ian cameron

A pink band of mist strung out like candyfloss and floating above a

concealed river in the glen below is illuminated by dawn's first kiss.

Even the sheep obligingly lined up to form yet another layer in this

lovely pastoral scene.

Sunrise across the mudflats and curving channels at the Kyle of

Tongue, Sutherland, Scotland. Ben Loyal is the dominant peak

overlooking the estuary.

Sitting under a brolly in pouring rain utilising the deluge to conceal

the backdrop. Loch Maree, Torridon, Scotland. Very difficult to

manage well.

Earth Shadow and moonrise at my favourite mainland Scottish beach ,

Mellon Udrigle.

A billion buttercups blazing in a field below a grove of Scots pine on

a fine summer evening at Nairn in Scotland at sunset.

Thank you for your comment.  Please don't think I am in anyway put out by your comment - I am not, but I am curious to know what you are seeing on your screen that I am not.  It looks very close to my original transparency save for the sky which is just a touch redder.  The grass and flowers are spot on both in terms of contrast and hue.  Does it appear rough in anyway?  If anything I erred on the side of under sharpening.  Here is a link to a larger file.

Ian

A field containing a billion backlit buttercups overlooked by a wee

copse of scots pine on a small cnoc (hill) Nairn, Highlands, Scotland.

A glorious summer sunset with blood red light dappling Ben Loyal in

Sutherland, Scotland is reflected in Loch Hakel and serendipitously

coincided with moonrise behind the outline of the mountains. Yes it

is the real moon.

Sunrise and a mist lifts off Loch Hakel in front of Ben Loyal. A very

beautiful Summer morning with a gorgeous reflection.

Vaseline smeared across filter depicting a charred and burnt pine

forest in Torridon undergoing regrowth.

Sunset on a rough day at Bowfiddle rock near Portknockie on a Summer

evening with pink thrift in full bloom. Good to be alive.

Just before the sun sinks on an autumn afternoon, the rust red of

alpine glow lights up the distant Cuillins on the Isle of Skye.

An isolated Scots pine and birch tree catching the first morning

sunlight both juxtaposed with a long lens to compress perspactive

against the bulk of Slioch, Torridon, Scotland.

Please view at full size as there is considerably more detail on the

file to view.

Windblown sand after a vicious storm created spiral vortex ridges

mixing red and white grained sand together into fascinating patterns.

Hi David

I am fine with criticism, I don't necessarily agree but that is both yours and mine prerogative.  This image certainly hasn't resonated with others as much as it does with me.  I actually love the composition, love the ice patterns and the reeds and perhaps above all love the way it transports me back to that very fine morning beside Loch Maree.  I actually think the composition works really very well, almost to the design and meticulous precision of an ornamental garden yet this is wild and found.  The blue sky, well admittedly it wouldn't  normally be my preference but I do feel it suits the scene here.  Anyway that is my thoughts and no amount of me adding my personal thoughts on the matter will or should change the mind of anyone viewing it.  I am sure I will be able to find another image that you will enjoy much more.

Ian

A pristine clear and cold winter morning at the sheltered bay on Loch

Maree known as Slattadale in the Torridon peaks of Scotland.

Another version of a fabulous sunset over at my favourite Scottish

beach, Mellon Udrigle.

Hi Scott

I checked on the original transparency and it is very very close.  I could easily back off the red sat a little on the hills though.

Ian

Hoar Frosted grasses on the edge of Loch A Chroisg in some

outrageously beautiful storm light. Lasting just 30 seconds.

A variety of shades of white coat the moors of Dava turning everything

into a crisp Christmas day.

The Sharks Fin with Crepuscular rays falling through holes in the

clouds during a brief late summer squall on the Quiraing on Skye,

Scotland.

The withdrawing tide on a gneiss impregnated sandy beach on the west

coast of Lewis in the Hebrides, Scotland.

A fiery red sunrise on a summer morning at Durness in Sutherland

northern Scotland.