Another Lovely Dawn at Loch Alsh

Dawn on Loch Alsh from Glaick (Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 17-35mm lens at 17mm, ISO 50, 30 sec at f/20, Variable ND Filter, Tripod)

Yet another fantastic November dawn on Loch Alsh.  This time I remembered my kit as well as the camera so tried taking the shot with the variable ND filter pretty much on full strength to get a good long exposure to smooth out the water.  I think it worked quite well although I ended up cropping the original image which was taken at full wide angle (17mm) because there was too much uninteresting white sky, particularly in the top left of the image.

Below are a few shots taken over the past couple of days, yesterday on the estate and on Sunday with Steve Carter over by Kishorn & Shieldaig.  The view of Skye from Achintraid was slightly blown out in the highlights and needed quite a lot of work to tone that down and to be honest I don't think it worked too well, and we were jsut a little late for the best of the light on Loch Torridon.

Young Highlander (Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 24-105mm lens at 105mm, ISO 400, 1/40sec at f/4)

Beach at Achintraid, Kishorn (Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 24-105mm ens at 35mm, ISO 50, 1/15sec at f/22)

The Cuillins from Achintraid (Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 24-105mm lens at 105mm, ISO 400, 1/3200sec at f/11)

Liathach, Torridon (Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 24-105mm lens at 58mm, ISO 400, 1/20sec at f/22)