ian cameron

Blimey thats good. I've been to Bryce got some terrific shots but it never looked as staggeringly gorgeous as this bit of it does. Pure magic. 7/7

Hi folks thank you again for your kind comments. It was a magical if transient moment and shows just how important light is for splashing colour back into a picture. Your quite right Herbert I confess I had a fungus feature in Amateur Photography.

A blaze of light piercing the gloom and two horses in repose on a

sunlit grass bank made for an idyllic scenic in my opinion. Hope you

like it.

A sort of belated critique request since I have already had very

encouraging comments on this photograph. Although I judged my timing

quite nicely, I was very lucky that lens flare didn't consign this to

the bin.

Thank you for you early comments folks. As soon as I am able I will upload it for general viewing. This is a bit of a personal favourite so I'm glad it appears to be well received.

Sunrise lasted barely long enough to complete the exposure. The

colours are identical to the transparency sitting on my light box.

Hope you like it.

The water does look a bit chocolate doesn't it. Actually it is crystal clear and shallow, what your seeing is thousands of air bubbles streaming over tawny coloured rock. The slow exposure blurs these as well. If you look at the wee falls above the lower part of the river you can see the water isn't stained at all. The sky is genuine but darkened a touch by ND fliter and PS. curves.

Thanks for the comments folks. I agree the boulder is absolutely essential. My initial thoughts were it's so damn big it fights with a very attractive background for attention which is why i tried to demphasise it by pushing it to one side. I couldn't go any further back without wings.

I got down low so that the water cascade was emphasised and I was

able to fill the fork of the hill with the tree, a final resting

place for the eye.

Blimey thanks guys I haven't even officially uploaded it for criticism yet.

An amazing view from this lofty overlook I think the boulder kissed

by early morning light adds foreground interest, perhaps others might

prefer it reduced in size or absent altogether, either way I wished

there had been a wee fishing boat in the bay.

The shoulders of land and the stony bank lead in a sinuous line

through to the background brooding peak of Slioch for a slightly

unusual vertical composition making use of the sky and its reflection.

Thank you for all your comments. The picture always seemed to me to be compositionally spot on. I have never had any inclination to move a leaf or garden it.

I would love to try a 5x4 field camera. I have a nasty feeling that if I did I might become addicted and considerably financially poorer. Thank you all for your comments. I felt the composition felt a bit too vertical and could do with a lower view point to shorten the apparent length of the river. Unfortunately that would have required a hyper hyper focal point to retain foreground to background focus.

A magnificent twilight sky which would have been far to empty and

windy a composition had it not been for that ever so important yet

tiny crescent moon.

I had to focus hyperfocally to keep everything sharp front to back. A

0.6ND grad filter was added to balance the background mountain and

sky with the foreground.

The lighting on the stream is a reflection of a brightly lit cloud

turned rust red by the setting sun. No photoshop effects whatsoever.

Totally correct with regard to the blue colouring of the water and I agree the shutter exposure is a bit long for my tastes too. Unfortunately I needed the depth of field as the falls are surprisingly deep fore to back.

True but I am sitting indoors glumly watching sheets of rain falling. It hasn't let up for three days now. I guess I needed cheering up.

Crikey that told me didn't it. I take it my colour work is more higly regarded.

Thank you all for your comments. They are surprisingly variable, which I hasten to add is interesting. On a personal note I adore it. By the way the wall continues still further out to sea and is not therefore a horizon line.

The "S" shape twist in the harbour wall and it's complimentary

blue/gold colours are all that matter in this extracted scenic. I

hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

I loved the complimentary colours of the reflected sky and the yellow

birch leaves set off by the sharp clarity of the reflected reeds.

The sun is behind a cloud, though the sky is generally blue the shadow under the coconut gives you a clue to the lighting (soft and blue)

Just a coconut (or two) on a coral sand beach. Hope you like it.