"The Dark Side of Light"

The Storr is a rocky hill on the Trotternish peninsula of the Isle

of Skye. The hill presents a steep rocky eastern face overlooking

the Sound of Raasay, contrasting with gentler grassy slopes to the

east. The Storr is prime example of the Trotternish landslip, the

longest such feature in Great Britain. The area in front of the

cliffs of The Storr is known as The Sanctuary. This has a number of

weirdly shaped rock pinnacles, the remains of ancient volcanic

plugs. One of the most famous of these is known as The Old Man of

Storr. Taken at evening when I was planning my next-day morning

session. Please see the larger version.

Gorgeous shot. Lovely.

I like very much the idea to take it from the shadowy side. The peaks stands magnificently against the sky.

Outstanding composition and exposure. Enough said. Best regards, Chris

I love your photos. I'm wondering how you kept everything withing the dynamic range of your capture medium? Looks like a very bright day out. Looks like it's not cloudy. All these contributes to direct sunlight and very very harsh shaddows. I would have expected the shaddows to be so dark that you can't makeout any details if the highlights are exposed the way you've exposed it. Anyways, it seems when I'm doing pics like this, the shadows are always way too dark and would look bad and noisy if lightened in photoshop.

Hi Piotr!! If you have some extra time, I'd love it if you could take a look at a recent image I posted from the Mississippi swamps. I took the shots before you and I interacted a couple of weeks ago, but I wanted to play with them ... and have posted some specific PS questions. Any suggestions that you might have for me would be greatly appreciated! The image is here.

I completely missed "lost world #1 (also very nice)," but this instantly got my attention. I'm sure it is because of the strong contrast of the pinnacles. This looks great, and I wouldn't change a thing, but with contrast like this, I think it is screaming to at least try a B+W conversion!

 

Cheers,

Aaron