ian cameron

3am starts, not my favourite time. However witnessing dolphins

performing acrobatics in the water by the rock at sunrise made it all

worthwhile.

I was very pleased with the texture and the complementary colours of

the weather station and the blue shadows.

My six month old daughter looking shocked at being photographed in a

state of undress.

Although the composition is some what split in two vertically,

courtesy of the low view point I still think the fan of shadows is

strong enough to draw attention away from a weaker sky than I would

have liked.

I seem to remember I bracketed three shots between 4 seconds 6 seconds and 8 seconds. I would estimate that this was the middle exposure at F22. Glad you like it.

The gold swirl of birch leaves at the foot of the falls adds a bright

splodge of colour to an other ways monochrome scene.

Not my usual subject but a very picturesque diversion from my

wilderness shots. a very enticing path to walk .

Hi Matthias, I am very surprised that you find the colours extreme they are actually a fraction diluted when compared with the original Velvia transparency. I assume your screen is calibrated.

Well I quite like it except perhaps the middle bluish white brick with its satelite white chip centre top 1/3. My eye rests there and doesn't want to tear itself away.

A brief hole in the clouds allowed the sun to pierce through

illuminating the lower falls at Glencoe. The added drama of the low

angle sunlight added greatly to the impact of the picture.

The background seems to be weeping for the tree. Maybe an overactive

imagination.

A final upload of this amazing place with it's vivid orange grasses

juxtaposed against the blue of the lake. The colours are accurate

and match the slide on my light box. Velvia and a polariser saturated

the colours not photoshop.

Thanks Chris. It truly is this phenomenal colour. I have the original Velvia slide sitting next to me on a light box and I still can't quite believe it.

The second of three uploads of these vivid red grasses on top of

Locindorb moor near Carrbridge in Scotland. A November sunrise has

backlit the grasses making them glow like the embers of a fire. The

distant blue mountains are the Cairngorms.

The colours in this picture match the velvia transparency sitting

next to me on my calibrated light box.

Hi mumtaz thanks for your comments I'm glad you like the picture. I'm not sure what you mean about the blots, unless you mean the dark grey smudges. If that is what your referring too then this is simply the reflection of grey clouds scudding across a gloomy grey Scottish sky.

I waited and the light did hit the island leaving the background dark. However the ladders were greatly diminished and it started to look like all the other shots of this famous little tree.

An epson perfction 3200 flatbed scanner. One day perhaps a Nikon Coolscan 9000 (sweet dreams are made of this)

Hi Nigel. Thank you for your comments. Absolutely right the difference between the sky and the field was seven stops. I made the sky one stop brighter than mid tone and the field one stop darker. (I use a Pentax spot meter) Combining a two and three stop ND grad filter took care of the difference and reduced my exposure time to two minutes. Velvia suffers from a colour shift towards magenta when exposures exceed ten seconds. Never-the-less I find the effect quite pleasing and resisted the urge to correct in photoshop.

It's amazing isn't it the white is a frosted scree slope sliding directly into the loch. If you look hard you will see tiny waterfalls and pine trees dotted along the far shore. This is one of my all time favourite pictures and hangs on a wall at home. Pure zen.

Who left the fire on those rocks look hot enough to grill a steak. Magnificent light gorgeous composition and a well sought out reflection to double the impact. Bravo.

Henri this is a devastatingly crisp clean panoramic mage that perfectly suits the subject. I would love to try out a panoramic camera.

It might be a bit pretentious to stick this in the fine art

category. However it has a zen like quality and harmonious colours

and it takes pride of place on my dining room wall. Hope you enjoy.

Thank you all for your generous comments. Though the light was quite fleeting I managed to get a considerable number of versions of this shot, carelessly throwing down £500.00 lenses with reckless abandon as I moved closer and changed view point. Don't worry I will spare you the uploads.

This is the second of two horse in landscape pictures. The light was

soft and beautiful and the nearest horse was a spectacular chestnut

with a blonde flowing mane. The reflected light from the snow has

filled in all the shadows beautifully.