Old Man of Storr Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is the geological feature known as the Old Man of Storr. A fantastic place to visit if your reasonable fit but be careful because from this POV every stone you put your foot on tends to move or crumble away.

The Storr is just north of Portree on the Island of Skye. Its an impressive feature which is part of the Trotternish range. The first 800 ft of the climb thru the woodland hides any view of the awesome spectacle that greets the climber but when you emerge the severity of the second part of the climb becomes apparent.

Bluejeans, Buin, Vato_Law, leonorkuhn, JudyR, Sistercosmo has marked this note useful

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Bluejeans (32517) 2009-07-16 5:58

Ola Stephen ,
Que paisagem fantástica com lindos tons de verde e azul , muito bonitas estas formações rochosas , boa profundidade de foto ,parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

ValS (39) 2009-07-16 6:02

Hi Stephen,

Very impressive landscape! Fantastic colours! But it must be really difficult to get this shot. Thanks for sharing. Take care!

Regards,
Val

federico (406) 2009-07-16 6:05

hi stephen again a perfect shot here
amazing landscape and perfect light
well done regards fred

marine-coeur (574) 2009-07-16 6:14

Once again another amazing image of our planet,
great poster well done Stephen Emerson

Adrique (579) 2009-07-16 6:26

Hello Stephen,
congratulations to this wonderful, beautifully coloured, perfectly processed, deep and plastic photo with almost three-dimensional feeling showing spectacular marvel and astonishing splendor of natural beauty of Scotland. I hope I´ll get there at some time...
Best regards,
Adrian

jiridracek (1626) 2009-07-16 7:39

Wow ! Extraordinary combination of phantastic impressive landscape together with perfect photographer´s skills. What to say more ? Bravo.
Best Regards

jiridracek

dta (5391) 2009-07-16 7:56

Hello Stephen ,
Another great view of these famous rocks . This POV is fantastic . The light is outstanding , one more time .
Congratulations

Buin (37816) 2009-07-16 10:53

Hallo Stephen!
This view, this photo simply are breathtaking. You've caught a wonderful and intriguing light here. A photo, a landscape to marvel at ...
Greetings from very summerly Germany!
Frank

dkeus31 (26234) 2009-07-16 11:15

Hi Stephen,
also a good one, here with the inclusion of the foreground well framing the landscape, you live near a nice place!
didier

Vato_Law (11682) 2009-07-16 11:21

Hello Stephen.
great photo as most of your gallery.
The way you deal with the light is just amazing and just reinforces the beauty of the landscapes you portrait.
Cheers.
Paulo

Glint (3042) 2009-07-16 15:20

hello Stephen,
Wow! you make this look like a moonscape!I like your portrait sty;le treatment that leads the eye to the pinnacles. Nice light and natural colours.
Bev

leonorkuhn (13641) 2009-07-16 19:39

Hi Stephen,

Gorgeous landscape! The light is superb. Good POV, stunning colors and great sharpness.

Best Regards
Leonor

JudyR (867) 2009-07-17 16:37

This is such a wonderful composition with interesting detail in both the foreground and background. The sky seems to go on forever, and the colors are incredibly lovely. Very inviting shot! Judy

Merou (3094) 2009-07-18 14:11

Hello

Very beautiful shoot
I like this place

Regards

Dragut (1981) 2009-07-19 1:12

Hi Stephen

Very nice view of this beautiful country of Scotland.

gneufeld (15177) 2009-07-20 14:43

Hi Stephen,
Ah, a very fine landscape shot in perfect light with complementary shadows and breathtakng colors. Stunning depth and clarity. Well done and TFs. Gerald

guillaumejm (9114) 2009-07-21 13:44

Hello stephen
What an impressive view!. Every thing is perfect: the vertical format , the light, depth .... and of course this astonishing scotland.
Best regards
JMarc

Sistercosmo (2589) 2009-07-30 15:01

Hi Steve,

wow, this is simply amazing. Your pov is fantastic, as is the depth. Colors, sharpness - simply everything is perfect! Fabulous shot!

Have a great weekend and take good care!
Linda

luisafonso (858) 2009-08-23 15:03

Amazing! The light is so good. And so is the composition. It feels a bit tilted to the left. I said it feels... ;)