The Boat
Another black & white experiment, captured on the west coast of North Uist.
Critique welcome.
Nikon D200, Sigma 18-200mm. Post-pro in PS CS4 incl. B&W processing and artistic filters.
Location: Kyles Paible, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. 57° 34’ 32.10” N 7° 26’ 6.14” W
Homepage Feature, 06.11.2009!!
Featured in Achromatic Nature and Tone It Down!
Lovers of the Isles may like my calendar Outer Hebridean Coastlines
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joak
i canny critique your stuff cos am no good enough….this is great
Kasia-D replied
Joak, thanks lad:-) But I think you play down your abilities! You’ve got talent and a creative eye. As I said I appreciate your “gut” feeling on my shots. So if you don’t like something pleae be just as honest.
Denis Molodkin
Stunning capture, well done work!
Kasia-D replied
Denis, thank you so much. I’m really pleased to hear that from you!
Vicki Ferrari
Ooh, stunning Kasia! Did you shoot film by the way, prior to digital?
Kasia-D replied
Vicki, wow, thank you! I started off with point-and-shoot and film. But couldn’t get my head round the technical stuff to move on to 35mm or the like. I took lots of snapshots but that was it. My first digital camera with manual settings (thank god) got me going. Now I’m really interested in the techie stuff too!
Richard Ion
It’s a beautiful location and this is a beautiful photograph of it.
Richard
Kasia-D replied
Richard, thank you so much. I really appreciate your feedback, particularly as I’m still in the experimental stage of B&W.
Kasia-D
Wow, just saw this shot was featured in Acromatic Nature
I really stunned and pleased that one of my shots has been featured. I’m really in the early stages of experimenting with B&W, monochrome, etc. Trying to teach myself a technical workflow in PS and at the same time establish what works and what not from a light, contrast point of view, etc. Simple desaturation looks like desaturation…
I’ve tried to soak up inspiration from other great work here in RB and particularly in this group as well as feedback from buddies.
Thanks for the encouragement, guys. Means a lot to me!
NordicBlackbird
wow, wonderwork, lass! :)))
xo
Kasia-D replied
Nat, merci! That is lovely praise. Thank you too for the fave!
Bob Hardy
Congratulations Kasia on the featuring in the Tone it Down group.
A nice presentation in the black & white. I don’t know Eilean Siar, but imagine this great photograph to give a good feel for the islands.
Bob <><
Kasia-D replied
Bob, thank you for your congratulations and lovely comment. Eilean Siar, like it’s neighbours, is well worth a visit. Funnily enough, it was a brilliantly sunny day when I took the shot and even took a dip in the icy water. But in general, yes, I tried to convey the feel of the isles. Please feel free to check out my other work from the Outer and Inner Hebrides Kasia
Kasia-D replied
Bob, I just realised you said “Eilean Siar” but I took this on Uibhist a Tuath. Eilean Siar is Lewis in English. Both are beautiful and well worth a visit.
In fact I can recommend doing the Hebrides tour – landing on the beach airstrip on Barra and island hopping your way northwards and flying or taking the boat back from Stornoway.
Kasia-D
This gets another feature and this time in Tone it Down Really thrilled! As I said above, just learning stages and am so pleased by the encouragement. Thanks to you too, guys!
Sylvia Gonzales
Absolutely stunning!!! The glistening of the sun reflection, The BW, Beautiful!!! Congratulations on your Feature!! So very well deserving of this honor!!
Kasia-D replied
Sylvia, thank you so much for your kind words. I’m really pleased you like the composition and post-pro BW.
mikebov
superb a definite fave
Kasia-D replied
Wow, thank you, Mike, for your lovely comment and for your fave – much appreciated!
Mari Wirta
What a fantastic picture! Wonderful!
Kasia-D replied
Thank you, Mari. Very pleased you liket this!
DEJAN ALEKSOVSKI
exellent work.good composition.verry nice :)
Kasia-D replied
Dejan, thank you for visiting my gallery and even bigger thank you for that compliment!!
Tenee Attoh
Great composition
Kasia-D replied
Tenee, thank you very much!
Caterpillar
Congratulations on your homepage feature Kasia!!!!! WOW!!!! :)))))
Kasia-D replied
Kasia, thank you, my dear. I just logged in and my eyes nearly popped out when I recognised my shot! Thank you for your congratulations – they mean a LOT to me:-))
Lorena Maria
Absolutely stunning!! Wow!!!!!
Kasia-D replied
Lorena, thank you so much for your encouragement!
waitin' for rain
awesome feeling of storm and contrast of black and white image only add to drama !
stunning
Kasia-D replied
Thank you for taking the time to look so careful and comment on this shot – I appreciate it! And for your fave:-)
Sanne Thijs
Congrats on the homepagefeature!!!

Kasia-D replied
Sanne, thank you very much for your encouragement and for that link – I didn’t know about that blog.
pennphotography
Absolutely Stunning!!!!
Kasia-D replied
Chris, thank you very much for your comment, fave and the watchlist! That is SO encouraging. Kasia
kathy s gillen...
Congrats on the homepagefeature!!!
Kasia-D replied
Kathy, thank you very much. I’m still stunned by it!!
Franmacimages
Stunning A well deserved Home Page Feature & A Cracking Image in its Own Right How did i Miss This!!! Sorry KD A Big fav Brilliant composition Fab in B&White Frankie xx
Derek Dobbie
well done on a wonderful mono image.
Kasia-D replied
Derek, thank you very much. I’m still experimenting, and this was daring for my standards, I’m therefore particularly pleased