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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: Dave (Isle of Skye) on May 28, 2025, 05:02:50 pm

Title: Bright midday sun, with heavy black storm clouds on the horizon
Post by: Dave (Isle of Skye) on May 28, 2025, 05:02:50 pm

Took this shot a few weeks ago on Seilebost Beach (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Seilebost,+Isle+of+Harris+HS3+3HP/@57.8711833,-6.9428534,3a,90y,276.95h,76.69t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sCIHM0ogKEICAgIC67syf7AE!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fgpms-cs-s%2FAB8u6HaV1yE6-T56WmOBLKDydgUrrGgwk8CcK6BhsAJHPvv4iRN33-r4jPIIAhXnnmBgm2l6pH20OtxI8gv_u_uDVH6NrpdXUozZDPN75uZsbOgMIoJFZLjo8er_hjbI74QVUqv1dWrY%3Dw900-h600-k-no-pi13.307034526264772-ya276.9453344432078-ro0-fo100!7i8192!8i4096!4m6!3m5!1s0x488d9efd4b4082cf:0x4eb0c067626f9a80!8m2!3d57.863858!4d-6.949232!16s%2Fg%2F1th0b06b?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDUyNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D), on the Isle of Harris.

We spent a week on the Isle of Harris (Outer Hebrides) and believe it or not, this was the very first shot I took when we arrived and no, I didn't use an ND grad, the clouds really were that dark and menacing. In fact it started to rain heavily soon after taking this shot and then continued to do so without a break, for the next 24 hours.

Took several other shots during the week of course, but none turned out as good as this one.

Dave

Title: Re: Bright midday sun, with heavy black storm clouds on the horizon
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on June 01, 2025, 03:06:31 pm

Excellent, Dave! The foreground just as good!

Title: Re: Bright midday sun, with heavy black storm clouds on the horizon
Post by: francois on June 04, 2025, 06:55:45 am

Every part of the frame is excellent. Foreground, sky, distant mountains…
Bravo!

Title: Re: Bright midday sun, with heavy black storm clouds on the horizon
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on June 06, 2025, 03:20:44 am

Excellent. Foreground with low tide makes it more interesting I think.

Title: Re: Bright midday sun, with heavy black storm clouds on the horizon
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on June 07, 2025, 02:38:32 pm

Dramatic. Looks as if it could do with being rotated just a tad anti-clockwise.

Jeremy

Title: Re: Bright midday sun, with heavy black storm clouds on the horizon
Post by: Dave (Isle of Skye) on June 17, 2025, 01:36:15 pm

Thanks everyone  ;)

Quote from: Jeremy Roussak on June 07, 2025, 02:38:32 pm

Dramatic. Looks as if it could do with being rotated just a tad anti-clockwise.

Jeremy

OCD?

I gave it a quick look and laid a horizontal line across it and it looks near enough to me. And yes, I too have some OCD moments every now and then, so you are not alone Jeremy. But yes maybe it could do with a tweak to look "right", but I am going to leave it as it is and resist the temptation to begin twiddling with it.

Cheers guys  :)

Dave