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Mealt Falls



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cameraCanon EOS 5D Mark III

settings Aperture f/8 ISO 100 Shutter 1/6 Focal Length 24/1 

upload_dateMar, 2016

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15 Comments |
Jenny_Lg
 
Jenny_Lg April 19, 2016
Beautiful!
cyrillinegoodman
 
cyrillinegoodman July 18, 2016
Just Magnificent!
DW_Wilson
 
DW_Wilson September 13, 2016
Stunning shot from Skye
jmphotography2323 Platinum
 
jmphotography2323 June 26, 2017
Beautiful!
Jasman2016
 
Jasman2016 June 26, 2017
Wow this shot is just stunning
mtdoc
 
mtdoc June 27, 2017
I just the the atmosphere created by the milky sea!
dcassat PRO
 
dcassat July 12, 2017
Wonderful aov and use of the wide!
John256
 
John256 March 07, 2018
Beautiful image.
Alfredo_Jose
 
Alfredo_Jose June 16, 2018
Gorgeous composition!
TomasTar
 
TomasTar November 01, 2018
Wow awesome
ErnieF PRO+
 
ErnieF February 02, 2019
Silky Smooth Back Ground & Waterfall - Awesome - ✔️
ripoff
 
ripoff February 04, 2019
What a stunning view
mypStudio7
 
mypStudio7 February 04, 2019
Amazing!
texaaronpueschel Platinum
 
texaaronpueschel March 18, 2019
Top to bottom, it is a beauty.
SigurbergurArnason Platinum
 
SigurbergurArnason April 21, 2021
Amazing photograph !

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Behind The Lens

Location

Taken from the Mealt Falls & Kilt Rock viewing point on The Isle of Skye Scotland - it's right next to the carpark so a really easy place to access no matter how much gear you have! The downside is it's easy for everybody so depending on timing there might be a lot of people trying to get the view. The Mealt waterfall drops over the 200 foot cliff into the Sound of Raasay - Kilt rock is just visible in the distance Where did you take this photo? is required

Time

I took this shot at 5pm in the low winter light at the end of January

Lighting

The light was fast disappearing at the end of a winters day - it was quite heavy full cloud so the light nicely diffuse, neutral and helping to saturate the cool colours

Equipment

Taken with a Canon 5D3 & TS-E24mm f3.5 on a Manfroto tripod - HiTech-Format 10stop ND filter with an 8min exposure

Inspiration

I'd been to the Mealt Falls before but had never managed to get the conditions to show of this moody and sometimes impressive falls - not enough water, light too harsh, too windy - water going up!! etc. So whenever I made it onto Skye would give it a try. This time everything was in place plus there wasn't anybody else around so I could spend the time getting the extreme long exposure for the sea, clouds and falling water that I had envisioned

Editing

Basic toning and balancing in Lightroom plus some dodging/burning using luminosity masks, dust spot cleaning and modest sharpening in Photoshop

In my camera bag

Canon 5D3,5DSr, TS-E24mm, 135mm, 50mm, Sigma 70-200mm, 120-300mm, 20mm, Tamron 90mm, Loawa 15mm, Manfroto tripod & monopod HiTech Filters

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Once you have a particular shot in mind - plan ahead for lighting/angles/timing etc using TPE or PhotoPills. Get to the spot plenty of time before the best time to shoot take test shots to confirm composition/focus and work out best exposure for the best light. Then bracket your exposures to guarantee leaving with workable images - you may not get back there or may never be able to repeat the light or conditions again. Learn from all of this and if it doesn't work don't give up - go back and try again if possible or apply all that knowledge to the next similar shot.

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