An image from my last trip to Isle of Skye in september 2009... Dark stormy clouds over the Cuillins hills from the coast of Elgol. Between magical light and showers, it does remind me the strength of scottish landscapes.

Elgol, Isle of Skye, Scotland. September 2009

A view from the Guichard Lake in french Alps in the early morning colors.
Fortunately, there was no wind and no wave on the water surface.

Guichard Lake - Alps - France

Tuscan hills in the first rays of a day of May 2010, near Sienna.

Xavier

I've never felt as alone as I did on the western side of the Andes Mountains, near the southern tip of South America, after trekking over remote and beautiful Paso del Viento (Pass of the Winds). My guide and I didn't see a single other person for three days. I made this image at sunset one evening, using a heavy stack of neutral density filters to lengthen my exposure, allowing for the colors of sunset to paint across the scene. To me, this image captures my feeling of being on the far side of the world. Los Glaciares National Park, Patagonia, Argentina.

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Sunset clouds over Cerro Torre during a minute-long exposure, Patagonia, Argentina.

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Sunset over Fitz Roy and the Rio Blanco, Patagonia, Argentina. A thirty second exposure records the movement of clouds and water.

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To shine by reflection with a sparkling luste...

Spectacular sunset reflections at Shelley Beach - Nambucca, Australia NSW.

- Toned down the purple hue in the sky to match the reflection in the rock-pool. Also decreased saturation levels slightly.

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We went on a trip to mars but the strangest thing was that our feet never left the earth. If you can't work that inside joke out you must be too high

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Here's an explanation [link] of this stunning formation. It is called Anti-Crepuscular Rays.

I've only ever seen a pink band across the horizon at twilight, but this afternoon's display blew my breath away. The unusual formation in the sky, really captivating me as I took this photo. It felt like a scene from some kind of alien movie, as the creatures from another world land on Earth.

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This is a shot from Sibillini National Park, in Umbria Italy.We had some decent wild flowers to work with there but because of some late snow fall the bloom was going to be a few weeks late.Thanks for looking and your comments.

This is a shot of the type of landscape you would see at Sibillini National Park, Umbria. Thanks a lot for looking and your comments.

Brett

This is another from the hills of Tuscany, thanks for looking and your comments.

Thanks Brett

[Allos - Mercantour - Alps - FRANCE]

[Vercors - FRANCE]

[Provence - FRANCE]

This wall on Dartmoor is called "Irishman's Wall" because it was built by the Irish. Noone know what became of the irishmen, but it was speculated that Ireland was probably a better place to built walls than Dartmoor!

A weekend home camping and walking on the moor and exploring new ground.

I'm not entirely happy with this, but given that any sort of sunset was completely unexpected then I guess it's not bad! I spent and age doing the exposure blend for this, it was very difficult, so hopefully it's OK even if it isnt great!

Little Mis lies on the western side of Dartmoor

This shot was taken approximately 20m from where we camped. That said I did actually scout this location, so I didnt exactly roll out of bed and think 'that will do'!

This sunrise came as a very welcome suprise and is one of the best I have ever seen. The colour really was outstanding. The distant peak you can see is Tryfan. I did have a compromise my orginal composition a little to account for the location of the light. I would have liked the mountain to be more central, but you can't have it all!

*PastyGuy was fortunate to find a better pool that morning and I think he might have just edged my shot that said, he just missed the peak of the light. I call a tie

The midninghtsun shot about half an hour after midnight a few weeks back. I had to reduce the saturation in the red channel quite much cause the scene was just way too vibrant. Scenes like this are challenging with serious flareissues.

So cool too see the red hot sun under a threatening, dark and moody sky...

If anyone ever wants to visit Norway...make sure you do that when the midnightsun is in its prime...

cheers!

-Arild-

Skittendalen (in english "Dirty Valley") is my favourite place on earth. I will probably devote quite much of my time to shoot this area over the next years. This one is from a trip last october, looking over towards the mountains Rismålstinden (1012m) and Lilletinden (1134m)

Hope you like it...

Have a great day!

-Arild-

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I have been shooting these kind of shots for the last week or so, and i`ll probably keep doing it for another week. The sun sets perfectly for me these days, in the exact right place.

