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Taken from the Mealt Falls & Kilt Rock viewing point on The Isle of Skye Scotland - it's right next to the carpark so a really easy place to access no matter how much gear you have! The downside is it's easy for everybody so depending on timing there might be a lot of people trying to get the view. The Mealt waterfall drops over the 200 foot cliff into the Sound of Raasay - Kilt rock is just visible in the distance Where did you take this photo? is requiredTime
I took this shot at 5pm in the low winter light at the end of JanuaryLighting
The light was fast disappearing at the end of a winters day - it was quite heavy full cloud so the light nicely diffuse, neutral and helping to saturate the cool coloursEquipment
Taken with a Canon 5D3 & TS-E24mm f3.5 on a Manfroto tripod - HiTech-Format 10stop ND filter with an 8min exposureInspiration
I'd been to the Mealt Falls before but had never managed to get the conditions to show of this moody and sometimes impressive falls - not enough water, light too harsh, too windy - water going up!! etc. So whenever I made it onto Skye would give it a try. This time everything was in place plus there wasn't anybody else around so I could spend the time getting the extreme long exposure for the sea, clouds and falling water that I had envisionedEditing
Basic toning and balancing in Lightroom plus some dodging/burning using luminosity masks, dust spot cleaning and modest sharpening in PhotoshopIn my camera bag
Canon 5D3,5DSr, TS-E24mm, 135mm, 50mm, Sigma 70-200mm, 120-300mm, 20mm, Tamron 90mm, Loawa 15mm, Manfroto tripod & monopod HiTech FiltersFeedback
Once you have a particular shot in mind - plan ahead for lighting/angles/timing etc using TPE or PhotoPills. Get to the spot plenty of time before the best time to shoot take test shots to confirm composition/focus and work out best exposure for the best light. Then bracket your exposures to guarantee leaving with workable images - you may not get back there or may never be able to repeat the light or conditions again. Learn from all of this and if it doesn't work don't give up - go back and try again if possible or apply all that knowledge to the next similar shot.