Taken on Rannoch Moor in the Scotish Highlands. We were up long before dawn looking for vantage points, with only the thought of a full Scottish breakfast to come to sustain us!
These are a while after "sunrise"; and, in the second, it is possible to see a hint of the blue sky that never quite made it for the rest of the day!
Thanks for the Italian wine, and bread and olives, Martin!
Both of these are so atmospheric, and true in feeling to this brooding and elusive landscape. I particularly like the second, with the lines drawn by the reeds, lovely disposition of the three clumps of trees ranging across the frame, and the pale confection of blues and greys in cloud and sky. Rannoch is all about space and this image puts the space across.
Hazel
Roll on winter, I am going to the outer hebredies for Christmas. I have only ever been here once, shame its a little overcast, it was pointless taking anything the time I was there.
Nov 19, 2008 at 05:47 AM
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bshamilton wrote:
Ah, yes, I remember it well! Barry
Me too! It wasn't the best "sunrise" of the trip, but I liked it nonetheless. How did you call that? Active weather?
The second one is a very good crop. It works better than the first, but both are very good.
Two fine...fine images, Martin. I look to the open expanse of the second image. The low hanging mist in the bg is just gorgeous and for that alone it was imho well worth the effort.
Beautiful, Martin. I like the atmosphere in both, especially the water in one which looks like a lead weight. And the slight touch of blue sky in second.
Karl
Two beautiful views, quite different in atmosphere, water so quiet in the first that everything seems frozen or suspended in time, while the ripples on the water of the second image suggest cold, and wind, a cloud/mist-scape in perpetual mutation.
ScaryFox wrote:
Hi Martin,
What a treat these are. I like the atmopshere in both. The first looks more menacing than the second. Worth getting up for!
Ute
Hello Ute.
Glad you enjoyed these. It was certainly worth getting up for and trecking out to the little hill we found. The swirling low cloud always makes Rannoch Moor a wonderful, if bleak, location. The light and cloud formations and fog all chane constantly.
Hazel Coffey wrote:
Thanks for the Italian wine, and bread and olives, Martin!
Both of these are so atmospheric, and true in feeling to this brooding and elusive landscape. I particularly like the second, with the lines drawn by the reeds, lovely disposition of the three clumps of trees ranging across the frame, and the pale confection of blues and greys in cloud and sky. Rannoch is all about space and this image puts the space across.
Hazel
Hey Hazel.
A long way from the warmth of Italia - porridge and Black Pudding was more the order of the day on this morning! The moor certainly lived up to it's image of Bleak Beauty; certainly one of my favourite places and fun to photograph in virtually any conditions. Glad to have communicated the atmosphere through the pictures.
David Clapp wrote:
Roll on winter, I am going to the outer hebredies for Christmas. I have only ever been here once, shame its a little overcast, it was pointless taking anything the time I was there.
Hello David.
Thanks for the comment. I've never been to the Hebrides, myself, although I've wanted to go for a long time. Winter is a good time to shoot pictures in Scotland as there is much active weather and the low sun (when it can be seen) gives a wonderful light. Overcast does not negate good pictures of the wonderful wilderness to be found in the Highlands.
