Eilish at the Beach

Smiley Eilish (No.1) (Canon EOS 5D, 170 mm, 1/125 sec at f/8.0, ISO 100)

This image, along with the others below, were taken at the beach at Glaick this morning while walking the dogs.  I think these nicely reflect Eilish in her natural environment, i.e. outdoors, as she is much more relaxed and happy than the ones I took a few days back in the kitchen.  I have decided I think that I prefer portraits in black & white as I think they show the tones much better and the colours sometimes can be a bit distracting.  I also like the slightly softer tones, achieved in this case by slightly reducing the clarity in Lightroom.  I also darkened down the sky in the background which had the effect of making Eilish stand out much more.

Smiley Eilish (No.2) (Canon EOS 5D, 170 mm, 1/125 sec at f/8.0, ISO 100)

Ripples on the Sand at Balmacara Beach (Canon EOS 5D, 28 mm, 1/13 sec at f/22, ISO 100)

I liked the effect of the ripples in the sand left behind by the receding tide, with Sgurr na Coinnich in the background but to be honest I don't really think it worked as well as I have hoped.  I am not sure how I could have composed this better but the this version has been cropped as the original wider angled view was really a bit boring.  Maybe if the photo had been taken a bit lower down, closer to the sand, it might have emphasised the beach disappearing off into the distance?