The Cuillins and Merkadale, Isle of Skye
Standing above the village of Talisker, you get a tremendous view to the beautiful Cuillin mountains.
I got very lucky with the light here, on a day when the
sun and clouds were playing cat and mouse. Towards evening, the sun broke through long enough to capture the light falling on the village of Merkadale below.
Talisker is famous for the distillery where many visitors go to taste the Malt Whisky.
I confess to being a heathen…....I prefer a nice Cabernet Sauvignon !!
Shot on my Canon EOS 50D, on tripod, polarising filter, iso 100, cloudy wb, f16, 1/25sec, – 1 exposure compensation to retain that dark moody sky, canon 17-85mm IS lens set at 85mm, RAW file processed in Camera Raw, then levels/curves/ selective colour/ in CS3.
Sharpened with Intellisharpen.
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Jeff Burns
Gorgeous image WOW
brimellor1
Wonderful shot….love the light and shadow!!
Régis Charpentier
Great shot, love the composition and the colors
bobculshaw
Barbara, you deserve a glass of Cabernet – this is superb! The lighting against the moody backdrop of the mountains is fantastic! ::))
Franmacimages
Absolutely Fantastic But That’s what We come to expect from you My Freind Sublime Wonderful Landscape A Fav And A Wonderful View Great Work & I Love ur comment on the side “I got very lucky with the light” Its all in the Planning & You done that sooo very well Regards Frank x
Tommy Dickson
Gorgeous contrasting colours.
Garth Smith
Beautiful Skye shot yet again Barbara
clmustin
Fantastic shot.
Jim Robertson
Beautiful beautiful light and image.
Jigsawman
outstanding
Josie Jackson
The lighting and colours are fantastic Barbara and shot at a perfect angle.
Charuhas Images
WOW!! So beautiful. Great work.
bevanimage
Extraordinarily beautiful, Barbara, that light on the fields looks just the colour of whisky!
Steve & Lesley
love it
marshall calve...
how well you have captured the feeling and mood of Skye those wonderful mountains and beautiful villages in that great light you often get there, great image
Simon Whittaker
Absolutely superb! Featured in “The Ashes” and favourited too.
PhotosEcosse replied
Brilliant, Thank You so much !
Glad you like the image !!
Paul Moore
Looks like your patience with the light has paid off well Barbara.
Ben Luck
This is stunning, a beautiful scene. The lighing is perfect. I have recently got back from Skye myself. Loved every minute, such a beautfiul place.
sunsetgirl
the color contrast in this is really cool!
biddumy
This is a fabulous view of the Cuillins, Beautiful capture!!!
Béla Török
Wonderful image, dear Barbara!
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Congratulations! Your photo has been featured in “A View somewhere…..”
This photo was chosen because it was of a very high quality and it captured exactly the sort of work we are looking for in this group.
Please keep up the great work and we hope you continue to add more of your excellent photographs to this group.
PhotosEcosse replied
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH !!! Truly appreciated !!
Lois Bryan
OH WOW!!!!! Barbara, this is so so so so ooooooo so gorgeous!!!! I’ve played that cat and mouse game too … but not with such an amazing view!!!!! As always, glorious!!!!
CraigsMom
A very, very lovely shot…I feel as if I am just getting to the top of the hill and looking down over this lovely valley. Well done!!!!!!!
LudaNayvelt
what a gorgeous place and so well done
gabriellehope
Beautiful!