Dreaming on the Edge
Castle ruins on Isle of Skye Scotland. Many of my photographs there were turned far more interesting from the intense cloud formations than occur very suddenly...
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Castle ruins on Isle of Skye Scotland. Many of my photographs there were turned far more interesting from the intense cloud formations than occur very suddenly there and so whated that represented in this manipulated piece.
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This Photo was taken on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Throughout my travels there, I was most taken by the clouds that would form and change and constantly give a new intriguing look. As I saw these ruins in the distance, I could see in my mind what it would look like with these fantastic clouds all around it.Time
This was taken in the morning hours... It was the first hike of that day after spending the night sleeping in the car, having a quick fruit bar for breakfast and set off on the trail.Lighting
Morning Sunlight took care of that for me.Equipment
This was shot on film, Fuji Provia X 400iso. I use a Canon F1n, lens was Canon 70-200mm zoom lens on a Manfrotto aluminum tripod.Inspiration
One of the main draws to the road trip around Scotland were Castles and Ruins, which there are many of... and in a short time the clouds were becoming some of my favourite aspects to photograph on the Isle of Skye. As I was going on shooting it was quickly visioned to combine both ruins and clouds for a very fantasy/surreal set of pieces.Editing
So yes, plenty of post, taking many clouds from other photographs and placing, blending, and fading them together to give as much a believable look that they are really there.In my camera bag
Apart from the obvious camera, there is a wide zoom lens 35-70mm Sigma, 70-200mm zoom, and sometimes a 400mm telephoto lens. There is Grad Neutral filters, a polarizer, some solid Neutral Density filters, lens cleaning supplies, rain cover and extra film.Feedback
For the real fog and clouds to be there, it's usually an early morning thing to catch. However, Isle of Skye gets lots of clouds throughout the day but would very likely whiteout the entire scene which happened to me on a few occasions. So prepare yourself for the clouds to clear for a momentary shot, or except the loss and move on to the next place to see because there is lots on the Isle.
