Diamonds Aren't Forever...

Awesome capture. I would have a preference for seeing more detail under the water in the foreground to be extremely critical.

Beautiful landscape, your picture has really captured well a very special place. Congratulations on a superb job!

Simon,

 

Photos like these are why I keep checking back on your work. Absolutely amazing composition and detail. Well done.

 

 

Cheers,

Ryan

 

...and the title is well apropos.

Fantastic Simon... Congrats,

 

 

iker

Magnificent !

So clear and crisp , fantastic image, just love it

Beautiful image Simon.

Fnatastic shot, Simon. Regards

WoW WoW WoW !!

 

Really stunning Simon ;)

Simon utterly magnificent, staggering light and a great title to match the photo. I think this is my favourite either this or the other Glencoe winter shot. I'm not sure it really matters but could you have got just a couple of inches higher to make those mid ground rocks align with the dark reflection of the background hills so they don't cut into the land behind.

Hi Ian,

many thanks for the constructive comment. It's a funny thing but when I was composing this I deliberately put that rock there to avoid having an un interrupted line across the image. I feel that dividing the picture into segments can give a slightly disconnected feeling (just a personal thing, I could well be wrong!).

 

All the best

 

Simon

Have missed seeing your work on 'the other place' and have just spotted this! Not sure how I missed it but its outstandingly good .... one of the best I have seen from here.

 

Agree with Ian about the rocks though as he mentions im not sure it matters when the final result is this damn good.

 

Dan

amazing shot!

 

Incredible Simon! This one lingers in the memory long after you have left it. Extremely well done.

Another amazingly sharp and well composed image!

A simply beautiful shot Simon. What I love most, apart from its great composition, is the contrast between its peaceful feel rendered by the rather warm colours and the blurred water, with the obviously harsh and cold conditions.

Samuel

 

wow!

This is just amazing in every way. Flawless from top to bottom. Excellent work!

Simply beautiful.

 

Regards,

 

David

fantastic picture in all aspects: colors, compostition, mood, technic...

 

 

sorry y can't 7/7

Gorgeous photograph. Beautiful colour.

Simon,

 

This has to be my favourite image in the remarkable Butterworth portfolio and one of the finest landscape photographs I've ever seen. The art at its supreme best.

 

Ian

I've always loved such vertical compositions with a great foreground, and this foreground is just so beautiful by itself that it would make a fantastic square crop as well. Then the eye can wander around in the background, and there are still very nice things to see there. A very successful take in my view. Regards.

Hi Simon!

Spotted the photo on EOphotos-and what a shot!Join all the above comments ,just want to say how right You were regards the position of middle rocks-would you put them a bit lower and image would be divided in two,thanks for the joy of watching.

edward

Absolutely SUPERB!