Loch Tulla Reflections in Summer

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• PaulH (13882)
• [2007-07-31 5:22]
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Hi Emma,
stunning shot, you really looked for the composition here IMO. The clouds are obviously fantastic and the peaks on the right lead the eye nicely through the frame. Seems you had much better weather than me on my visit, both times i crossed through Rannoch Moor it was either raining hard or completely overcast. Look forward to more of your shots.
tfs
Paul

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• erve (620)
• [2007-07-31 5:28]

hi Emma
wow, similar to the photo i posted today, but with with a much more spectacular background, really nice clouds and mirror perfect reflection.
tfs
ewan

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• Mikolaj (4452)
• [2007-07-31 5:29]

Hello Emma! Amazing landscape and amazing take. Regards!

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• angybone (7684)
• [2007-07-31 6:09]

Absolutely breathtaking shot...perfect reflection - wonderful effects. WOW!

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• pablominto (14563)
• [2007-07-31 6:18]
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Hello Emma,
That is a heavy reflection!!
Amazing to see a lake this size so calm all over, and the water surface works better than any polarizer...
The varied light adds interest value to the scenery!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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• limier (1055)
• [2007-07-31 6:27]

Hi Emma
Excellent landscape.The reflactions are magic and all the scene is like a paint.Really difficult to believe that this is real
TFS and see you

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• Jamesp (18906)
• [2007-07-31 6:38]

Hi Emma

Greetings from Beijing.

A wonderful shot - the symetry and DOF are great. The reflected clouds are excellent.

James

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• vanderschelden (30441)
• [2007-07-31 6:51]

Hello Emma,
Good vista. I like the overwhelming clouds refelection.
Well done
TFS
Annick

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• John_F_Kennedy (3684)
• [2007-07-31 7:54]

I like this image very much. Great clarity in this shot, framing is excellent, the water is so still in the foreground.
Best wishes,
Achim

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• jazdzurka (1055)
• [2007-07-31 8:12]

Ho Emma
What an amazing picture. I'm really impressedby the reflection of the landscape in the water. (I always admire photos with reflexes in the water). Wonderful landscape, colours and sharpness of the picture. I like also the frame made from the grass on the bottom of the image. I really would like to be in the place you have taken picture of.
Congratulations
Ania

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• demeve (6165)
• [2007-07-31 8:31]

Hello Emma,
Very beautiful capture, I just love the water reflection
Great POV and sharpness, very well composed

Everton.

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• lise (2877)
• [2007-07-31 8:49]

Hi Emma,
WOW! This lake is like a mirror! The reflection is perfect and the colors amazing.
Great composition and POV.
Very well done
Lise

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• earthtraveler (3483)
• [2007-07-31 8:54]

Just awesome landscape with the incredible sky reflection Emma.
Wonderfully serene place.
Beautifully sharp, great color, and composition.
TFS
Richard

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• juanit (1522)
• [2007-07-31 9:11]

Hi Emma
What a fantastic landscape.The reflections are well mirrored on the water,The composition and POV are amazing
TFS Anita

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• mikou (6093)
• [2007-07-31 10:24]

Hi Emma.
Wow.This is breathtaking view.Is tall story, as though on surface of water isn't not disturbing - it is precise mirroring.I like composition with great POV and wonderful colors(primarily saturation of blue color in mirroring.)Superb done!
TFS,with greeting Milos.

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• Pentaxfriend (8040)
• [2007-07-31 10:37]

Hi Emma,

WoW what a beauty
Excellent landscape shot with superb sharpnes and colours
beautifull cloud reflection
lovely POV

TFS Thijs

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• shyanni (840)
• [2007-07-31 12:23]

Breath taking, Emma! I am saving my $ for a trip to Scotland, hopefully some time in the next five years. Glencoe, Rannoch Moor and the Strathspey-Badenoch area are the places I most want to see and photograph -- preferably at heather time.

