Stone Fence Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

After having endured a conference I rewarded myself a week of trekking in the Scottish Highlands with a good friend. The scene is from the West Highland Way which crosses through some of the most spectacular scenery in all of Scotland, indeed in all of the UK. The trail is a little too crowded for my taste. But people are friendly and I guess it does not hurt that there are pubs along the way...

We had greyish weather most of the way so not so much good light for photography (which is good since we walked 30 Kilometer every day and shared a bottle of scotch every evening).

On this day the weather was great though and I thought this scene came out OK with the overgrown fence leading into the landscape. It was actually very hard to expose. the clouds kept burning out or the fence kept getting too dark. But a fill-flash helped a lot I think.

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asajernigan (14268) 2007-01-19 6:03

Mikkel,
This is a very well composed photo with the eye being led through the shot by the stone fence. I like the patches of sun and shade on the mountains. Your color and lighting are good with nice sharpness.
TFS,
Asa

sssimon (684) 2007-01-19 23:51

Hi Mikkel!
I like this POV.
The lower part is very attractive but I wonder if there is not too much saturation in the background. I understand that this picture was taken in some difficult conditions so the result is quite impressive!
Simon

syd1946 (17965) 2007-01-23 7:29

Hi Mikkel,
Wonderful view and well made composition taken from a low pov.This helps the perspective very much.Beautiful image like a scene from a fairytale!

Best wishes,
Thomas

PixelTerror (86797) 2007-02-04 8:40

Hi Mikkel,
It shows no sheep but gets very scottish thanks to this convenient leading wall, considering the clouds are somewhat overexposed you could crop a bit at the top to reduce this.
Have a nice sunday,
Jean-Yves