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Description My second day in Scotland last year was spent exploring the local area where we were staying. Loch Thom is situated in land between Wymess bay and Greenock. Loch Thom is a reservoir that supplies the town of Greenock, the part in the image is an overflow section of the Loch, which was a stunning place to walk round except for the midges who decided to eat me alive and my camera

Location

Loch Thom, Inverclyde, Scotland

Date and Time

17/06/2007, 21:27

Equipment

Nikon D70 | Nikkor 18-70mm DX ED | focal length 18mm | ISO200 | f/20 | 3 secs | Hoya CPL + Cokin P121 ND Grad + Cokin P120 ND Grad | Manafrotto 055PROB tripod + 141RC tilt pan head



All comments and critiques are welcomed....

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Comments: 5

eighty-three [2008-08-13 13:36:51 +0000 UTC]

Looks like a beautiful place. Very nice colours, composition and i like the fence post (i have a thing for fence posts, they're very photogenic!!)

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PastyGuy In reply to eighty-three [2008-08-24 08:53:58 +0000 UTC]

haha, thats why I shoot them

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fuzzy [2008-08-13 08:05:30 +0000 UTC]

Lovely clarity and subtle tones. Excuse my ignorance here but what exactly do the two ND filters do ?

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PastyGuy In reply to fuzzy [2008-08-13 17:06:24 +0000 UTC]

ND filters reduce the amount of light to the lens the filters I use are grey so the light remains natural they are also graduated so they cover the lightest part of the image (the sky) so I can achieve a balanced exposure with the foreground.

I use two, one upside-down, and one darker than the other so I get a more balanced transition from the horizon...

hope that makes sense

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fuzzy In reply to PastyGuy [2008-08-14 07:38:43 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for that, I appreciate you taking the time. Cheers.

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