Ness Point

Apologies for the lack of material posted lately, but due to the mad (wedding) season etc, the blog was pushed to one side. We all know that is the wrong thing to do and to say I had no time is understandably wrong!
     In the mad season mentioned, we had a weekend free and so set off to the homeland in search of peace, solitude and the chance to shoot some landscapes. Our ventures to Scotland in the past has almost always seen us up the west coast venturing in and out the sea loch's capturing it's rugged coastline. We decided however, that on this occasion we ventured further east (much further) where we ended up staying in the Victorian spa town of Strathpeffer. Some twenty or so miles north of Inverness. The scenery is so much different to that of the west. Here tree hugging hills form most of the landscape.
     The image (click on it for a larger version) below was taken at Ness Point which protects shipping entering and leaving the Moray Firth and Dornoch Firth.

Although I was there at 05:45am to shoot the sunrise, this shot was take at 07:20am where the sun had already risen, throwing it's warmth and glow to the sea battered rocks. A Lee 2 stop hard grad from the top right helped pull back the sky (although a bit more was needed during post processing) and apart from the usual contrast control, that was all that was needed to produce the image.
     The week we had exploring the area has whetted my appetite for a return visit and probably in the late October where the trees in the Glen Affric and Glen Glass etc, will have taken on their fantastic autumn colours.

Thanks for looking.
John