Morning Light on Kyle Rhea

Morning Light on Kyle Rhea (Canon EF 5D Mark IV, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens at 102mm, 1/1000 sec at f/8, ISO 400, Zomei HD CPL filter, handheld)

The light in the north-west Highlands is ever-changing, especially in winter, and it always pays to have a camera to hand.  The above view was taken from our back garden, looking across Loch Alsh towards Kyle Rhea.  The soft light, with a tinge of warmth that is common during these misty, cloudy conditions where the sun is fighting to penetrate the murk, made the scene for me.  I shot this without realising I still had my CPL filter on the lens so it came out a bit different to what I expected, and the warm glow is perhaps more than I would really have wanted, but it produced an effective and evocative image. 

Also, I find that I have a tenendcy to increase the clarity or structure in most of images in post-processing, hopefully not excessively, but that is a matter of opinion I guess.  In this case, I deliberately tried the opposite and reduce the clarity by 20% to add to the softness of the final image.  Something to try a bit more of I think.