Views from the Old Sleat Road

Looking north-west towards Beinn na Caillich from the old Sleat road (Canon EOS 250D, Sigma EX 10-20mm f/3.5 DG lens at 20mm, 1/60 sec at f/16, ISO 400, handheld)

I enjoyed a break in the weather today to take a stroll with the dog along the old Sleat road south of Broadford on the Isle of Skye.  There was a good amount of blue sky with plenty of interesting clouds, and the sun was providing a lovely colour and quality of light.  The above shot is my favourite from the walk and actually works pretty well in both black & white and colour, as can be seen from the colour version below.  I think I prefer the monochrome, it is just that bit more dramatic.

Looking north-west towards Beinn na Caillich from the old Sleat road (Canon EOS 250D, Sigma EX 10-20mm f/3.5 DG lens at 20mm, 1/60 sec at f/16, ISO 400, handheld)

The following shot was taken looking eastwards, towards the mainland, alng the road and into the sun.  I could not balance the exposure due to the intensity of the sun light, so I opted to bracket three shots and blended them using Adobe Lightroom Classic's HDR tool.  This worked pretty well, and was finished off with a black & white conversion in Nik's Silver Efex Pro and the colour version was adapted a little using Nik's Vivezia tool.  I opted for f/16 (a small aperture) to create the wonderful starburst effect, which is a bit clearer in the monochrome version.

Sunburst on the Old Sleat Road (Canon EOS 250D, Sigma EX 10-20mm f/3.5 DG lens at 10mm, 1/800 sec at f/16, ISO 400, handheld)

Sunburst on the Old Sleat Road (Canon EOS 250D, Sigma EX 10-20mm f/3.5 DG lens at 10mm, 1/800 sec at f/16, ISO 400, handheld)

Looking the other way, back towards Beinn na Caillich, the road provides a wonderful leading line into the frame.  Again this one works well in both formats.

Looking north-west along the old Sleat road (Canon EOS 250D, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens at 24mm, 1/1250 sec at f/8, ISO 400, handheld)

Looking north-west along the old Sleat road (Canon EOS 250D, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens at 24mm, 1/1250 sec at f/8, ISO 400, handheld)

The last few images are variations on the same theme, in colour and black & white.

Loch Airigh na Saorach (Canon EOS 250D, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens at 24mm, 1/1000 sec at f/16, ISO 400, handheld)

Loch Airigh na Saorach (Canon EOS 250D, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens at 24mm, 1/1000 sec at f/16, ISO 400, handheld)

Loch Airigh na Saorach looking north-west (Canon EOS 250D, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens at 24mm, 1/160 sec at f/16, ISO 400, handheld)

Loch Airigh na Saorach looking north-west (Canon EOS 250D, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens at 24mm, 1/160 sec at f/16, ISO 400, handheld)