Portknockie Rocks Photo

Photographer’s Note

Hi,
Today panoramic shot taken recently near small village called Portknockie on the northern-east coast of Scotland. Rock near the middle is the 'Bow Fiddle Rock' which feature on my previous post. I highly recommend this area, together with the nearby Cullen Bay it feature some fantastic coastal locations with caves, cliffs and interesting rock formations. This one was taken from the top of a cliff. The low sun behind me lit the rocks and cliffs adding warm tones while the dark rainy clouds on the horizon made nice background for the scene. I wanted to cover wide area so I took 12 horizontal shots (6 for the top half and 6 for bottom half) stitched together to create this view. RAW mode, CPL filter and tripod used.

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Thanks for any comments,
Tomasz.

emilbo, bakes888, phwall, Jackos, alainh, niphredil76, peterd has marked this note useful

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mints (169) 2008-09-23 11:56

A beautifully warm shot that is well framed from the low position. The light is obviously great and really gives the whole image life.

darek1978 (11505) 2008-09-23 13:26

Witaj Tomku!
Swietna panoramka, piekne kolory i wspaniale boczne swiatelko. Duuuzy plus:)
Pozdrawiam Darek

simpatico (805) 2008-09-23 14:14

Simple wonderful!!

emilbo (9647) 2008-09-23 15:27

Salut Tomasz!
Magnifique panoramique de bord de mer présenté dans un superbe éclairage. J'adore les rochers et ceux-ci sont fantastiques. Excellente qualité d'image et merveilleuses couleurs. Beau travail.
Bravo!...
Emilius

giandom (694) 2008-09-23 16:33

Ciao Tomasz,
a beautiful panoramic composition, a great effect and control of light and shadows,
an image to dream. Well done
Gianni

bakes888 (18353) 2008-09-24 0:40

Hi Tomasz. Great photo and excellent work with the stitch. I love the drama in this shot. Wonderful colours and light. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

phwall (5705) 2008-09-24 3:44

Hi Tomasz,
A beautiful image is reward for the enormous amount of post time you must have put into this shot. Twelve shots all to be graded and stitched, I shudder to think of how long it took you. Not a flaw anywhere, except......only joking, it is flawless.
Stunning image, congratulations.
regards
Peter

tho_ebert (872) 2008-09-24 14:31

Hi Tomasz,
Excellent panoramic shot! First time I see that somebody two horizontal levels... Usually for this kind of shots we use one line of portrait framed shots, isn't it?
One think is strange for me: the contrasts of the foreground is bellow of the rest, I would increase the contrasts of the grass... But i'm not expert... ;-)
TFS
Thomas

ku-fotak-chtik (1132) 2008-09-25 1:35

Hi TOmasz,

Very impressive atmosphere and the stitching is perfect.

Well done!

Pozdravy Jiri

Jackos (3441) 2008-09-25 9:17

Piękne światło i ciekawa kompozycja. Świetnie posklejałeś to wszystko do kupy. Duże brawa. Chyba zacznę eksperymentować z panoramami ;)
Pozdrawiam
J.

alainh (35387) 2008-09-25 13:17

Hello Tomasz

splendid as usual ! you perfectly managed this fabulous light.the best moment for the best capture. i like a lot
friendly
alain

Anna-- (7741) 2008-09-26 13:26

Ciao Tomasz,
another wonderful landscape shot with an excellent light and beautiful colors. Very good details in the large version.
Have a nice evening
Anna

aes_thor (286) 2008-09-29 15:17

Hej,

zdjęcie w dużej wersji robi super wrażenie- niezłe kolorki, wody i nieba, ciepłe światło słoneczne- podoba sie:) Ciekawe miejsce, fajny klimat.

Pozdr,
Adrian

niphredil76 (692) 2008-10-08 5:25

Ciao Tomasz,
really a "great" work! I expecially like the light on the left side of the clouds, it was not easy to render, but you managed it very well!
Great depth and beautiful golden light.
TFS
Laura

PiotrF (699) 2008-10-23 13:34

Witaj
Piekne swiatlo, wyczekane; widac profesjonalne podejscie do fotografii
W wiekszej wersji robi oczywiscie lepsze wrazenie, wiec wyobrazam sobie tylko jak to musi wygladac na duzym powiekszeniu
pozdrawiam
P.

Asiulus (1066) 2008-12-05 11:08

Fotografia to sztuka malowania światłem, czy jakoś tak... Tutaj widać to bardzo dobrze, bo kontrasty i światło przykuwają uwagę....
Mnie się takie światło przytrafia najczęściej jaki siedzę w pracy i tęsknie zerkam za okno. Zazdroszczę magicznych chwil.
A czym kleiłeś panoramę? Jak radzisz sobie z łączeniem zdjęć? Nie widać żadnych niedoróbek.
Pozdrawiam!

Photo Information

Copyright: Thomas Land of Light (tomszat) (1135)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-09-13
Categories: Nature, Decisive Moment
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Tamron AF18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di II LD, 62mm Hoya PL Pro1 Digital
Exposure: f/11, 1/15 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-09-23 11:39