Storr Awakening

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 12, 2012341 views13 comments

Very dramatic lighting around the Old Man of Storr half an hour after sunrise. What looked like it was going to be a relatively boring sunrise turned out to be one of the best of the trip. Definitely worth the trek up in the dark. This is a stitch of two images (plus bracketed exposures) to deal with the large dynamic range. I hope it looks reasonably natural? Thanks for looking and comments more than welcome.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on March 12, 2012 at 5:09 PM

Wonderful shot of this incredible place. You managed the very dramatic and not easy light.
Very well done!

D&L

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on March 12, 2012 at 5:41 PM

Personally I like the more contrasty version, nice job dealing with the exposure and the blend looks very natural.

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Comment posted by Adrian Metzelaar on March 12, 2012 at 5:57 PM

Hi,

I removed the less contrasty version as I realised my monitor calibration was doing strange things and the original image above looked much better.

Thanks
Adrian

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on March 12, 2012 at 9:14 PM

I like the light in this image, especially the play of light and shadow. Fine image.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on March 12, 2012 at 9:51 PM

Nicely done, Adrian. Very dramatic presentation.

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on March 13, 2012 at 12:48 AM

looks fine to me. a fine image capturing the drama of the moment. well done.

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Comment posted by Rick Lundh on March 13, 2012 at 1:52 AM

Looks very surreal...but I like it!

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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on March 13, 2012 at 5:52 AM

Love teh dramatic light and the pano format works very well here. Looks like a great morning!

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Comment posted by Jess Lee on March 13, 2012 at 1:50 PM

Great perspective!

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Comment posted by Thomas Young on March 14, 2012 at 12:44 AM

Very dramatic. It does look a tad surreal to me, but I like it.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on March 14, 2012 at 9:18 PM

Wonderland.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on March 16, 2012 at 1:30 PM

Awesome light and an awesome scene Adriaan! I really love this. It does need some correction of the far horizon though on the left.

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Comment posted by Rodrigo Sandoval on March 16, 2012 at 6:44 PM

Excellent!!! I just love the mood of this picture. Not an easy light situation, and you got it right.

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