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• Evelynn (14454)
• [2007-07-31 15:28]
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That is an amazing reflection Emma. I'm sure Niek had a great time with you as tour guide. It does look very uninhabited. I'm not sure what you mean by "straighten the peaks". The only things that bothers me a bit are the very dark foreground grasses and the reflected sky being so much more saturated than the actual sky. it is a lovely scene though.

TFS
Evelynn : )

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• JoseMiguel (5658)
• [2007-07-31 17:25]

Hi Emma,
A very impressive image!
I like so much the mirror effect of that calm waters, it really works like a true mirror.
It's very good the different light zones got along the image, thanks to the clouds, it adds variety and richness to the composition.
Congratulations and thanks for share it.
My best regards,
JM

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• anel (40570)
• [2007-08-01 1:21]

Hello Emma,
We don't know where is earth where is heaven. Magnifique! Sublime!
Anne

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• jmp (8415)
• [2007-08-01 4:51]
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Hi Emma,
Great lake, reflection, compsition and history in the note!
I read you dislake manmade structures, so I understand why (manmade) job realities are not pleasant :-(
José M.

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• Silke (5458)
• [2007-08-01 8:33]

Outstanding colours, superb details, and fabulous composition
TFS
silke

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• marioana (1481)
• [2007-08-01 9:16]

Hi Emma.
Wow! Magnificent reflections and clarity. Great composition and colour. Amazingly beautiful. I wondered where you'd got to. And I see you met up with Niek. He has posted some lovely shots from this trip too. Well done.
Best regards, Steve.

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• SunToucher (11162)
• [2007-08-01 11:13]
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Hi Emma,
I'm not sure if I will have a HDR version uploaded, but I will surely have a photo that looks a lot like this. Same water, same clouds but just a slightly different POV. Actually, I haven't even checked these photos yet, so I am not even sure what they are like.

It looks like you had a great trip up north and got very lucky with the weather. The nasty stuff actually stayed more south untill I boarded the plane.

You captured the magic of this place perfectly. It was funny to realize that the road is only 50 meters away.

TFS,
Niek

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• mbasil (3320)
• [2007-08-01 16:26]
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A wonderful image, Emma. I really love what you saw, and I think you did a great job recording it. I love those soft green hilss, the puffy white clouds, and the crisp reflection. I am a little bothered by the difference in the exposure in the clouds versus the reflection. I have a couple options that you might want to consider:
1. Play with the layers a bit more to match the exposures.
2. Crop some of the OEd clouds on the top, and make the story about the hills and reflection (I like the grass on the bottom, and I think a pano crop would bring them out even better.
Mike

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• captainsgirl (4088)
• [2007-08-01 18:31]

EMMA!! wow!! What a great photo to come back with! Wow..wow..wow....I love the bright colors and the contrasting colors..what great reflections! I love this photo...TFS
And welcome back!!
Donna:o)

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• gracious (13068)
• [2007-08-02 0:25]

Hello Emma,
Thank you so much for all your outstanding landscaping photos todate, they are outstanding and excellent presentation to me!
landscapers always look for the same breed to share the wonderful moment in best kept photos!
I loved this one with every landscaper wants!
thanks for sharing, Emma
cheers
greeting from NZ
Tony

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• jai_glenny (775)
• [2007-08-02 15:03]

Emma

This is unworldly, I am stunned by the majestic projections of the clouds on the water.

KUDOS

Jai

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• dkaved (2114)
• [2007-08-09 7:51]

Hi Emma,
A truly breathtaking capture.The mirrorlike state of the lake is quite amazing with not a ripple in sight.Good handling of the contrasts between the dark and bright.Your composition is also very good as you have cleverly added just a touch of the foreground bank and also fully emphasised that the lake is the subject.This is great stuff....well done.
Regards, David

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• ben4321 (0)
• [2007-08-16 9:18]

This is very well taken Emma. There's good balance between the mountains and their reflections, and I like the way you included the strip of grass at the bottom - having that barrier between the frame edge and the rest of the image works a lot better than if you just had the water there.
Like you say in your note, I think it would have been better if you'd used the ND grad - the cloud detail and saturation of the sky are stronger in the reflection, and using the filter would have balanced it out more. Even so, you seem to have done well sorting it out in PP, but the ND grad would have saved you a lot of faffing around on the computer (as I'm sure you know!).
I think it's a very good shot Emma, well done.

