Views From The Ascent Of Ben Nevis.
Another shot of one of the views of my ascent up to Ben Nevis, the highest Mountain in Scotland and the British Isles. 1344 metres.
This was the first Mountain out of 3 in 3 days, the other 2 were Scafell pike in England and Snowdon in Wales.
As you can see the light wasn’t the best and it only got worst the higher I went up.
Shot with a Nikon D300 and 18-70mm lens.
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gabryshak
amazing connolly!!
♥t
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks ever so much Gabryshack, much appreciate your comments and visit.
Do you have a shorter name? LOL..
Tom Gomez
Another great shot Jason …
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks Tom, appreciate your fab comments mate.
rodsfotos
You did a great job on this considering the light that was available at the time Jason, still wonderful depth and rich colours, what a view it is, excellent work,
Regards, Rod.
Jason Connolly replied
Just a little tweaking in photoshop to get it how it was on the day, and this how it was, pretty miserable LOL.
Thanks Rod, pleased you like it mate.
gabryshak
hahha ….
as much fun as has been poked at my name
i’ve quite grown to like it…
recently i said it reminds me of someone sneezing,
don’t know why it amuses me so much,
but it does…
to make up for it i do sign my name ♥t
which is short for my first name, tonja
...because you asked saucy!!... :)
♥t
Jason Connolly replied
Cheers LOL, it is a great name I must admit, but I’ll call you Tonja or if that’s fine with you my friend….
JamieGreen
Like it Mr Connolly. Worth the climb.
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks Jamie, wel worth the climb mate, enjoyed it..
Heloisa Castro
great shot
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks ever so much heloisa.
WatscapePhoto
Superb vista. Those foreground rocks certainly give a great sense of scale. Superb photography, Jason.
Jason Connolly replied
Cheers mate, glad you like it.
LudaNayvelt
fantastic as always
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks Ludanayvelt as always.
Marvin Collins
Beautiful work Jason!!
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks marvin mate.
SharonD
Simply gorgeous Jason
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks sharon, glad you think so my friend.
traveller
Nice one Jason, I’m guessing you were just above the little loch when you took this?
Jason Connolly replied
That’s right mate, it’s just over on my right a bit below, it wasn’t much more than this when the rain really kicked in and the camera got put away.
Glad you like it mate.
Curtiss Simpson
Its a great view though, nice shot Jason !
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks ever so much Curtiss, appreciated
GailD
Great view Jason. Love those rocks in the foreground.
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks Gail, so do I, glad you like the shot buddy.
John Kowalski
Lovely shot Jason! enjoyable image!!
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks so much John, appreciate that pal.
Béla Török
Outstanding view, excellent capture!
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks very much bela, appreciated my friend.
digitalmidge
Oh gosh and golly Jason, it’s just as I remembered it…thanks for sharing these stunning and awesome pics..;-)
Jason Connolly replied
No problem Zoe, I’m just pleased you like looking, thanks for the great comments me friend.
paolo1955
Great image, love the shot.
Jason Connolly replied
Cheers paolo, appreciate that mate.
anaisnais
Stunning outlook, love this take, well done!
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks buddy.
Lois Bryan
and here we are without the digger, right?? Glorious, glorious countryside, jason … just makes me catch my breath!!!!! By the way, do you ever use graduated neutral density filters??? I’m having such a time with landscapes lately, I thought I’d look into them … and your skies are never blown out … always perfection!!!
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks Lois for the great comments on the shot, this was shot just a little before the digger shot, I liked the big boulders for the foreground on this one..The wind up here really does make you catch your breath LO, Wish now I’d have taken my camera out of my bag to try and show the extreme conditions on top.
No I haven’t used ND grad filters before, I eman I have only just bought a ND 4filter for my waterfall shots, I have actually been looking into buying some ND grads to try out as blown out skies can be a problem, what I tend do is by using layers, bring down the highlights in one shot and blend them through with the eraser tool showing a better exposed shot but not on many though..
Cheers for the great comments.
Lois Bryan
Jason, thanks so much for your note … yes, I do the same with layers … and of course hdr sometimes helps. But I’ve got a particular spot on Blue Knob … it’s THE most perfect location with a wonderful old wooden fence in the foreground, I can get branches above to frame it … and below this amazing scene of the valley and lower mountains all around. Sometimes, in early morning, even clouds below … but … always, always, it’s blown out. I’ve tried everything … camera setting wise and photoshop, but I’m never satisfied. I think the grad nd is the answer.
Jason Connolly replied
suppose when we are taking shots and manipulating them to mimic how your eyes see that scene at the time, you have got to think sometimes you have to squint and the real scene may even look overexposed to the human eye if you know what I mean, I suppose it might look that bit more realistic if that little bit of overexposed was left in the shot, maybe I am just talking twaddle, but it’s just a thought that crossed my mind at this moment in time.
I will get around to trying ND grads at some point, cheers Lois..
TallGuy
Hi Jason,
well done on your hikes.. I only did Red Pike, High Stile and High Crag on Sunday.. my leg muscles were aching then, glad to have a rest the following day.. Really surprised about the weather on Sunday at Scafell pike, I mean we weren’t that far away and for most of the day the skies were cloudless. I think any large clouds disappeared about 10:30 ish..
Love the low lying clouds in this shot.. I guess you didn’t.. lol. Well done :-)
Jason Connolly replied
Hi there Alan, well Scafell, it was in cloud too, but we did it early and on the way down the clouds dispersed and the sky was this awesome blue, I said a few choice words to the sky on the Sunday.
Just to think we may have past at some point mate LOL..
Glad you like the shot mate.
Lois Bryan
you could be soooo right!!!!! not twaddle at all, lol!!!!!
Jason Connolly replied
LOL, Thanks Lois…
debsphotos
Beautiful views alright Jas!!! *-)
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks ever so much deb mate.
Karen Scrimes
Beautiful composition with the foreground rocks for scale and texture.Great image :)
davidShandley
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Fab