Photo of the Week 2025-01-06

WELCOME TO A NEW YEAR !

 

I'm glad to be here and have anyone following, continue to do so. While I'm in 2025, my photo posting hasn't made it out of September 2024 when I was in Scotland. I'm still working through the images that I made during that 12 day self drive tour. I still have images from the last few days to work on and share. The complete set can be see via this link to my flickr account Scotland 2024. I'm adding to the album as I finish processing more from the trip.

 

This week I bring you to the Isle of Sky ... wait ... we were they with last week's post. Well ... we're still there with this week's post. This time it's Neist Point and the iconic lighthouse. As with many locations I photograph, I make a number of different compositions, some horizontal orientation, others vertical as the subject may warrant. With it getting later in the day and my companion not wanting to be on the remote, narrow roads in the dark, I had to select a position to get some images. Fortunately I had scouted the location via Google Maps and with some delicate tramping over soggy ground found a suitable spot ... or maybe I should have just looked for the gaggle of photogs with tripods and long lenses ;-)

 

' Evening Light at Neist Point - H '

' Neist Point from the Clifftop Viewpoint - H '

' Evening Light at Neist Point -V '

' Neist Point from the Clifftop Viewpoint - V '

There is so much more to explore photographically with this location. Trails lead from the clifftop down to the lighthouse and the rock peak on the left is accessible for what I am certain is an exhilarating vantage point. An then there's night photography with starry skies and auroras ... the options go one.   

 

DJE

Photo of the Week 2017-03-27

I really enjoy finding a gem hidden in the rough. With a little cleaning and polishing they can really shine :-)

Previously hidden or at least overlooked among hundreds of images made during a trip to Newfoundland in 2011, I stubbed my toe on this one as I was scanning through the library. Looking for something suitable to print and frame as a gift for someone who loves Newfoundland, this image of an iconic seaside home near Tors Cove jumped out at me.

Seaside Setting

Wondering why this stood out and grabbed my attention now, more than it did during an initial review of the files from the trip ... I can only think it was because I was looking for something particular to suit a square crop. The original image is 3x4 aspect ratio as captured in camera with a Canon G12 and although decent, the right side of the image is rather blah. That's likely the reason it did not make the cut during initial editing. ... but with a square crop in mind that would focus on the house, it actually worked nicely. A little processing and an artistic vignette finished it off perfectly.

... now printed, framed and gifted for cousin Amanda's birthday.

Yet again, I am reminded that I should go back through the image collection from time to time, "there's gold in them thar' hills".  

DJE