing the otherwise serene and consistent composition. Anyway, I like the scene.

Peter

Registered on November 10, 2010, 218 Posts, 2723 Comments

Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on February 2, 2011 at 11:10 AM

The processing here is killer. I really like this a lot Phil and I am suprised that it hasn't received more comments. I suggest removing some of the magenta from the background mountains and clouds. Incredible work!

Michael

Registered on June 18, 2009, 86 Posts, 2317 Comments

Comment posted by Alex Mody on February 2, 2011 at 7:10 PM

Ah, this is just killer. You gotta love that light!

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Comment posted by Darren Huski on February 2, 2011 at 10:00 PM

Great scene and light. I think cropping to just the top half would make a fantastic pano keeping all the best stuff here.

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Comment posted by Scott Fricke on February 3, 2011 at 12:13 AM

Beautiful capture Phil. The light on the mountains is phenomenal and the motion in the clouds compliments the light nicely. I do think the foreground is a bit of a distraction and my inclination would be to crop off the bottom to just above the top of the light foreground rock just right of center.

Registered on January 19, 2007, 133 Posts, 1448 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Sieren on February 3, 2011 at 3:29 AM

In my opinion one of the better images on the page today!

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on February 3, 2011 at 11:42 AM

Wow ... what a light. That's an awesome shot, Phil.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on February 3, 2011 at 12:29 PM

Wow, stunning image. I like the variation of light shinning through the clouds and the colors of the water almost match the clouds. Good detail in the larger image, nice job in getting this (looks like it was very windy), well done.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments

Comment posted by Christer Johansson on February 3, 2011 at 12:44 PM

So nice Phil. One of the places on my list for visiting. Crisp and with wonderful tonality. The sky is working well with the water and the composition is great. Great shot.

Registered on October 10, 2009, 50 Posts, 191 Comments