The Buachaille Photo

Photographer’s Note

Another but famous composition of Buachaille Etive Mor, generally known to climbers simply as The Buachaille. Its almost perfect pyramidal form, as seen from the A82 road when travelling towards Glen Coe, makes it one of the most recognisable mountains in Scotland.

Captured in quite harsh light I used a 10 stop ND filter to calm the hard shadows and create motion blur in the sky and water. Id thought about climbing this summit but its dangerous.. On 24 January 2009 three mountain climbers were killed and one sustained a serious shoulder injury. Two of the dead were from Northern Ireland and the other was from Scotland.

jbemmels, Bruno40, pauloog, zmey, asajernigan, Sistercosmo, rlrad, npecanhuk has marked this note useful

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thebecky (686) 2009-06-02 1:10

A wonderful photograph - it really is stunning there isn't it. I like the effects your exposure has on the sky better than I do on the water in the bottom of the picture.

jbemmels (327) 2009-06-02 1:34

Hi Stephen,

Beautiful photograph! I love how the softness of the watefall constrasts with the sharpness of the vegetation and mountain and the blurriness you added to the sky. Lighting is magnificent. In all, this photo even somehwat reminds me of the grasslands of eastern Africa...

Cheers,
Jordan

Arindam_1984 (280) 2009-06-02 1:38

Hi My dear friend
amazing capture

very well done

I want to know the tecnique....how you blur the sky/water
can you please tell me
:-)

Regards
Arindam

VictorPhung (738) 2009-06-02 2:24

Nothing to say, just a PERFECT picture, thanks for sharing,

Victor

HimalAnda (1056) 2009-06-02 3:30

Hello Stephen,

Very nice picture, with a beautiful light.
I like your composition : an interesting foreground, and this mountain in the background.
I also like the effect in the waterfall, but I think it would have been better without the same effect in the clouds (but I know it was impossible, except if you combine to picture in post-processing).
Congratulations for this picture !

Stéphane

Yves-triga (3467) 2009-06-02 4:10

Hello Stephen,
very nice capture with nd grey.
beautifull...
i like
good shoot
firendly
yves

Bruno40 (6440) 2009-06-02 5:21

wow, anothe rgem from your gallery!
excellent work Stephen. What brand of filter did you use? Cokin, Lee?
tfs
jorge

pauloog (6505) 2009-06-02 7:29

Hello Stephen,
A superb view of the rough highlands in clear natural colours and the flow of the water so well rendered. A little surprising at first to see the blurred clouds but it matches well the blurred water flows.
Regards,
Paul

zmey (7250) 2009-06-02 7:49

technically impressive, but I am not convinced by the resulting flow of the composition. to my eye, the scene seems 'spatially warped'. i almost feel as if my left eye wants to take a step back, while the right eye stays in place, a weird feeling. but then again, maybe that was the goal here.

warm regards,
kristaps

asajernigan (14132) 2009-06-02 9:21

Stephen,
This is an outstanding photograph! The long exposure afforded you supurb sharpness and DOF while blurring the moving water. The lighting and colors are great and the vertical format adds excellent depth to the scene.
TFS,
Asa

Sistercosmo (2573) 2009-06-02 11:34

Hi Stephen,
yes, this is a well-recognized mountain and you've done exceptionally well in capturing it. I love the blurred clouds and that silky water.
Great shot!
Take good care,
Linda

rlrad (1187) 2009-06-02 13:43

Wow.

I wish I had some hope of capturing an image so well, so beautifully as this one...

The blur of the flowing water and the blowing clouds make it seem as if it were in constant motion. The perceived movement catches my attention while trying to look at the mountain. It is easier to look at the entire image than any particular part.

This is awesome, Stephen. I have plenty of photographic books that have images that don't come anywhere close to this. I have to mark this as a favorite - it is one of the finest landscapes I have seen here...

Congrats!
Reed

gneufeld (15169) 2009-06-02 18:10

Hi Stephen,
Your time exposure did wonders witht the movement of the water, but also rendered the clouds in a soft focus condition - different and quite effective. Well done and TFS. Gerald

sacavem (8265) 2009-06-03 4:01

Olá Stephen,

Beautiful image, excellent vertical framing, perfect quality, details and colors.
Greetings,
Filipe

deud (1841) 2009-06-04 0:33

amazing shot.
very beautiful place, great composition, colors, light.

i like the effect of long exposure on water and clouds!

very well done.
tfs

manudautriche (394) 2009-06-04 11:40

Hi Stephen,cette photo est tout simplement magnifique et parfaite,c'est le type de photo que j'aime .merci beaucoup a toi.

npecanhuk (13921) 2009-06-06 6:39 [Comment]

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bach37 (178) 2009-06-06 9:32

You are THE MAN!
We can almost smell this place in the way you present this picture... Very good colors and shapes! I would try a little less time of exposure just to see if the sky maintains still, but is a great photo. Very good work.

Warm regards,

Márcio Costa

lucinka (9902) 2009-06-09 23:57

Classic view, but still wonderfully captured. Beautiful work. I hope to get one too during my next visit.

francio64 (11056) 2009-06-15 2:40

Ciao Stephen,
spettacolare immagine panoramica, avvalorata dall'effetto seta dell'acqua.

Complimenti!
Francesco

mariani_josep (352) 2009-07-21 20:02

Hi Stephen

Love this picture .. slow motion of the water, the blue sky with moving white cloud, and the angle ...
make this picture so great!!

MJ

Photo Information

Copyright: Stephen Emerson (Signal-Womb) (11695)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-05-00
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon EOS5D, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L, ND filter
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): francio64 (Panoramiche), Ney's favorite pictures of UK! [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-06-02 1:07
Favorites: 5 [view]