The textures of winter

[David Paterson]

All shot yesterday and today in the adjacent areas of Glencoe, Loch Leven and Rannoch Moor. In Scotland, that is.   

My new 200-500 zoom got some heavy use for the first time.

[Jakov Minić]

Beautiful scenery. I could watch it all day long. The last image of the bunch is so good. It's as if somebody sprinkled the snow on the mountains.

[Lars Hansen]

David, I really enjoyed these - fantastic winter scenery and great compositions (as always)!

[CS]

My fave is the first, which appears bloody sharp! It's like I could reach out and touch the snow.

[Randy Stout]

David:

I like them all, but the last is my favorite as well.

Randy

[David H. Hartman]

Beautiful! Thanks.

Dave Hartman

[David Paterson]

Thank you all beaucoup - Jakov, Randy, Carl, Lars and David - I'll admit I get a big buzz out of NG members enjoying my posts.. Thanks again.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

I like your clever use of long lenses for landscapes, Dave.

[Øivind Tøien]

Beautiful light in these, showing the structures of the mountain sides.

[Mongo]

All beautifully seen and captured David. There is no snow where Mongo lives. In fact, the temp has been in the high 30’s celsius for days ! It is a refreshing break to see your cooling images. Particularly like #6 and # 7

[David Paterson]

Thanks, Bjørn, you are very kind, but actually I feel like I am just starting out with long lenses and have a lot to learn. I often remember a remark you made in a post a few years back on *the other site* - to the effect that your most commonly-used focal length for winter landscapes was 300mm. That really made me think.

And Øivind - the light was very beautiful these past few days and - as you say - was very revealing of both large and small structures and details. I was in luck.

[David Paterson]

All beautifully seen and captured David. There is no snow where Mongo lives. In fact, the temp has been in the high 30’s celsius for days ! It is a refreshing break to see your cooling images. Particularly like #6 and # 7

Thanks, Mongo, you kind comments help to keep me warm in this cold climate.     We Scots regard anything over 18C as hot, and over about 25 as torture; 30 degrees is unthinkable. Perhaps Mongo should visit Scotland some day and sample our keen airs and cooling breezes. And anyway, it wasn't really cold today - the air temperature was just round zero and the wind-chill was -3 or so; I almost needed to wear a jacket.   

[CS]

Beautiful scenery. I could watch it all day long. The last image of the bunch is so good. It's as if somebody sprinkled the snow on the mountains.

The more I look at the last one, the more it reminds me of powdered sugar dusted over a chocolate concoction. 

[Akira]

The second one is easily my favorite.  Not because the other are clearly inferior, but the second one carries the majesty of the mountain.

Exemplary results from this "humble" super tele zoom.

[Hugh_3170]

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Exemplary results from this "humble" super tele zoom.

Especially so when the "humble" super tele zoom has a super humble super photographer driving it!

Great series Dave and thank you so much for sharing these with us all.  I love them all.

May Scotland's "warm" winter continue and may its mountains reveal some more of their mysteries to Dave and his new 200-500! 
(Whilst noting that Australia is cooking in a heat wave just now  with many cities reaching up to 46 Deg C in the past week!)