Cheers,
Ben

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• Photoslave (1199)
• [2007-08-19 13:20]

Hi Emma,

INCREDIBLE reflection! One of the best I've ever seen!! Perfectly composed and very good colors.

Compliments!!!

Gio

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• janhendrik (2392)
• [2007-08-22 11:04]

Hi Emma,

This is a superb landscape. The water is so still that it looks like a mirror. I like it very much! Well done.

Jan-Hendrik

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• kuhufu (465)
• [2007-08-23 15:48]

Hello Emma,
Breath taking shot and a spectacular view. Eexcellent clarity and sharpness as well. Reflection is the best I have ever seen. No wind for good photo hunters?
Thanks for sharing
Ugur

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• wilmahabo (28)
• [2007-08-29 5:14]

Hello Emma
Beautiful shot. Reflections are stunning, nice composition.
Regards, Agata

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• bobcat08 (1431)
• [2007-10-05 12:33]

Hi Emma,

I give some critiques on Niek his photo from the lake. No it is a perfect shot. Your's also. But this is an another POV. The colors are natural. You create more depht in the photo. I like that. Your mirror effect is amazing. The sky (clouds) are beautiful. Sharp as well. Great job. Thanks Regards and TFS Bob

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• TBW (846)
• [2007-11-17 12:19]

Hi Emma!

What a fantastic view! The details and the clarity is amazing. The reflection in the water is great, like a mirror, I like it very much!

TFS
Torbjørn

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• jossim (12636)
• [2007-12-25 11:19]

Bonjour Emma,

Cette prise est d'une beautée rare. Ce grand lac calme, offre un reflet parfait et la lumière est spndide.Bravo pour les couleurs justes et réelles.

Merci pour le partage et Joyeuses Fêtes.
Joseph

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• reyderivera (27)
• [2008-01-01 17:36]

beautiful....

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• oanaotilia (3416)
• [2008-02-21 9:28]

Hello Emma
I am sorry that I can't comment more, only...WAAW!!
TFS
Oana

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• CatStevens (468)
• [2008-03-08 9:53]

Hi Emma,

Fantastic mirror image. Congrats!

I would consider cutting the land in the bottom to get the image taken from the boat impression.
TFS

Cheers
Mark

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• greychick (625)
• [2008-08-28 13:38]

What a beautuiful shot. words dont do it justice. The reflections are perfectust have been a very still and windless day. A perfect shot.

Happy Snapping
Nicki

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• sranjan (5784)
• [2009-08-02 8:52]

Hello Emma,
Stunning composition. Thanks for sharing.
Best wishes-Subhash, India

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• nasokoun (62)
• [2009-11-16 7:19]

hello Emma
sure I worship such subjects, the photo output is exceptional, as you compose the photo you transmit the magic of place, very good natural colours!
keep photographing! TFS
my congratulations for your splendid collection!
Nasos






my congratulations for your exceptional collection

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• oveis (35)
• [2010-01-20 6:05]

Hi Emma.
WOW! This lake is like a mirror.amazing picture.
Excellent landscape shot with superb sharpnes and colours
beautifull cloud reflection

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• Nelu_Goia (0)
• [2010-01-28 10:37]

Hi Emma, nice to meet you.
Since your photos are far above the average level here I had to add you to my (short) favourites list. I hope you don`t mind:)
I picked up this photo randomly from your gallery but any of them would be enough for me to say:”You are one heck of photographer!”. There! I`ve said it!:)
Take care,
Nelu

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• kapildk (3197)
• [2011-03-17 9:47]

Hi Emma,

What a perfect mirror image? Absolutely fine shot.
Really a cool & heavenly place & greatly presented.
Well done & TFS.

Kapil