Edens Path Portknockie

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 24, 20161,698 views11 comments

Portknockie, Moray, Scotland

A reluctant summer sunrise over the Bowfiddle rock with pink nodding thrift adorning the top of the cliffs. A beam of transient golden light forms a shining path to the rising sun just as it disappears into another cloud bank. Moments like this fill me with joy.

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Pentax 67II, 55-100 zoom, 3 stop ND Filter, 0.6ND Hard Grad, f/22 at 8 Seconds, Fuji Velvia 50

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11 comments

Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on May 24, 2016 at 10:42 AM

That is one amazing glitter path. The sky has some nice colors, including that band of pinkish, that's very nice. I would crop out that lonely flower at the bottom of the frame.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on May 24, 2016 at 12:30 PM

This is an amazing image Ian. I love how the sunbeam aligns to the rock in the foreground and that glimmer of hope peeking out from under that ominous sky.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on May 24, 2016 at 2:29 PM

Ian,

Your work is always inspirational. I love how the sun glade is sharply cut by the rock. Its also great to see you still working with film. It gives me encouragement to keep doing the same.

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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on May 24, 2016 at 2:48 PM

Beautiful. Very nicely balanced composition with lots of visual interest. Hard to come up with any improvements.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on May 24, 2016 at 8:44 PM

The light ray makes this a very evocative and inspirational image, Ian. Very nicely captured.

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Comment posted by Stephen Stanton on May 24, 2016 at 9:03 PM

Always enjoy looking at your images, Ian. I like the purple bloom and grasses under that gloomy sky. The golden reflection on the sea is quite special.

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Comment posted by Marylynne Diggs on May 24, 2016 at 11:43 PM

Wonderfully composed and some nice light too. I'm a fool for gray with pink and green too.

I'm wondering which rock created that hard edge on the beam. It initially struck me as somehow artificial...a splice line in a vertical stitch or something, but it is a shadow, right?
ML

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Comment posted by gary phillips on May 25, 2016 at 12:40 AM

Really cool, Ian. Incredible light handled beautifully. I agree that the lone flower could go away and I think I might crop from the right to rid the right edge of the bits of cliff showing there. Wonderful work as always.

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Comment posted by Ian Cameron on May 25, 2016 at 3:31 AM

The hard line in the light ray is caused by the rock beside the Bow Fiddle rock.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on May 25, 2016 at 10:52 PM

Really dynamic looking landscape with the lighting here. One of the most memorable I've seen from this location. Technical stuff and processing looks perfect.

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Comment posted by Ken Henke on May 29, 2016 at 12:45 PM

Very nice image, indeed! Lots of compositional elements that really make this image.

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