single photos The Horns of Alligin

An amazing scene un-ravelled on top of Tom Na Gruigach in Torridon

following a rather intense autumn squall at the summit. Sunlight

punched through the clouds and lit the russet coloured slopes.

Please view the LARGE image its more impressive and the colour profile

is recognised.

A very beautiful scene. I like how the feeling of desolate cold of the foreground is countered by that colorful warmth of the valley walls--I've rarely seen views where it's the mountains that are shadowed and the valleys illuminated, and this makes it even more special. It's also a very interesting sky, and the tones and colors up there work beautifully with the rest of the scene. The dark clouds at the top do a great job of framing the image--any darker and it would have seemed forced, and much lighter and it wouldn't have worked as well. The subdued colors through the rest of the scene (including those beautiful hints of blue in the sky) really make the valley walls glow. Nice!

Very pleasant landscape, lovely colors, nice light and good composition.

Kind Regards,

Rosario.