West Highland Burn in Autumn.
A ‘burn’ is the Scottish Highland name for a stream, creek or beck.
On my walk through the forest, I spotted a broken branch of Rowan, with its lovely Autumnal reds, and placed it on the ledge next to the miniature waterfall. A still – life of Nature.
The water was coloured with the peat that it picks up as it flows through the hillside.
All that was missing were the fairies !
I deliberately blurred the water, using f22 on my Canon EOS 40D, mounted securely on my tripod, fitted with a polarising filter to reduce the light still further ( it was quite low light under the canopy of trees). The shutter speed was 15 seconds ! I used my Tamron 28-300mm lens set at 135mm, iso 100, cloudy wb, RAW file Processed in PS CS3. Most of my processing is done in Adobe Camera Raw. I applied selective curves/levels adjustments, selective colour, and sharpened with Intellisharpen.
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kathy s gillen...
wow, outstanding and beautiful
Sharon Mau
Exquisite imagery, it is very beautiful! Congratulations on your feature in All Countries ~ Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes and Rivers
AnnDixon
WOW !!! this is so very beautiful,
1chick1
lovely
Scott d'Almeida
stunning,
dinghysailor1
fantastic technique and such beauty ! wonderful work!
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Daidalos
this work is stunning!
Bunny Clarke
Gorgeous creation. The water looks like liquid silk. Excellent capture.
Tom Gomez
Beautiful composition and treatment …
hellofromearth
very nice!
davidShandley
This is fabulous, and with a polarizing filter great
phillip wise
fantastic colours
Karl Williams
Love the splash of red .. makes the shot
Chintsala
stunning
Nick Hunt
Beautifully done, stunning.
Michael Rowley...
great shot rich in colour stunning composition
Barbara Brown
This is stunning!! The luminosity combined with the beautiful colors is wonderful!!
valandsnake
beautiful work, and love your treatment, the clarity of the rocks and moss etc with the blurred water is brilliant.
Hicksy
Stunner shot, silky and smooth!
bevanimage
Simply superb! The misty water, rich colours and strong composition give this real power.
Richard George
Presicley attended to. Colours, details, comp, pov…all covered! Excellent image.
Rany Lutz
Amazing composition and colors…..looks 3-D….
Phil Thomson IPA
Sheer perfection with superb lighting, lovely rich vibrant colours and an overall relaxing atmosphere !!!
Rod Mueller
Fantastic shot Dripping with colour.
PhotosEcosse replied
THANKS ! LOVE the ‘pun’ LOL !
traveller
Superb capture, instant “fav”
eddiej
Beautiful..great colours ….. love this one
Sonya Byrne
This is just brilliant, really love it.
AnnieD
What a wonderful image! Love the colours!
Mike Oxley
Superb. Amazing photograph.
Fremme
great treatment and great vision to create such a beatiful scene, well done
Karl Williams
Well done on the feature, kid .. next to one another again .. people will start talking ..
PhotosEcosse replied
Next thing we will be sitting on the Blaven together ?!!
Ha ha !
Simmone
Wow, stunning!!!
Wendi Donaldson
Gorgeous water treatment and fabulous colours.
Novice
love the colours and composition…well done
joak
bloody brilliant!!!! a fav
Shaun Whiteman
Wonderful shot, lovely shutter speed and composition!! Great stuff as always!!
lroof
amazing! great work!
tinnieopener
beautiful scene!!!!!!!
Kasia-D
A glowing wee burn if ever I saw one! Congratulations on an excellent frozen shot, colours and lighting.
Gina Cormier
Beautiful effects and comp work!!!
snappyexposure
wonderful work. you certainly do show off that part of the world very well.
James Corley
WOW! Gorgeous composition! Instant fave for me.
PhotosEcosse replied
Thank You Jim, but then I find your art equally inspiring !
blamo
Pure majic …........just an allround cool image well done
Michael Walters
Absolutely amazing photo, really love the comp and exposure.
AideRaal
Gorgeous work!
Beautiful!
Nerida13
Wow, this is a really beautiful image!
David Hibberd
Fanbloodytastic
Davo
lizalady
WOW, this is perfect! ! ! !
Lois Bryan
this is completely glorious … and yes … I think I see one of your fairies over to the far right … see?? Peeking out just under that lovely green overhang!!!!!
Keith Calahesin
Your image is so ethereal. The rich colours and milky flow of the water make it magical. Excellent work!
Randall Spencer
Beautiful
Stephen Beattie
Wow!!
John Spies
lushious
Lynda McDonald
very appealing, i prefer natural flowing water but the blurring really works in this image
Ann Rodriquez
Outstanding! Gorgeous water motion and amber glow, and the red foliage just absolutely MAKES this shot for me! : ) You’ve got my vote! ; )
Quaggmoll
well executed, it’s perfect
Saikat Babin B...
Ver good effect achieved, indeed :) f22 paid off ;)
Diane Schuster
Gorgeous comp and water effects, wonderful colors! Glorious image! Dee
brian pendrey
awesome work
John Absher
Awesome was also the first word that came to my mind. Don’t know how I stumbled across this photo, but glad I did. I have been working on understanding how to shoot waterfalls and get results like this. I’ve been using a couple other RB member’s (Mike Dawson and Adam BykowskI) water shots as inspiration. I have favorited this one of yours Kyle and look forward to checking out the rest of your portfolio as soon as I get a chance. Excellent work!!
