Pillars of Dawn +repost

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 15, 2011245 views11 comments

Living in the flattest country on earth usuallly makes me look for the nearest elevator when having to climb a hill, especially when this is before sunrise. 'Sadly' there was no elevator at the Old Man of Storr, so manual labour was in order. Luckily we where rewared by a great view when arriving at the top!

A horizontal version with some human elements in the image can be found here: http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/ic.cgi?a=vp&pr=166489&CGISESSID=daa8a1ec6a9ab9557ab10b1ea24b852f&u=7118

7d, 17mm

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Andreas Resch on February 15, 2011 at 2:15 PM

One has to love these rocks - they never cease to amaze me. The comp is fine and the falloff into the mist creates some nice depth here. I only wonder, why the top of the sky is so much more saturated and looks quite more magenta than the rest. In that regard I might merge the top and the lower scene a little more together so that the change doesn't feel that abrupt.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on February 15, 2011 at 2:18 PM

Lovely place. The off center spires work nicely in the comp.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on February 15, 2011 at 2:32 PM

Beautiful shot Jorne. Looks like a wonderful day to be there! The comp is nice in that it truly brings in all the elements you need - the green grass, rocks, spires, water, and sky. What more could you want?

Very nicely done.

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Comment posted by Paul Marcellini on February 15, 2011 at 3:17 PM

Even out the sky and you got a winner. Love those spires and the comp works very well.

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Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on February 15, 2011 at 4:13 PM

What a wonderful landscape...great comp. and colors

Brigitte

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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on February 15, 2011 at 4:13 PM

Was doing some work on the colours as suggested and went for a complete b&w, I kinda like it, what do you all think? Colour (with less magenta up top) or b&w?

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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on February 15, 2011 at 4:26 PM

And the one with less magenta

Registered on June 26, 2008, 178 Posts, 2136 Comments

Comment posted by Raymond D Smith on February 15, 2011 at 5:16 PM

The black and white is real nice along with the second colour repost. I think you could do a touch more to eliminate the colour cast up there.You have some real nice light and the spires are complimented with a very nice sky for Scotland. Cheers

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Comment posted by Taylor Reed on February 15, 2011 at 9:07 PM

I like this quite a bit. Those spires make an excellent subject!

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on February 17, 2011 at 10:18 PM

I like this a lot.

But I am also distracted a little by the magenta in the sky.

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on February 18, 2011 at 2:28 AM

Awesome looking place, I agree with the others about the sky. I also prefer the color version over the b&w.

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