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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Vieri Bottazzini on October 25, 2015, 02:33:49 pm

Title: Sgurr Alasdair from Elgol
Post by: Vieri Bottazzini on October 25, 2015, 02:33:49 pm
On the shores of Loch Scavaig lies Elgol, a remote and small village set in a beautiful position facing Sgurr Alasdair, the highest peak both of the Black Cuillin range and of the Isle of Skye in general. Elgol's bay is one of my most beloved locations on Skye, one that never fails to inspire me with its dramatic and always changing landscapes. Here a beehive-shaped stone cliff, the moving clouds and Sgurr Alasdair makes for a surreal, otherworldly landscape.

(https://vieribottazzini.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/6Z10472.jpg)

With the Pentax 645z and the 28-45mm. Best,

Vieri
Title: Re: Sgurr Alasdair from Elgol
Post by: AreBee on October 25, 2015, 03:41:32 pm
Vieri,

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Here a beehive-shaped stone cliff, the moving clouds and Sgurr Alasdair...

The prominent hill is Gars-Bheinn; the flat-topped hill to the right is Sgùrr Dubh an Da Bheinn. At the location you shot, Gars-Bheinn (just) conceals Sgùrr Alasdair.
Title: Re: Sgurr Alasdair from Elgol
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on October 25, 2015, 06:50:06 pm
Great scene. A tad magenta, perhaps?

Jeremy
Title: Re: Sgurr Alasdair from Elgol
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 25, 2015, 08:01:58 pm
Quote from: kikashi on October 25, 2015, 06:50:06 pm
Great scene. A tad magenta, perhaps?

Jeremy
+1.
Title: Re: Sgurr Alasdair from Elgol
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on October 26, 2015, 05:56:57 am
Excellent use of a very interesting foreground.
Title: Re: Sgurr Alasdair from Elgol
Post by: KMRennie on October 26, 2015, 07:54:33 am
Too much Magenta for me plus an odd, to my eyes, lightening to the extreme right hand of the visible Cuillin, PP error?

Ken
Title: Re: Sgurr Alasdair from Elgol
Post by: stamper on October 26, 2015, 09:51:51 am
Very nice composition. I agree about the use of magenta but if you were selling a print it might be popular?
Title: Re: Sgurr Alasdair from Elgol
Post by: Vieri Bottazzini on October 26, 2015, 04:29:23 pm
Quote from: Rob B. on October 25, 2015, 03:41:32 pm
Vieri,

The prominent hill is Gars-Bheinn; the flat-topped hill to the right is Sgùrr Dubh an Da Bheinn. At the location you shot, Gars-Bheinn (just) conceals Sgùrr Alasdair.

Thank you very much Rob! Very much appreciated, I will correct it on my website ASAP.

Quote from: kikashi on October 25, 2015, 06:50:06 pm
Great scene. A tad magenta, perhaps?

Jeremy

Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 25, 2015, 08:01:58 pm
+1.


Quote from: Paulo Bizarro on October 26, 2015, 05:56:57 am
Excellent use of a very interesting foreground.

Quote from: KMRennie on October 26, 2015, 07:54:33 am
Too much Magenta for me plus an odd, to my eyes, lightening to the extreme right hand of the visible Cuillin, PP error?

Ken

Quote from: stamper on October 26, 2015, 09:51:51 am
Very nice composition. I agree about the use of magenta but if you were selling a print it might be popular?

Thank you very much everyone for commenting, much appreciated! :D

About the magenta, I appreciate that it might be too much for someone; to me, accenting the magenta in the image helped me convey the otherworldly and slightly "apocalyptical" feeling the scene gave me.

About the lighter area between the beehive and the right side of the Cuillin, that's the way it looked like: the sun setting behind the hills meant that some light entered the image on both sides of the hills, one side being almost entirely concealed by the beehive rocks on the foreground.

About magenta helping image sales, this image is selling quite well but I am not sure wether is the magenta in particular...  ;D