Good morning and welcome to another day of landscape photography in a
spectacular spectacular Scotland.
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Last week it was difficult I had a hard
time bringing the huge landscape down it into an interesting composition so what
we're doing today is we're going to head over to Glencoe where you've got those
stunning scenes with that quite famous mountain which I'm hopefully
going to capture again I've shot it in the past but I want to do something with it
today though. On the way though we've stopped here at Ruthven barracks and
there's just this stunning scene going down to the barracks at the bottom of
the hill here and that is what I'm going to capture just look how beautiful that
morning light is as its striking those mountains and that's going to feature in
the background of the shot I've put the barracks which is raised up on a little
sort of mound on the rule of thirds and I'm gonna let that carry up into the
stunning background of these mountains here it's just gonna work really nicely
as a shot. There is a visitor's center quite close to the castle but we've come
up a little way past there to get this viewpoint and I'm sort of hiked up
through very very deep snow to get to this little spot
I've therefore got the 70-200mm lens on the camera because I
want to get in a little bit closer to the barracks and frame my composition
properly at the moment I'm at 100mm to get the composition that
I want and then I'm at f11 just because it's about right for this scene shutter
speed I'm at 1/25 of a second and I've just got the polarizer on the front just
to lift the Blues and the contrast in the sky because it is quite flat there's
a little bit of haze in the air as well and the polarizer will help with that
just a little bit so it's gonna be a really great shot to get the day started
off so I've got it composed already I'm just gonna fire the shutter off I'm
bracketing just to be sure let's have a look
That's looking absolutely beautiful now I've got a long drive to get to Glencoe
but that is a perfect start to the morning
After a very long and difficult Drive we have arrived at Glencoe and it's been a
little bit of a blessing in disguise actually because when we arrived at the
place we planed to go where you get that classic shot of that classic
mountain which I can't pronounce..... the carpark was rammed. Part of the
problem is just the snow is so deep and there's about two feet of snow at the
moment just have a look at this and you can see how deep it is and that's the
same on the road where the ploughs pushed it to the side of the road and there's
literally nowhere to park there is a little road you can go down as well but
that's totally blocked so we've had to turn around and find another little layby
to park in which, like i say, has been a blessing in disguise because what
I found is this scene here with this mountain here is what I'm shooting at
the moment the Sun has just risen over the peak of the bigger mountain there and
that's now making the shot a bit more difficult but I did manage to capture
something just as it was coming up so I'll talk you through that now what we
have... very bright ...is a mountain here which is the main subject of my image here and
the beautiful mist just coming down the valley and sort of just settling in that
little area there and it's just looking absolutely magical like a winter
wonderland. The Sun as well just makes it feel beautiful and gives it that extra
wintery Mountain feel and it's just it's incredible to be here there's a little
bit of noise from the road but that's okay and that is creeping into my image
a little bit just cutting off the corner of my image I may clone that out or I may
just leave it because that's the scene I'm shooting but certainly this it's not
the road I'm thinking about. It's giving such an incredible feel it's gonna be
nice and hopefully low in contrast as that golden light is shining across it's
perfectly unspoiled snow it's just so bright as well, I'm struggling to
keep my eyes open as you look at the surface of the snow as well you just get
these sparkling reflections catching the light and reflecting it back into the
camera and it's just adding another element of interest to the scene it's
been a difficult day so far a lot of time more time than I would
have wanted in the car to be honest the roads are horrendous as well it is making
a bit difficult but when you're welcomed with this at the end of it, it's all very
much worth it
Like I was saying it was really really busy down at the car park and there was
probably about a hundred photographers capturing an image of this mountain here
today we have trekked up one of the most difficult sides of a mountain I have
ever trekked up. The snow is probably in this bit about two feet deep we have
trekked up to a bit where no one else has been today over some deer tracks
using the poles to feel the way but it was extremely difficult but now I've got
to say look at this it's just been so worth it the Sun is just teasing the top
of the mountain there as it's moving this way through our scene behind us
there and it's just a magical moment really we've had the drone up as well
there are some deer just over there I'll try and get in nice and close so you can
see them as well but it's just an absolutely magical surrounding so with
that I mind I then want to capture it so I'm trying a couple of things I'm
actually shooting back at the same mountain that I was shooting before. I'm
really sorry I don't know the names of it but it's this one over here the fog
keeps rolling in down the valley and covering the bottom of the image and
then there's some trees over this side that are leading you in from the bottom
right-hand corner of the image the road sort of snakes its way through the
image as well and then up into the mountain and then there's a little bit
of the mountain behind me in the image and the Sun just, just poking out into
the image. So I'm using bracketing because there's a big dynamic range I
want to make sure I can capture that little bit of Sun that is there and then
still capture the detail in the foreground shadow area as well so I
think I've managed to do that that should be a really nice shot once I get
it back into the computer later. That's it really we're just gonna now sit here
fly the drones around, enjoy the moment as the Sun starts to set, with a mate in a
spectacular place like this, nothing better.
So what an absolutely spectacular day it has been difficult at times like I said
getting in and out of the car all the time can be a bit frustrating since
we've got out and had a bit of a difficult hike up this mountain though
it has got a lot better I feel a lot happy about it
that bit of exercise getting up high away from the crowds away from the other
photographers is what it's all about for me and I have enjoyed it immensely I
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below to let me know what you think I'm struggling to talk a bit because it's so
cold and my lips have stoped moving but I hope you've enjoyed it I'll see you on
another one very very soon I'm Adam this is first man photography
in the amazing Glencoe
Out!!!
What a day!!!
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