Posted by Paul Rosser on November 9, 2010 at 1:55 PM
Taken at Elgol, with a storm brewing over the Cullins, Isle Of Skye. It was blowing a hooley, and boy was it a cold wind!
Canon EOS 7D
Sigma 10-20mm
Tripod
Remote release
B&W 10 Stop Filter
My body trying to stop the wind blowing things over!
f11
30 sec
ISO 100
17mm
Posted by Shaun Simpson on November 9, 2010 at 2:31 PM
Love this image another excellent B&W landscape
Posted by Roy Bailey on November 9, 2010 at 2:45 PM
That cloud is moving across the frame as I am looking at it.There seems to be a lot more excellent landscape shots on here recently, great to see.
Posted by Andrew Mason on November 9, 2010 at 2:54 PM
Paul, I really like this image, the black and white and movement in the clouds all work really well. My one minor nit (and it really is minor) is that to me the rock at bottom centre looks a little isolated. I wonder if the image needs a little more on the bottom so that the rock at bottom centre conects with the rest of the land at bottom right? Alternatively would it work with the rock cropped out? Andrew
Posted by Paul Rosser on November 9, 2010 at 3:42 PM
Hi Andrew, thanks for the comments, I did wonder as well. Here is a larger crop, processed a liitle differently. All C&C's, and advice more than welcome.
Many thanks,
Paul.
Paul I think its the first one for me. It has a much more moody atmosphere to it. The rock at the bottom I keep looking from one to the other and have to say I can't decide which I prefer. (That is allowed - I'm female) Will keep looking.
Looks like a great place Paul
I'm going to be awkward now and say that I prefer the sky from the first image and the foreground from the second
Well captured.
Geoff.
Posted by jack chapman on November 9, 2010 at 5:07 PM
excellent moody shot of a great landscape, Coruisk is definitely one of the most amazing places in the UK, really like the blur of the clouds here too
Posted by Ian Haskell on November 9, 2010 at 5:39 PM
Paul,
Elgol is a grand place isn't it. I think maybe you should have ventured along the shore a bit more for a better foreground.
Overall, when I look at the shot my eye is going to the darker cliff on the right and the contrast of the B&W maybe should be over the central area where the mountain and moving cloud is.
A ND grad combined with the 10 Stop ND may have provide a more moody sky akin to a storm! For this to feel more stormy (well for me anyway) you would need to be at sea level showing the waves curling into the bay. A 10 stop tends to suggest a calmer type of landscape shot and maybe a softer processing technique would be more appropriate to this type of scene (no need to sharpen). Perhap you could add a (dare I say it) simulated grad in the RAW workflow in CS - but this isn't going to look as good as a real grad in the field.
Having said the above I like the exposure on the water and the waves lapping up against the rocks.
I hope you have some more to show from a different vantage point.
Ian
Posted by Scott Tilley on November 10, 2010 at 5:23 PM
Hi Paul, there definately is something about black and white landscape images. I really love the top half of the image but can't make my mind up about the bottom I would love to see a lower vantage point for comparison. I don't know this area but it looks from the second shot as if water is running into the bay down the shingle. Perhaps this would have made a nice lead into the image with a lower camera position? The drama of B & W mountains and storm clouds is a killer!
Discussion
9 repliesCanon EOS 7D
Sigma 10-20mm
Tripod
Remote release
B&W 10 Stop Filter
My body trying to stop the wind blowing things over!
f11
30 sec
ISO 100
17mm
Many thanks,
Paul.
I'm going to be awkward now and say that I prefer the sky from the first image and the foreground from the second
Well captured.
Geoff.
Elgol is a grand place isn't it. I think maybe you should have ventured along the shore a bit more for a better foreground.
Overall, when I look at the shot my eye is going to the darker cliff on the right and the contrast of the B&W maybe should be over the central area where the mountain and moving cloud is.
A ND grad combined with the 10 Stop ND may have provide a more moody sky akin to a storm! For this to feel more stormy (well for me anyway) you would need to be at sea level showing the waves curling into the bay. A 10 stop tends to suggest a calmer type of landscape shot and maybe a softer processing technique would be more appropriate to this type of scene (no need to sharpen). Perhap you could add a (dare I say it) simulated grad in the RAW workflow in CS - but this isn't going to look as good as a real grad in the field.
Having said the above I like the exposure on the water and the waves lapping up against the rocks.
I hope you have some more to show from a different vantage point.
Ian
Scott