landscapes Turquoise Cove

Clashach Cove, Moray, Scotland.

 

This remarkable little beach near Hopeman is one of my favourite places

to be during the summer months. In June, July and August, the sun

shines directly into the bays at sunset and warm light filters across the

pale rocks turning them to gold, but not on this occasion. This time a

heavy summer storm is billowing over Inverness and the sky is purple

with rage. Oddly this has given rise to incredible luminosity because

directly above my head is a huge white cloud pumping white light down

over the sea and pebbles, the long exposure was used in conjunction

with a polariser to emphasise the clarity of the turquoise water and the

pebbles can clearly be made out below a moderately turbulent sea.

 

Pentax 67 II ,55-100 zoom,Fujichrome Velvia

polariser, 0.45ND grad, f/22 at 12 seconds.

wow!! great compo and use of the long exposure!!

Other-worldly!

great depth and fabulous composition.

Deliciosa y serena.

Saludos.

Wonderful composition with excellent light & tones. Regards.

There is such a trend towards warm sunset light in landscape photography that it is refreshing to come across pictures with cooler hues such as this one. Nice Work. I love the movement in the clouds and the translucency of the water. I'm not too keen on the big rock on the right though.

Ian:

 

Great work, this is poetry for the eyes! I'm just amazed you can get such depth of field without combining exposures. It looks to me like the horizon is dipping down a degree or to on the left.