"After the Storm"

It's been really difficult to find a good weather for photography in

Scotland quite recently. This year's summer is certainly a very

dissapointing one. There has been a rumour about it - saying it was

going to be on 15 of July. Well - if that was real Summer I'd rather

be a fan of other remaining seasons (if they really exist here :D).

 

I took this photo a couple of days before. After a long time of

inactivity (and a few completely hopeless trips) I was really

desperate for another one.

 

This trip scenario was (if I can say) quite usual. As the Sun sets

around 22:00 it means going out about 19:00 (taking into account the

driving distance to this place and safe margin for spot look around).

 

Most of my trips are planned rather than spontaneous. I keep in mind

the place location, time of a day, sun position and of course

weather - if you can really depend on such forecasts in this

country :D. I also check the tide level, wind direction (just to

avoid sea spray covering my lenses) etc. At the end I can rely only

on the tide forecast :) - because everything else is a lottery and

usually my frustration grows stronger.

 

This time, after a long period of heavy rains and completely

unpredictable weather it was supposed to be quite calm in the

evening. Forecasted "low level clouds" usually doesn't mean anything

good, but with a small chance of light breaking up them, there can

be an amazing spectacle.

 

Luckily this time I found a light I was waiting for - and for that

special moment I was ready with my cable release in my hand.

 

PS. You may find a small triangular island on the horizon. It's

Ailsa Craig - a natural reserve for many sea birds.

 

Hope you'll like it, Piotr. Feel free to express your

comments/critiques.

Wonderful image. Great colours. Well done.

Wonderful image. Great colours. Well done.

Absolutely gorgeous!

 

Piotr, I have to say that this is overall one of the nicest landscape/seascape photographs I've seen in a while on PN. Truly magnificent. I just love the flowers in the lower right, and the wonderful warm light over the scene. Just a brilliant composition and exposure. Superb work, my friend! Hang in there with the weather, shots like this make it worthwhile! Cheers! Chris

The light after a rain is always amazing, and this is no exception! Beautiful photo, great colors and composition. The dynamics in the clouds is great.

Very good composition and the loveliest light that I have seen in a long time. Worth the effort!!

I could give 10/10 for this AWESOME image, well done and I like you your introduction giving all the details, really a fantastic effort.

 

Warren

Beautiful, very exceptional landscape shot, Piotr. regards,maria

Piotr, the others already had said everything. It is a very good photo! Best regards.

beatiful shot, very nice colors and light, 7/7

Magnificent. Can you share which tools you used in Photoshop? Would love to try to imitate your work. What a fine picture.

Hello

Thank you very much for all your comments. I'm glad you like the final result.

 

Chris H - I pretty get used to this weather, so I'm not complaining too much :) Coming back with a single photo, that I'm happy with, makes my day :)

 

John - there was virtually no Photoshop action here. 99% percent was done at RAW-developing stage (just a basic curves fitting, gentle exposure correction, saturation and contrast tweak - nothing really serious). I used Adobe Lightroom for that purpose. In PS I only had to remove some dust marks, add a frame, resize the photo and do the final sharpening. Hope it was helpful

lovely colours and the glow produced by the sunset is amazing. A brilliant capture. the flowers truly add to this photo. very inspiring. the introduction you provided at the start of the critique part is nice and helpful as well.

I love overall the light. REgards.

and colors. I really love this shot. congrats and thanks for sharing.

Te touch of color brought by the flower, the little alley leading to the beach, the amzing sky... excellent picture!

Your entire folder is remarquable