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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Alun on March 25, 2012, 04:59:43 am

Title: Solar Dervish
Post by: Alun on March 25, 2012, 04:59:43 am

I took my dog and a small tent up onto the Snowdonia mountains of North Wales on Friday night, with a favourable forecast and a hope to get some sunset/sunrise pictures. This is the summit of Glyder Fach (which literally means "The little pile of boulders" in Welsh). As the sun was setting, I was taking a picture of some rock features illumineted by the setting sun. I just happened to glance over my shoulder to see chaos happening in the sky and land - a Solar Dervish?


(http://alun.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Spring/i-TVd8CKv/0/L/Disorderley-Conduct-L.jpg) (http://alun.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Spring/17356251_bNrpPB#!i=1762602572&k=TVd8CKv&lb=1&s=A)

Please feel free to click through for a higher resolution version

Title: Re: Solar Dervish
Post by: Walt Roycraft on March 25, 2012, 08:34:21 am

Very nice capture! I love those kind of skies.

Title: Re: Solar Dervish
Post by: francois on March 25, 2012, 12:01:27 pm

Very dramatic sky along with the textured rock and good framing…
Bravo

Title: Re: Solar Dervish
Post by: Jose L on March 25, 2012, 12:55:00 pm

Me gusta ese cielo y la composición que le has dado. Enhorabuena.

Title: Re: Solar Dervish
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on March 25, 2012, 03:12:57 pm

Lovely.

Jeremy

Title: Re: Solar Dervish
Post by: Dewi Sant on March 26, 2012, 07:50:42 pm

Very nice that, love it. I've been for a walk up to Llyn Idwal today with my dog. Nice walk and I did lug the camera sack along but nothing spectacular taken - very bright sunshine giving far too much contrast and not a cloud in sight. I just enjoyed the walk in the glorious sunshine, and the dog swam and ran to her hearts content.

Best of bad lot really, not had a serious play with anything in Photoshop as yet but I may give them a go tomorrow and see what comes out.

Dewi

Title: Re: Solar Dervish
Post by: shaunw on March 31, 2012, 04:36:30 am

Few years since ive been up there Alun....great sky i think youve weighted the image correctly...nice work.