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Camera Talk - part 2

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  • ShepsSheps Posts: 2,236
    edited June 2018
    Very nicely taken, scroggin... and that is a beautiful flower spike.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    edited July 2018
    One benefit of hill fires is that you do get some nice smokey sunsets to photograph. Camera talk though, I really wish I'd had a tripod with me to bracket the shots. Even a little one I could have attached to a fence would have improved these photos a lot.



    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841
    Wild edges, there is still lots of detail in your photos. I had a quick play with them to lighten up the darker areas, hope you don't mind.



  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    That looks great thanks. I'm starting to suspect my computer screen isn't set up correctly as the photos look a lot darker on my phone. I need to look into how to adjust them to show things as they should be.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • This is my attempt to improve the second picture. 

  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    An amazing amount of depth. I can never achieve that.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    You've both achieved an optimistic level of green for the weather conditions. :) The reality is somewhat more jaded. Jaded couldn't be a more perfect word in this case actually.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Love your moon shots Alan. It must be very impressive 'in the flesh'. 
    I love the little orchids scroggin. Not taken many this year, but I love seeing them when I'm out. It was so sunny I was struggling to get a good pic  in Glen Douglas recently


    Have you got a photo editor on your 'pooter, wild edges? It's amazing how much tinkering you can do... ;)
    Great photos anyway though. Very atmospheric.
    Never quite got round to doing walk pix from last outing....here's a few from Mount Blair [2,450 feet ] at the border between Perthshire and Angus. A very easy hill with an ugly radio transmitter at the summit, but on a clear day, the views are fab. 

    North-ish to the Glenshee hills [left] and Lochnagar hills [right ]

    Closer view, the hills in the foreground include the Corbett [hills between 2,500 and 3,000 feet] Monamenach, much further along the glen


    The two Glen Doll Munros - Mayar and Dreish 


    The new steel viewfinder on the shelter at the summit


    Close up of a section showing the two biggest Crianlarich Munros - Ben More and Stob Binnein which are over 50miles away


    There's a lovely inscription on the viewfinder too - from the 121st Psalm. ' I will lift up mine eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth '
    I'm an atheist, but I found that very moving. Not so moving was the evidence that some lowlife moron had scratched out the word Lord. Words fail me.  :(

    View south - ish from the summit


    A short day, but very enjoyable - especially seeing so many of the hills I've done over the years.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Gorgeous photos scroggin - terrific that you got that weather. Wasn't too rough for little doggy feet either ;)
    Is that Helvellyn - which hills did you do? The poor old sheep/lambs are all struggling in the heat - at least those ones were catching a bit of shade  :) 
    It's a long time since I was there [used to holiday there quite  often ] and wasn't really doing hills back then. I keep saying I should go, but I don't know when that'll happen!

    You can see 40 Munros from Mount Blair when it's clear enough - it's a great viewpoint. It looks much nicer when seen from Ben Gulabin [further along the Glenshee road]  ;)

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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