Tarbet Isle - The island of the drag boat or portage place[/caption]Tarbet Isle - "The island of the drag boat or portage place"
We are very pleased to announce one of our images progressed through all judging rounds of Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year (SLPOTY) to achieve a "Commended" award in the Landscape category. One of only a few awarded from thousands of entries.
The image is available as a print from our shop
The shot was taken around the shores of Loch Lomond, Scotland in 2014. As we were scouting for shots around the Loch Jill spotted the Isle, looking magical, across the water, being backlit by the sun showing through some prevalent rain clouds. We could instantly see it would be perfect for a mono conversion. As luck would have it there was a layby nearby and we turned around and pulled over.
Anxious that the light would dissipate at any second and even more aware that a tourist ferry was approaching from the left that would destroy the still waters we needed to move fast. Jill grabbed the tripod, I grabbed the camera bag and we sprinted over the road and crossed the crash barrier, over a small fence, climbd down a wall then over the slippery remains of a collapsed section to the shore.
As we hurried along the shore Jill extended the tripod and I was fitting filters to the camera. All was ready to go by the time we reached the spot. The ferry was very close. There was just enough time for one 30 second shot before the ferry tore through the scene. In fact, it is only about a metre out out of camera-left in the image above.
A quick chimp at the image revealed a nice capture but we wouldn't be able to tell until we saw it on the big screen.
Then it rained, heavy.
Back home a little processing was done. Some dust spot removal, levels and curves were applied then a mono conversion.
What was produced, the image above, far exceeded what we were expecting.
Laughing to myself, when it's typed up it reads like an Indiana Jones movie!
Eqpt: Canon EOS 7D, Sigma 10-22, Formatt-Hitech Firecrest 10 stop IRND, Lee 0.6 SE ND Grad
Exif: ISO 100, f8, 29 secs, 12mm
Wikipedia - "Tarbet Isle is an island in Loch Lomond, Scotland. It is off Tarbet on the mainland. It is 10 feet (3.0 m) at its highest point, and 80 metres (260 ft) long."
The island is privately owned and is largely covered in pine woods and oak woodland. It is a little north east of the island where the deepest part of Loch Lomond is with depth reaching 630ft.
There is a lovely circular walk on the island which climbs gently and offers good views over Loch Lomond and the island itself."
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