Isle of Arran
A must place to visit - Especially Glen Rosa.
A must place to visit - Especially Glen Rosa.
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Location
I took this photograph on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. Locally, the Isle is called the "The Sleeping Warrior" due to its uncanny shape that resembles a sleeping warrior when viewed on the horizon. The exact location is at Corrie Burn, which is situated just down from Goat fell; the peak mountain you can see in the background that is just touching the clouds. The name Goat fell is believed to mean "Goat mountain". The peak is part of the "belly" of the sleeping warrior. My brother and I camped near here and we had a spectacular view of the milky way at night. We woke up to goats outside; hence the mountain's name.Time
As the sun had set and it was now dusk, it was actually very dark; almost pitch black. Though, this made it possible to achieve a long exposure without using any filters.Lighting
This was taken just at dusk, which was good as I didn't have to use my ND filters to do a long exposure due to the low light and clouds.Equipment
Sony A7 & Zuiko 24mm f/2.8 with Manfrotto 190 Go tripodInspiration
You have to get a ferry to come over to the Isle of Arran and from my home town you can see the Isle of Arran quite majestically and beautifully on the horizon. For years, I've always wanted to capture this little glen that you can see very prevalently, however small from across the sea. I've always wanted to capture Goat fell, the highest point on Arran. I planned in advance that I would create a monoscape photograph of my favourite mountain, so I decided that I would use this little stream of freshwater as the foreground and the peak of Goat fell as the background. I exposed the scene for half a second to create motion on the freshwater.Editing
To continue my planned monoscape, I post-processed in Lightroom to use dodge and burn; contrast and highlight altering to achieve what I had in mind. I used the brush tool to increase contrast and highlights; and exposure on specific areas such as the water and the rocks in the foreground. To also make Goat fell stand out, I used the brush tool and gradient tool to give it an ominous look, as the hike to the peak is quite that.In my camera bag
Mainly, I carry three lenses. They are very old lenses and manually focused and even manually aperture changing. They are very sharp lenses and built like a tank. The lenses I use are Zuiko, which are Japanese. I use an adapter for them to fit on my Sony A7. I use the Zuiko 24mm f/2.8 for wide angles, Zuiko 50mm f/1.8 for portraits, street photography, and general photos. And last but not least, I use the Zuiko 85-200mm f/4 for general and dog photos and for that telephoto compression. I tend to use film lenses as I used to shoot film; to be able to focus manually and change the aperture manually gives a nostalgic and interesting photographing experience.Feedback
I would say that one key part of my photograph is the motion of the water; if you have any scenes that you know that has a wee stream, river, or waterfall I would recommend going there and capture short and long exposures, like between half a second to thirty seconds to achieve the motion blur, which gives a sense of motion to the photograph. If you want to try post processing to achieve a monochrome style, I'd recommend tweaking sliders in Lightroom such as the contrast and highlights and also to use the brush tool to choose specific areas to make them stand out, particularly the focal points such as the water and rocks.
