Loner

Last light in the highlands of Scotland. All comments appreciated.

Very beautiful angle, and great light on the land. Is this the original sky ? Besides this, I'd probably dream of just a bit less saturation for my personal taste, but otherwise close to perfect. Well done.

Hi Mark,

 

Yes this is the original sky, the whole scene is just as I remember it (only just over a week ago!). The sort of evening you pray for in the Highlands!

 

Simon

Hi Simon, wonderful image, like always. What a wonderful place and luck you got with the weather. Congrats, Loic

 

Excellent!

Breathtaking image Simon!! Great timing and awesome environment for a healthy landscape. The sky is pure drama and the quality of light is amazing. Great post processing as well!! It is possible to pull a little more out by duplicating the layer and change blend mode to luminosity. Then utilize the shadow/highlight adjustment in the image/adjustment dropdown. For shadows, set the tonal width to about 48 and the radius to about 190, then lower the amount to about 6 or 8 (that is if your amount is set by default at 50, which is too high). Click on the preview checkbox to compare the adjustment. You can also hold the highlights by increasing the highlight amount, just make sure to increase the tonal width and the radius as well, perhaps to 30 and 50! Because you are working on a separate layer, you can mask out areas you may want to avoid or vice versa. It will pull out some contrast, so it may not be what you want, but its worth playing around with! Cheers!!

Very good elaborated. Technically immaculate. 7/7 anon. Regards, El.

super photo simon. lovely natural colour and great composition.

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Surreal! Just a fantastic capture! Mike

 

Great image, satured with high contrast. Perfect light. Regards from Eugenio.

Hi Simon:

 

Lovely place and wonderful picture.I'm just wondering the color of yours.It's so unique and vintage.Is it the original color or manipulated color?If you desaturate the color or sth?If that,How do you make it?

 

Thanks,regards!

Another beauty in your collection.

Very nice. The eye is guided by the river to the mountains and then by the clouds.

Perfect Landscape Shot

 

***ali***

Amazing details, very good composition and light, colors are beautiful too. There is so much action in both - foreground and background that I can watch this image for hours. Great job, stunning photo. Compliments

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I guess the title Loner alludes to the tree in this photograph, but I'm not sure the tree plays an impotant role in this composition, in fact I wonder if it might have been be stronger without. I do however get a sense of solitude from viewing this image and I guess you felt this also at this location. A beautiful image, a classic and faithful rendition of a Scottish landscape.

No wonder why your photograph Simon has attracted the accolades like butter the flies! The dramatic sky,the beauty of this Highlands slice and the lone tree as well as the blurred water movement ,together with the impeccable composition, do make a winner! Compliments and congratulations, Chris

Nice work

I've never looked at your work before, and now I wish that I had. I certainely would have learned a few things. I think your compositional use of the "rule" of thirds is in play here with the tree being the subject. I wish that the tree had more strength, but sometimes what you have is all you get. In looking at your other images, I see wonderful use of low sun angle and color saturation. Really great!... Loved that lost lamb shot. Great seeing.

 

Even I would not think of cropping this image.

 

Willie the Cropper

Hi Stephen, you are correct in your reading of the title, it alludes both to the tree and the incredible solitude of the location. I did however sense a person standing behind me while I was bent over the camera, this feeling persisted for a couple of hours. In the six hours I was away from the car I didn't see anyone, not even in the far distance.

 

Simon

Beautiful light on a wonderful place. A pleasure to see. Thanks for sharing. Nice amount of detail present from highlights to shadows.

Simon,

I am only a beginner, however, I believe that I have an eye for beauty, and your work my friend is BEAUTIFUL. I have dreamed of places such as this since I was a boy. Your lighting and depth are incredible. Please indicate what settings you used to create a masterpiece like Loner!

 

I am a FAN of your talent! Thank you!

Steve

Really good. Excellent textures and colours, glad you haven't 'overdone' the post-processing.