ian cameron

Taken on the last day of an April workshop I was leading on Skye.

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Thanks I appreciate the comment the odd thing is that this has come out much darker on Pnet than it does elsewhere I wonder if I forgot to apply the profile adjustment cos detail is clearly visible on the other sites.

Highland Cows grazing near Gairloch with the thunderous backdrop of

the Torridonian peaks behind.

Aukland Harbour basking beneath one of the finest displays of earth

shadow I've ever witnessed. Please view LARGE.

Very nice shot. The colours and mood generated as well as the fall off in darkness are extremely appealing and very realistic. Could you have got another three inches higher and kept that one rush from intruding into the skyline that is the only minor detraction from an otherwise beautifully presented shot.

For a week in early November Rannoch moor is shrouded by Joseph's

technicolor dreamcoat.

Well each to there own of course, but about 122 others think it isn't that boring or I guess thay wouldn't have commented. At least me chickens is movin' so surely that makes some aspects of the picture dynamic.

It is an English lead line for a joke namely why did the chicken cross the road? However this bizarre sense of humour would only apply to the British. The answer by the way, if it helps, which I doubt, is....to get to the other side of course.

The abandoned jetty at Glen Etive photographed from inside a boatshed

due to the driving rain. 6 stops of ND filter were used to reduce

the water to a blur and intensify colour f/22 at 1 min.

Simon utterly magnificent, staggering light and a great title to match the photo. I think this is my favourite either this or the other Glencoe winter shot. I'm not sure it really matters but could you have got just a couple of inches higher to make those mid ground rocks align with the dark reflection of the background hills so they don't cut into the land behind.

A conversion to mono using channels, The original was Fuji Velvia

but the cloud patterns were so strong I opted to convert to black and

white.

Tractor tracks produced furrows too deep to be reached by the low

angle lighting they have as a consequence picked up the reflected

light from the sky turning blue thus strengthening the foreground a

great deal more...

 

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A dead tree on Rannoch moor stands like a tombstone bathed in blood,

a reminder of Glencoe's turbulent past. Oh and the colours are an

exact match for the Velvia original.

 

Please view LARGE tis better.

Just a straight scan of a Velvia transparency with contrast hue and brightness adjustments to match original tranny as viewed on a calibrated light box.

First I'd like to thank the photo elves - I think!! - for making this a POW. I don't think it is my strongest image but it is one that pleases me.

 

For those that enjoy it -- many thanks.

To those that offer constructive criticism -- many thanks.

To those that offer neither -- well lets just say that with this particular image I'm laughing all the way to the bank..

 

cheers

 

Ian

Film isn't 100% natural, all I claim is that if you put the transparency and the digital file side by side you'd be hard pushed to see any difference save for the improved dynamic range of the original transparency, that is the way I have always chosen to work. Photoshop has been used to sharpen the scan I didn't even need to adjust contrast as my scanner is very well set up these days.

NOT!!!

A second flush of colour illuminates the sky over Findhorn Bay,

Scotland and lasts an hour after sunset.

Complete and utter serenity across the sea loch that nestles between

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Photographed from the summit of Stac Pollaidh the barely snow dusted

peak of it's neighbour Cul Mor...

Dappled light slatters across the summit of Stac Pollaidh...

Well actually this style of shot is quite a diversion from that which I normally shoot. My widest lens by the way is 45mm which is the 35mm film (full frame equivalent) of 22mm. In truth I haven't the slightest interest in pproducing an "original" work of art only a picture that pleases me and is by my own standards aesthetically beautiful. I leave that to all you er "concept" guys.

Hi Simon

 

Great to see you are posting images still I lost track of you for a wee while. This is a belting image with a beautiful ambient glow to it and magnificently composed to boot. By the way what did you do with the big Pentax. I shall keep an eye out for you here, nice to see your work being held in such deservedly high regard.

 

All the best Ian Cameron.

Another version of a very sucessful image for me called Clearing

Storm glencoe (see back catalogue), this one seems to be the

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A winter's morning over the Strathconon valley partially veiled by

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