Twilight Neist Point

Twilight at Neist Point, Skye, Scotland, about half an hour after sunset

just before the lighthouse switched itself on.

Lots of viewer interest, I particularly like the sky and water colours as they surround and frame the point of land. Beautiful!

Well shot, well produced. Excellent color and DOF and interesting lines with the cliffs and paths. Two question points, the composition has a strong curving line but is also a center focal point shot, also the highest cliff just barely breaks the horizon line. In both cases, an alternate choice could be made to either strongly break or not break the horizon at all and also to adjust the lighthouse into something closer to a one third line for interest. Now back to the good stuff, the water around the stones and the base of the cliffs is perfect, really, excellent timing and capture on the waves.

What wonderful light and composition. My take on Craig's observations: while the tallest cliff may be centered, this doesn't appear to be a centered photo to my eye. The distribution of land seems to do away with any centered aspect. Regarding the relationship of the highest cliff to the horizon line, I'm only glad that the cliff broke the line and did not fall below it. Yes, you might have gotten the peak even higher above the horizon line, but then the lighthouse would be approaching it too, and I don't think that would be good. The element that I wonder about is the large rock on the right; it's awfully close to the edge, and in those situations I think it's usually better to either give it more breathing room or put the edge on the rock. Given what you have in the rest of the image, shifting to the right would tend to center the lighthouse, and I don't think you want that. I'd probably choose to shift the camera ever so slightly to the left (and leave the viewer wondering how far that rock really extends, which often isn't a good idea; maybe you have it right already).

Sir! What an inspiring image. What a place. With man laid carefully upon its brow.