Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: DuncanAndison on November 08, 2010, 02:36:18 pm
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I have spent the last week up in the Highlands of Scotland at a place called Clachtoll, some 38 miles north of Ullapool. Really beautiful place and has provided plenty of shots to process! Here are a few shots taken from the bay. You can see a larger framed version by clicking on the photos.
Thanks for looking.
Duncan
Canon 5d mkii - 17-40L @ 23mm - ISO 125 - f/16 - 1/4 sec - tripod.
(http://www.takenfromthetop.com/Images/sp_00011th.jpg) (http://www.takenfromthetop.com/special11.htm)
Canon 5D mkii - 17-40L @ 17mm - ISO 250 - F/14 - 60 sec - Tripod - + Big Stopper Filter.
(http://www.takenfromthetop.com/Images/sp_00012th.jpg) (http://www.takenfromthetop.com/special12.htm)
Canon 5D mkii - 17-40L @ 17mm - ISO 400 - F/14 - 80 sec - Tripod - + Big Stopper Filter.
(http://www.takenfromthetop.com/Images/sp_00013th.jpg) (http://www.takenfromthetop.com/special13.htm)
Canon 5d mkii - 17-40 @ 21mm - f/16 - ISO 125 - 1/5th sec - tripod.
(http://www.takenfromthetop.com/Images/sp_00014th.jpg) (http://www.takenfromthetop.com/special14.htm)
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I have spent the last week up in the Highlands of Scotland at a place called Clachtoll, some 38 miles north of Ullapool. Really beautiful place and has provided plenty of shots to process! Here are a few shots taken from the bay. You can see a larger framed version by clicking on the photos.
Thanks for looking.
Duncan
Canon 5D mkii - 17-40L @ 17mm - ISO 250 - F/14 - 60 sec - Tripod - + Big Stopper Filter.
Canon 5D mkii - 17-40L @ 17mm - ISO 400 - F/14 - 80 sec - Tripod - + Big Stopper Filter.
Very pretty!
Why do you use relatively high ISO when you're aiming for a very long exposure? It seems illogical. I'm not criticising; I'm just curious.
Jeremy
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Very pretty!
Why do you use relatively high ISO when you're aiming for a very long exposure? It seems illogical. I'm not criticising; I'm just curious.
Jeremy
Nice easy one that.
The light was to bright to allow a long shutter speed without the Big Stopper but with the big stopper a low ISO, say 100-200 was producing too long an exposure. Ideally I like going for f/16 and 160 ISO (best ISO for blues.... apparently). In this instance when I dropped the ISO to 100-160 I was ending up with a 5+ minute exposure. This would result in the camera catching at least one set of the big waves coming in or maybe more. As it was, I had to keep grabbing the camera and tripod when an a large one came in. Also, ISO 400 on the mkii is extremely good so I wasn't loosing out that much on quality.
Ideally though (if I had one - Christmas list), I would have opted for a 4 stop grad :)
Duncan
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They're all very nice. My favourite is probably number 3. The beaches up there are superb. My one issue - where do you get the decent weather filter? North of Ullapool and it was blowing a hoolie & raining? Really?
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They're all very nice. My favourite is probably number 3. The beaches up there are superb. My one issue - where do you get the decent weather filter? North of Ullapool and it was blowing a hoolie & raining? Really?
:D I was lucky enough to be staying at a cottage (Seaside Cottage Clachtoll), each day I would wait till 2:30pm and head out with waterproofs on and wait for a break in the weather. It was last week when these were taken and the winds were strong enough to keep us off the summits.... the waves were fantastic though!! I was very suprised how many shots I have come out with that week. Plenty to process yet!
The second and third were taken on fairly poor weather days with only fleeting glimpses of sun but the longer exposure meant I had a better chance of capturing it at the same time as getting the movement in the clouds!
Duncan
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Good to know that the weather gods laugh at more than this mere mortal. That said, good weather is often boring, photographically.
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The first one really captured me... the others are nice too.
Mike.
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The first one really captured me... the others are nice too.
Mike.
It is funny that the first is the one that I liked the less... fortunately, I kept scrolling down, as the others are fantastic, in my humble opinion; nice colors, nice composition, and nice movement.
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Good to know that the weather gods laugh at more than this mere mortal. That said, good weather is often boring, photographically.
Very true indeed!
The first one really captured me... the others are nice too.
Mike.
Cheers Mike, It was a bit of an experiment to capture the movement and the lines it created I found quite appealing.
It is funny that the first is the one that I liked the less... fortunately, I kept scrolling down, as the others are fantastic, in my humble opinion; nice colors, nice composition, and nice movement.
Thanks that's really appreciated.... and it is interesting to see how different people or drawn to different images!!
Duncan
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For me #1 is the winner, with #3 a close second place. The others are very nice, too.
Eric
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For me #1 is the winner, with #3 a close second place. The others are very nice, too.
Eric
Thanks Eric, really appreciated..... that first one is winning a few friends :-)
Duncan
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Number 4 and 3 are my favourites Duncan.
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+1
Number 4 and 3 are my favourites Duncan.