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First time posting here, after perhaps a decade of lurking. You guys are amazing and have thought me a lot.
Some photographs I have taken on a recent trip to Lewis and Harris, the largest island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides.

Sea stacks near Isle of Lewis

MacLeod's standing stone, isle of Harris

Rodel Salt Marsh

Jun 01, 2014 at 03:44 AM

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Wonderful shots all of them. I've been wanting to go there ever since I ran out of time back on a college trip and missed it. Time is ticking.....

David

Jun 01, 2014 at 06:27 AM

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dgdg wrote:
Wonderful shots all of them. I've been wanting to go there ever since I ran out of time back on a college trip and missed it. Time is ticking.....

David
Thanks very much David. I can highly recommend visiting, as it is highly scenic!

Jun 01, 2014 at 07:07 AM

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We have a cottage booked on Harris for a week in late July. How were the midges? We've been to Scotland before and fully appreciate their wrath. Hopefully the sea breezes will minimize their impact on the coast but I'm sure we will have our hands full inland. Any thoughts or suggestions would be highly welcomed. Have you seen Ian Lawson's book on the area?

Lovely shots BTW. I'm bringing a 10 stop UV filter. Is that what you used?

Richard

Jun 01, 2014 at 09:22 AM

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Richard Booth wrote:
We have a cottage booked on Harris for a week in late July. How were the midges? We've been to Scotland before and fully appreciate their wrath. Hopefully the sea breezes will minimize their impact on the coast but I'm sure we will have our hands full inland. Any thoughts or suggestions would be highly welcomed. Have you seen Ian Lawson's book on the area?

Lovely shots BTW. I'm bringing a 10 stop UV filter. Is that what you used?

Richard

Thanks very much Richard, I'm sure you'll love the island. We were there at the end of April, just before midge season had started. Midge season should be in full swing now, but I find that their intensity is unpredictable. The worst midges attacks I ever experienced was while camping right next to the coast (loch Etive and on the Isle of Skye). Except for wearing a midge suit, I find that there is not much one can do but just accept the midge torture..

In the posted shots I may have used both a 10 and 6 stops ND filter, either on their own or stacked.

I didn't know Ian Lawson, so thanks for recommending him. He's got an amazing collection of photographs.

Jun 01, 2014 at 11:52 AM

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Agree on Glen Etive. We had our battles with them there as well. We will be armed with Skin So Soft, midge hats and will have our clothes tucked in. I'm told they don't like garlic, so may take a few garlic pills. Finally, it also seems the don't like yeast so I MUST resort to having a few pints of Guinness each night to ward them off. Sad the sacrifices we must make to get photos.

Richard

Jun 01, 2014 at 12:31 PM

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Richard Booth wrote:
Agree on Glen Etive. We had our battles with them there as well. We will be armed with Skin So Soft, midge hats and will have our clothes tucked in. I'm told they don't like garlic, so may take a few garlic pills. Finally, it also seems the don't like yeast so I MUST resort to having a few pints of Guinness each night to ward them off. Sad the sacrifices we must make to get photos.

Richard
Enjoy your time on Harris, I'm sure it will be ace! In a way we should be happy with the midges, as if it wasn't for them, Scotland would be suffering from mass tourism soon!

Jun 01, 2014 at 01:44 PM

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Lovely series, some very nice work on your part.

Jun 02, 2014 at 08:46 AM

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stanparker wrote:
Lovely series, some very nice work on your part.
Thanks very much Stan. This is roughly half of the keepers from the trip. I was very lucky with the weather conditions!

Jun 02, 2014 at 01:11 PM

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I always enjoy seeing images from that region. Thanks for sharing.

Jun 02, 2014 at 02:13 PM

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great set of images, love them

Jun 02, 2014 at 02:41 PM

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andyjaggy82 wrote:
I always enjoy seeing images from that region. Thanks for sharing.

pink wrote:
great set of images, love them

Thanks very much Andy and Ian!

Jun 02, 2014 at 03:13 PM

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I like the composition of #3 the most. It feels quite balanced and well thought out.

How long are the exposures in the first 3 shots? One of my favourite photogs has a lot of coastal images like these with similar texture in the water.

Jun 02, 2014 at 03:20 PM

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Justin Grimm wrote:
I like the composition of #3 the most. It feels quite balanced and well thought out.

How long are the exposures in the first 3 shots? One of my favourite photogs has a lot of coastal images like these with similar texture in the water.

Thanks very much Justin. I blended up to three exposures to balance the sky and foreground for the first three shots. The longest exposures used for those were 244s, 150s and 30s respectively.

Jun 02, 2014 at 03:32 PM

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I really like the last two.

Jun 03, 2014 at 01:13 AM

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Last 2 was legit

Jun 03, 2014 at 02:53 AM

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Scott Kroeker wrote:
I really like the last two.

pokertony211 wrote:
Last 2 was legit

Thanks Pokertony and Scott. I tend to believe those are my least worst out of this series as well (though this was not confirmed on 500px...

Jun 03, 2014 at 03:19 AM

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nicely done Camillo

Jun 04, 2014 at 03:19 AM

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I like them all about the same. A lot! Great series!

Jun 04, 2014 at 11:31 PM

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Mark Metternich wrote:
I like them all about the same. A lot! Great series!

kmunroe wrote:
nicely done Camillo

Thanks for your kind words Kenny and Mark.

Jun 05, 2014 at 05:13 AM

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