A short foray to the Isle of Skye

[Akira]

The church area looks awesome!  I also like the very last shot: the clouds look gorgeous!

[simato73]

The church area looks awesome!  I also like the very last shot: the clouds look gorgeous!

Terrific. You have exceeded my highest expectations by a long mile.

Thank you both, Akira and David.
Your opinion matters to me because I often find your taste is similar to mine.

[Jakov Minić]

Simone, that last one with the clouds and their shadows on those beautifull shaped mountains is jaw dropping!

[simato73]

Another picture added from the same day, I like its leaden colours.
In it you can see the little boat that takes you from Elgol to Loch Coruisk, heading back.

[simato73]

Simone, that last one with the clouds and their shadows on those beautifull shaped mountains is jaw dropping!

If only we had that light and those clouds for the whole duration of the hike!
Instead, it cleared only at the end.
Even so, I cannot complain about the weather on that day, it was the best we got.
As you will soon see, the following day was the worst...

[simato73]

Now some from the last day, Sunday.
It was a miserable day, strong rain and wind all day, so the Cuillins were out.
We went instead to the Quiraing in far north. While much lower in elevation, the Quiraing has a strong almost magical feeling to it, with its cliffs and pinnacles.
Everyone who has seen tourism board pictures of Skye has seen pictures of the Quiraing.
The ones that follow would not feature in any advertisement for tourists, they would all run away to sunnier places!
By the end of the hike the rain had defeated my waterproof clothing and soaked through all layers, down to the skin. A very wet day indeed...

1, 2. The pinnacles in the Prison
3. The Prison from above
4. Looking NE toward Fingal's Pinnacles from the Quiraing
5. Looking S onto the Trotternish Ridge
6, 7. Kilt Rock waterfall
8. The coast S of Kilt Rock

[John Geerts]

Very impressive Simone !!

I like especially the first pinnacle shot.

[Jakov Minić]

The last batch is the most exciting. You did well, my friend! What a great advertisment for Scotland!

[David Paterson]

You did exceptionally well - I was going to say "in those conditions", but there is no need for the qualifier - most of these images transcend the conditions and are beautiful measured against any scale.

[Øivind Tøien]

The two first ones are really impressive. With good weather you would have lost this opportunity. I took the liberty to try, and a quick vertical stitch of those two in ICE worked really well and resulted in an even more dramatic image.

[simato73]

The two first ones are really impressive. With good weather you would have lost this opportunity. I took the liberty to try, and a quick vertical stitch of those two in ICE worked really well and resulted in an even more dramatic image.

Good idea, thanks for suggesting it, I will try it at home.

[Akira]

I enjoy the dynamic landscapes from the latest series.  #3 and #5 are my favorites.  Thank you for sharing!

[Akira]

The two first ones are really impressive. With good weather you would have lost this opportunity. I took the liberty to try, and a quick vertical stitch of those two in ICE worked really well and resulted in an even more dramatic image.

I also had the same idea.  The Photomerge in CC2018 combined with the geometric correction in ACR worked nicely as well.

[simato73]

The two first ones are really impressive. With good weather you would have lost this opportunity. I took the liberty to try, and a quick vertical stitch of those two in ICE worked really well and resulted in an even more dramatic image.

Thank you for the idea, this is my product:

[Hugh_3170]

Yes - a good outcome.

This reminds me of parts of NZ's southern alps - including the cold and the wet!