the Honeycomb Rock

Just when you think it's safe to go back to the car....

This had been one of the best shoots for a long time, with hours of great light, and crazy conditions, the sun had dropped down below the horizon and I was just skirting along the coast looking for potential compositions for (possibly) dramatic black and white images, I never ever leave the scene until about 30 mins after the sun has dropped, today was no different but nothing much was happening in the sky until this epic scene just kicked off for about 5 minutes with breaks in the clouds, some absolutely beserk and very unusual colours came and went quickly, thankfull I'd already found this little spot and was pretty much set up to shoot so I just stayed until it was over and fined tuned the spot I was in a few times to get it exactly how I wanted it.

An absolutely fantastic end to a completely epic day.

Hopefully I'll be uploading quite a few more shots than usual due to being housebound most of the time, stay safe out there folks.

Lots more images from this shoot, and others, on my website here - updating regularly

The view from Elgol across Loch Scavaig towards the Black Cuillins, although the sky is pretty featureless I kept this shot in colour due to the little bit of colour from the sunset creeping in on the left handside.

SCOTLAND 2014 - Skye

A wet day on the Isle Of Skye at Elgol, looking across Loch Scavaig to the Cuillins shrouded in cloud.

The view from Elgol across Loch Scavaig towards the Black Cuillins, converted this shot to b&w as the sky was kind of featureless

Had a few days on the Isle of Skye with a group of photography friends. This was sunset at Elgol and instead of shooting towards the other side of the bay and the Cuillins I decided to go for the burst of colour from the setting sun. This isfirst time in 3 visits I've actually witnessed the sun at Elgol!

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

A panoramic view of Loch Scavaig and the Cuillins near Elgol in Skye.