Marie Sharp
Taschja Hattingh
Great picture with a pop of color! Love it!
Claire Farley
Gorgeous , lovely shutter and colour! Congrats on your top ten placement.
heeb
Absolutely stunning!
SylviaHardy
This is lovely :-))
Lucindawind
outstanding shot !
maileilani
Beautiful and vibrant! Wonderful work!
Richard Keech
Fantastic
Somewhere i’d like to visit very much
SharonJH
Such very beautiful work. A fav. for me. Just gorgeous.
Isabelle Nivet
it’s so beautifull !
warriorprincess
Excellent shot, very moody and bright all at the same time. I’m sure I can see a couple of fairies behind the red leaves. Well shot and composed.
PhotosEcosse replied
Not Fairies, Elves, full of mischief, He He !!
dogfish
stunning work!
PFrogg
Congrats on Home page Feature well done
Elizabeth Bravo
What a wonderful scene, with that soft flowing water…..it looks gorgeous!!
Congratulations on being featured on the HOME PAGE!!
Christian Froe...
very pretty, such vibrant colour
Matthew Reilly
That water looks amazing!!
CapturedByKylie
Congratulations on being featured on the “A Touch Of Red”-themed home page. August 12th 2009.
Curtiss Simpson
Stunning and congrats on the home page feature !
Angie McKenzie
stunning beauty!!! congrats on your homepage feature!!
Sharon Mau
Beautiful work, I love the wonderful glowing amber light in the water. Congratulations on your homepage feature!
Chris Brett
stunning! really diggin it!
SRINI
Lovely photograph of a lovely location. ... amazing capture indeed !!!
Brayden
This is amazing, awesome thanks for sharing
Travis Easton
Great shot Barbara, congrates on the home page.
PatriciaLM
CONGRATULATIONS Exquisite… Beautiful….Patricia :-)
Garth Smith
Beautiful shot Barbara, sublime.
Rodney Williams
Beautiful color, exposure and composition.
Heather Rivet...
gorgeous
heeb
So very beautiful! Love the red and green colors; very nice accent to the entire photo! Great composition! Congratulations on the Home Page!
Mariann Rea
Very beautiful!
AnnDixon
Wonderful !!! well deserved feature on the home page, CONGRATS,
Anthony Hedger
Well done and many congratulations on your home page feature it really is well deserved.
This is a special, magical shot, which is just so beautiful – wow!
TaniaLosada
Beautiful!
hannahelizabeth
stunning image! congrats on the front page feature :)
KazM
Wonderous Waterfall
Creative Colour
HomePage Honour
Well Warranted
Ern Mainka
Wow that’s great. A unique take on a familiar subject. Well done (and for getting on the Home Page too).
Shelley Warbrooke
This is certainly ethereal! Perfect colours, lovely and sharp.
betha
Beautiful work, looks pretty cool on the homepage, well done.
ElRobbo
What a stunning image!
Top work, PhotosEcosse!
Donald Cameron
Knew this would be a burn as soon as I saw it on the homepage, must be the pure Scottish water! Great exposure.
LeighN
Fantastic image, congratulations on your feature on the homepage, well deserved!
Ray Mosteller
Hello Barbara. great image. You’re extremely talented. Congratulations.
Arrowman
This is superb work !!
Nicole Goggins
sensational image! love how you have processed this too
david marshall
really nice work – well done
Sharon Mau
DevineDayDreams
So very beautiful! Congrats on all the features!! WELL DESERVED!
Angel Gold
gorgeous
Pepperkayn
Stunning!
And thank you so much for sharing how you achieved it!
Angel Warda
Nanagahma
What a perfect shot. I love the slo-mo of the water and the colors that are in it. I agree, adding the Rowan branch really makes this “pop”. Congrats on your features and especially the Home Page one! Well deserved.
John Vandeven
Absolutely beautiful….Congrats on the features…
lozzar
Superb photo, the red certainly sets it off.
Molly O'Bryon-...
perfection! I would have thought it were a studio shot with photoshop had I not read your description, its just so perfect!
mltrue
Fantastic!!
Ted Petrovits
ditto to what they all said, great work
vonderzenn
perfect image. just eye catching and stunning
Lynn Bauer
Such a gorgeous photo! It definitely deserved the feature on the Home Page! And…I so appreciate you sharing all the info on the technique you used! The results are amazing!!
Paulo Nuno
Incredible!
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Kymie
Absolutely stunning stunning stunning
EverChanging1
Stunning….the red foliage is so striking against the misty water :-))
RosaQ
This is such a beautiful shot. I love the blur. Excellent.
Mika
21st Steptember 2009
ega39
Lovely presentation, love the colors
Martin Beerens
Great work, well done
julayneluu
Very beautiful!
Lynne Hyland 24 days ago
wow-wee, what a work of art!
itsallgoodamanda 10 days ago
An absolute stunner great job !