One of the most spectacular places I've visited during the Scotland Trip was Elgol. Again a much photographed place and as you drive down the road to the parking lot you instantly know why as the Cullins are revealed on the far shoreline.
This was our 2nd day on Skye and our 6th day in Scotland. The weather was good again and the forecast even better. But by then we had already learned that this changes at least 2 times per day ;-) So when we started the one hour drive from our Cottage to Elgol I wasn't yet sure if the weather would hold. But it did!
When I arrived there already 6 or 7 other photogarphers were buisy setting up their cameras. As I said much photographed and at this evening I should experience the first time how it is to shoot with tripods nearly locked ;-) Good thing the other photographers where a friendly lot g
For above comp I had enough room. Good thing about Elgol is that on low tide the compositions are just around every corner and behind every rock. So no need to stand in each others way the whole time. We were all very lucky because the light was just awesome. A cloud formation was building up just above the main Cullin ridge and changed the color per minute.
The waves were not high that evening but later I learned that even small waves can lead to disaster if you're not carefull and watch your back. The back of my Camera and all the filters were sprayed with salt water later on during the shoot but since I had a camera cover over most of the cam nothing got into the camera. And after some cleanup I was ready to shoot again. Only the filters were useless since I didn't get them clean on spot and had to wait till back in the cottage.
So when shooting at the coast I'll from now on always use a full camera cover just in case :-)
Hope you like the shot. Used a lee 0.6 hard grad to keep the sky in check.
cheers