This was shot under very shifting conditions. A minute after i shot this there was snow blowing around liek crazy. loved it

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After I returned from Scotland I didn't spend enough time editing the shots, and this one in particular was rushed...I was never happy with, so I've gone back and done it again. This has a darker foreground..in the last one it was much brighter which reduced the contrast and drama in the shapes of the landscape and the light, and I've also cropped it a little on the right.

A shot looking east into the rising sun from the Quiraing, Isle of Skye
It's a very very common location, but the place we stayed was 5 minutes driving from here...so what are you going to do? NOT shoot it?

I had wonderful conditions that morning, the sun was mostly obscured, but as the cloud wasn't too heavy, there was still plenty of colour in the sky and breaks in the cloud for sun beams.

From the exact same spot I captured my last submission about 15 minutes later with a telephoto lens.


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Taken from the Quiraing, Northern Skye, Scotland
Nikon D3 w/ Nikkor 17-35mm f2.8
Gitzo GT2541 tripod w/ Gitzo GH1780QR ballhead
Hoya ND400 9 stop ND | Lee 0.9 3 stop hard grad |
30 secs | f11 | 17mm

Workflow in Nikon Capture NX2. Resize for web PS CS3

Thanks in advance for any comments or faves.

The Photo

One of the first photography books I ever bought, and one that had a huge influence on my landscape photography, was Joe Cornish's "First Light". It's still one of my favourite books, and one I regularly flick through for inspiration.

On the cover of that book is a magical beach, rocks in a raging sea with harsh mountain peaks rising out of the water across the bay. I've wanted to visit the place pretty much since I first bought the book.

So when I was in Skye for 3 days recently, making the long trip around the south east of the island to get to Elgol ("Ealaghol" in the local Gaelic) beach was pretty high up on the list of things I wanted to do. It's a long trek to get there (especially considering we were staying in the northern most part of the island) but the journey is beautiful, and Elgol, with it's views across the water of the Cuillin mountains, is absolutely stunning.

Of course, I'd hoped for a beautiful blast from the last rays of the sun to pick out the mountain sides before sunset. I'd hoped for colourful clouds...but in the end I got neither. Thick cloud cover obscured the sun and removed any chance of colourful skies....but the place still has an incredible atmosphere, and there was no way I was going to leave without getting one shot that I was happy with.

I took 7 exposures that evening (I take far fewer shots now than I used to), and this was the very first.
Elgol, like many places in Skye and the Highlands, is pretty high up on my "Really have to get back there one day and try and shoot it better" list.

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Taken at Elgol Beach, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Nikon D3 w/ Nikkor 17-35mm f2.8
Gitzo GT2541 tripod w/ Gitzo GH1780QR ballhead
Hoya ND400 9 stop ND | Lee 0.6 2 stop hard grad |
30 secs | f11 | 17mm

Workflow in Nikon Capture NX2. Resize for web PS CS3

Thanks in advance for any comments or faves.

Also from Skye:

A shot taken in early 2009.
I never submitted it before because I've never been that keen on it....there's nothing about the image that I really connect with. Still, I don't have anything new to submit at the moment, so here you go.

Taken near Cabo do Raso, Portugal
Nikon D3 w/ 17-35mm f2.8
117 seconds @ f11
Lee 3 stop hard GND and Hoya ND400

Everything in me is aching to go back to this valley in the Richtersveld NP. It has the potential for a million photos within a 30 minute walk from where you camp. Sadly it's a 5 hour 4x4 drive into remote wilderness after 800km on the highway.

This is in South Africa but the plains in the distance behind the mountains is Namibia.

The weird color is from 5 stops of grad filters.

The Bettys Bay wetlands under amazing autumn light. This sunset was last year in April, but with recent improvement in my processing skills I went through some of my favorite images from 2009 again and reprocessed some.

Bettys Bay, South Africa

5D II, 16-35mm II, 3 exposures

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Namib Rand, Namibia

5D II
16-35 II
0.6 hard grad

Morning Mist

Beautiful morning.

Recommend Full View.

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Location: Italy
Date: 9 June, 2010

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Lens: Sigma 70-300
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Old shot from my favorite beach on my last trip to shot waterscape. I dont shot waterscapes almost 7 months!

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Location: Portugal
Date: November, 2009

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One more from my homeland!

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Location: Portugal
Date: October, 2009

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Camera: Canon 400D
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