Elgol (3)

Hello Gerry

This is one of my favourite places on Skye. I just love Elgol coast :)

Your photo, with those rocks and mountains in the distance reminded me of one shot of mine I did last summer, http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4763963.

I like your composition, but I'm a bit confused about the post-processing. What I mean is the image looks too flat to my taste. You had a great light coming from the left, and that shaft of sun in the distance is just georgeus. The trouble is the shadows are not deep enough, and it simply causes the whole picture lack a bit of a "impact". I guess you used some Shadows/Highlights adjustment, and it might be a reason for that. I think this composition is worth giving it another go with pp. You may also try to blend two exposures using Multiply blending mode and mask some of the regions you want to remain untouched. On the other hand,if it is a HDR image try to move the black point a bit.

Hope it is helpful. Cheers, Piotr.