Photographer’s Note
Isle of Skye - one of the northern-west scottish Isles, very unique and magical place, in some places it looks like it has never changed since the volcanic eruptions and dinosaurs era or You are on other planet. This is one of those places, 'Old Man of Storr' with unique rock pinnacles, remains of ancient volcanic plugs and Sound of Raasay beyond. Very famous and beautiful spot highly recommended to visit if You visit Skye. It is easily accesible, the path starts just off the road A855, You can get there by car or by Bus going from Portree to Uig. It requires some time and effort to get there but it is not all that difficult and the views are just outstanding and worth every effort! This photo may give You wrong impression of spring or summer day but it was actually February. Quite amazing, there was no snow at all and it was so warm that I was wearing a t-shirt! I used 6 vertical shots, each with two different exposures (one to not overburn the sky and the other to keep details in the shadow areas) all blended and merged together to create this panoramic view.
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Elanor
(270) 2008-02-13 0:42
Beautiful, really beautiful! Amazing landscape, bright and sharp. Love it!
brandstaetter
(13654) 2008-02-13 1:42
Hi tomasz,
thanks for the big effort you made to show us this wonderful landscape. An excellent photo and very difficult to take, directly against the sun. Your technique is perfect. It´s only a pity that there are the limits of 800 pixels, so it cannot reveal all its beauty. But I also saw some panoramic photos in a large version..
Compliments Christian
Leilani
(1371) 2008-02-13 6:55
Great work here. You've done a great job on the stitching and blending. Stunning place as well. You didn't happen to get any shots like this in those "magic" hours? Rgds, Leilani
ku-fotak-chtik
(1132) 2008-03-19 10:30
Wow, I've just seen all your pictures and I have to say: Well done. All of them are sharp, great POV and nice merged together, excelent work!
aes_thor
(286) 2008-04-15 5:01
Super panorama no i dobre wspomnienia, z tego co sie orientuje, ja też jestem na tym zdjęciu..i nie tylko ja:).
Pozdrawiam!
Adrian
Greg1949
(8507) 2008-05-02 4:31
Tomasz, a beautiful and fantasy looking scene you have here. Particularly impressive is how you have detail and not let the light of the sun burn it all out. Great capture.
Greg
mbmark72 (188) 2008-05-29 10:11
Przepiekne zdjęcie ! Sam bylem po raz pierwszy na Skye w tym roku, niestety tylko przez 3 dni ... wiem juz jednak ze wroce tam za rok :)
Photo Information
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Copyright: Thomas Land of Light (tomszat)
(1135) - Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2006-02-21
- Categories: Nature
- Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Tamron AF18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di II LD
- Exposure: f/22, 1/60 seconds
- Details: Tripod: Yes
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2008-02-12 13:39








