It’s been a slow month for me photographically; work and family commitments have conspired against me and meant that I haven’t had much time to get out and about with the camera.
That all changed this week, with a long weekend off work and a chance to get out to the area around Cannich, a beautiful part of the world, especially at this time of year, with the autumn colours in full swing. The trees looked amazing and we were lucky with the weather, brilliant blue skies and unseasonably warm for October, which is usually a horrible, damp month in Scotland.
We went up to Dog Falls, which is where todays two shots come from, the first is a close crop of some oak leaves that were just waiting for a gust of wind to blow them off the tree, I loved the contrast between the gold leaves and the blue skies, I’ve done nothing to this photo except crop it a bit. Photography is easy when you’ve got great subject material like this!
The second shot is of the river. The viewing galleries for the waterfall are really stupidly placed, you can’t get a good shot of the falls themselves, I took this shot from a bridge about 200 yards down from the waterfall, what makes this one special is that stunning tree on the right. As I’ve talked about in the past, knowing what to crop is still a challenge for me. I could have just kept the tree in frame, but instead opted to give the tree some context by including the river and the shore. I think it works. This one got a saturation boost to bring out the colours a little and also some added contrast, I could have gone nuts with HDR and massive amounts of post-processing, but I don’t think it would add anything. Comments appreciated as always.
You can see the full set of shots from my day out on the Picasa stream, along with some choice picks on Flickr. Next week looks set to be a good one, we’re off to Aviemore for a well-deserved break for a couple of days, the autumn colours there should be really nice.
That all changed this week, with a long weekend off work and a chance to get out to the area around Cannich, a beautiful part of the world, especially at this time of year, with the autumn colours in full swing. The trees looked amazing and we were lucky with the weather, brilliant blue skies and unseasonably warm for October, which is usually a horrible, damp month in Scotland.
We went up to Dog Falls, which is where todays two shots come from, the first is a close crop of some oak leaves that were just waiting for a gust of wind to blow them off the tree, I loved the contrast between the gold leaves and the blue skies, I’ve done nothing to this photo except crop it a bit. Photography is easy when you’ve got great subject material like this!
The second shot is of the river. The viewing galleries for the waterfall are really stupidly placed, you can’t get a good shot of the falls themselves, I took this shot from a bridge about 200 yards down from the waterfall, what makes this one special is that stunning tree on the right. As I’ve talked about in the past, knowing what to crop is still a challenge for me. I could have just kept the tree in frame, but instead opted to give the tree some context by including the river and the shore. I think it works. This one got a saturation boost to bring out the colours a little and also some added contrast, I could have gone nuts with HDR and massive amounts of post-processing, but I don’t think it would add anything. Comments appreciated as always.
You can see the full set of shots from my day out on the Picasa stream, along with some choice picks on Flickr. Next week looks set to be a good one, we’re off to Aviemore for a well-deserved break for a couple of days, the autumn colours there should be really nice.
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