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Shetland Solstice

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Posted by Tim Gregory on July 25, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Shetland Solstice
Muckle Flugga, from the Hermaness reserve at around 3am on the 21st of June.

It looks a bit silly in 720, so a 1400px wide version is available here.

Fuji GX617
90mm
F22
4 sec exposure
Velvia 50
handheld meter.

Scanned professionally, yielding an 850MB tiff that happily prints 70 inches wide :cool:
Posted by Craig Jones on July 25, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Stunning photo, love the colours, very nice Tim :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Brett Lewis on July 25, 2009 at 4:10 PM
That really is some special Light Tim, would love to see this in a larger format.. A nice wall hanging for sure..

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Nick on July 25, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Very nice Tim. It's a pity you can't have the sound of the waves and the birds to go with it.
Posted by David Kjaer on July 25, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Beautiful Tim!

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on July 25, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Even at this size the quality is apparent - the light is stunning. Really like the flow of the composition.

Cheers, Chris
Posted by Tom_W on July 25, 2009 at 6:22 PM
LIght and composition are excellent, the triple diagonal works very well as does the focal point.
Posted by Matt Cole on July 26, 2009 at 3:13 AM
that is a superb shot, very well taken Tim.

Matt
Posted by Tom Smit on July 26, 2009 at 4:02 AM
Great pano shot even on this "small" size. Great colors
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Posted by Ian Butler on July 26, 2009 at 5:20 AM
Mirror what Brett has said about the wall hanging. Definately one to be framed. Great exposure and composition. Perfect. :toast: :toast:
Posted by Tim Gregory on July 26, 2009 at 6:40 AM
Thanks for the comments guys, glad you like it.

I spent around 3 days doing nightshifts on the reserve, such a beautiful place and photographic opportunities are constant - whatever you like to shoot.

This does look good printed big, i've done a 65inch wide print and laid it across the dining room table, it looks awesome! Might try and get a collection of this sort of thing going.
Posted by David Sewell on July 26, 2009 at 10:16 AM
A collection? I would be happy enough with one of this quality. Absolutely superb.

David

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Posted by Richard Peters on July 26, 2009 at 10:47 AM
I'd love to see some of your pano's printed up! This one is a real beauty! :toast:
Posted by eric weight on July 26, 2009 at 1:10 PM
Blimey, that's great.
:toast: Eric
Posted by jack chapman on July 26, 2009 at 1:39 PM
beautiful colours and great detail in the large one, all it wants is a pod of killer whales swimming by
Posted by Maggie Campbell on July 26, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Absolutely beautiful. I would be very happy with that on my wall. The large version is fantastic. :smile:
Posted by Paul Hobson on July 26, 2009 at 5:21 PM
lovely stuff Tim, very atmospheric

Paul