St Kilda

King4aDay · 3 Sep 2009 at 22:32

So I just spent 2 weeks helping out with the sheep project on St Kilda... amazing place, didn't have much time for photography in between all the sheep wrangling and drinking, but thought I'd give you a little taster of the sort of stuff I'll hopefully be doing more of over the next 3 years, as I'll be out there 3-4 times a year for my PhD which I'm about to start.

10 shot pano (not perfect I know, shooting panos at 20mm is tricky!):

Village Bay, Hirta, St Kilda:

Forum seems to be compressing it a bit, should be 1200 across: http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs23/f/2009/246/f/7/Hirta_by_HairyToes.jpg

Oh, and just for fun, here's a shot of one of us messing around on the cliffs at the back of the island:

ScarySquirrel · 3 Sep 2009 at 22:34

Holy ****!

That is bloody incredible!!

It has everything, dramatic clouds, textured forground, fantastic colours throughout, an amazing view, and a bloody rainbow to top it all off.

That really is unbelievable!! Best shot I have seen in a while!

Amp34 · 3 Sep 2009 at 22:34

That is beautiful.

Love the green and blue hues.

beermonster · 3 Sep 2009 at 22:35

Wow! So much happening in this shot its almost surreal.

famas · 3 Sep 2009 at 22:43

thats pretty epic, great work.

stokecity_m · 3 Sep 2009 at 22:47

brilliant - any chance of a 3360x1050 and your permission to use it as my desktop back ground?

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 3 Sep 2009 at 22:54

Your telling me that was the scene as it looked at that moment?

If so then wow, one of the best lanscapes I have ever seen.

Get that framed n sold for a nugget!

SteveOBHave · 3 Sep 2009 at 22:57

STUNNING

King4aDay · 3 Sep 2009 at 22:58

Fstop11 said:
Your telling me that was the scene as it looked at that moment?

Well... clouds, light, shadows, rainbow, landscape was all there. I've done my usual playing around with things to boost contrast, saturation etc.

AtlanticP · 3 Sep 2009 at 23:25

Bloody fantastic mate :eek:

Truly stunning image :cool:

J0hnb0y · 3 Sep 2009 at 23:33

Awesome, inspiring, brilliant.

Nice one, something to be proud of! Get it framed and put in the village pub. They will love that and you might just get free beer!

Just had another look, the sky seems a bit 'too blue' in that gap in the clouds. Really like the way the image warms up accross the section as you pan accross it. It really is a nice shot but for me would be even better if that patch of deep dark blue was a bit softer. I find the image leads my eyes into that blue hole between the clouds.

Wang · 3 Sep 2009 at 23:34

You say "not perfect".

I'm struggling to find which part of it fits this description.

I am often impressed with peoples talents in this subforum, but every now and then, a little piece of genius appears.

This is one of those times.

Stunning.

syke · 3 Sep 2009 at 23:36

Absolutely stunning!

AtlanticP · 3 Sep 2009 at 23:46

I personally think the blue sky works well with the rich green grass.

The_Abyss · 3 Sep 2009 at 23:58

Absolutely awesome. If you're offering a higher res for desktop, consider me in the queue.

greywolf · 4 Sep 2009 at 00:04

Wow I wasn't expecting that! A truly awesome photo, very well done.

SteveOBHave · 4 Sep 2009 at 07:11

it needs to go into some competitions that does...

uv · 4 Sep 2009 at 07:24

Absolutely epic! I sat looking at the image for a good minute before I even started scrolling

Ranger07 · 4 Sep 2009 at 07:37

I'd love to have that as a back ground also.

I've tried to get to St.Kilda a few times on my own boat but the weather and the ridiculously big waves always force me to abandon the attempt.

_SBradley_ · 4 Sep 2009 at 08:21

Wow, that is nice! Mother Nature was kind to you there, and you took perfect advantage of her good mood!