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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: KMRennie on February 14, 2019, 07:39:58 am

Title: The falls of Bruar
Post by: KMRennie on February 14, 2019, 07:39:58 am

Three parts of the falls of Bruar that stretch for a mile as the river tumbles down from the Grampian mountains in Scotland. A day of shooting intimate landscapes due to the flat light although, at times, a weak and watery sun tried its best to break through. Ken

Title: Re: The falls of Bruar
Post by: Two23 on February 14, 2019, 09:49:20 am

The flat light works for these.


Kent in SD

Title: Re: The falls of Bruar
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on February 14, 2019, 10:22:44 am

Good set.

Title: Re: The falls of Bruar
Post by: Rob C on February 14, 2019, 10:34:13 am

Used to drive to Killin quite often from Glasgow; took a couple of shots of the Falls of Dochart there and, to my surprise, got to use one as back projection for a whisky bottle shot. I subbed that one out, as I no longer used 4x5.

Nothing dramatic at all, just some rapids, really.

Rob

Title: Re: The falls of Bruar
Post by: armand on February 14, 2019, 12:43:03 pm

Good stuff! I know from experience that is not that easy to get appealing photos of these despite the fact that they look nice in real life.

Title: Re: The falls of Bruar
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on February 14, 2019, 12:54:40 pm

Good set. I prefer the second, in which the exposure is short enough to retain a little detail in the flowing water.

Jeremy

Title: Re: The falls of Bruar
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on February 14, 2019, 01:04:18 pm

Because of the dirty water, this doesn't work in color.

Title: Re: The falls of Bruar
Post by: KMRennie on February 15, 2019, 06:13:54 am

Slobodan I never think of this colour of water as dirty but I suppose the tiny particles of peat suspended in the water are just dirt. However this dirt is one of the main reasons for the success of Scotch Whisky. I could of course desaturate the water and see what it looks like, perhaps better but definitely false. Ken

Title: Re: The falls of Bruar
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on February 15, 2019, 09:57:27 am

Oh, you mean that is actually whisky flowing? All is forgiven, then. Just let me see the geotag 😉

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There is a stream of bourbon and water running down the hillside...

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/22/us/bourbon-spill-kentucky-bardstown.html