Glencoe day 2 pt1

[Ken Rennie]

A cold night, down below freezing, up before dawn which was very unpromising with thick cloud and rain in the air. A quick check on a weather app told me that nearby Rannoch Moor should have some sun. So off for a 10 mile drive to Lochan na-h-Achlaise (small Loch of the Armpit). However the forecast was wrong and the thick cloud hung around for at least an hour. I drove around hunting for different compositions but returned to the Loch when the sun looked as though it was going to break through.

Instead of the clouds breaking up they thickened

The clouds on the mountains started looking interesting so on with a long lens

It didn't seem as though anything interesting was going to happen so back towards Glencoe. This is one of Doug's roadkills, my car is 10ft away

A quick change of position to use the stream as a leading line.

It is just before 08:00 and time to go and photograph Buachaille Etive Mor, the triangular mountain under the rainbow. More images tomorrow. Ken

 

[AlanLichty]

Wow - for a day you thought started out bad you scored well. I love the long lens view of the mountains and both of the rainbow images.

 

[JimFox]

@Douglas Sherman will like some examples of his road kill images Ken. Rainbows are always so special and often so fleeting, so to be able to capture them in an interesting location not far from the car is awesome.

It's interesting to see how the clouds and light developed for you. You dealt with it just how I thought you might, by going tighter and losing the sky and focusing on what light was hitting the clouds.

How well is that area traveled by others? Do you see hundreds of people during the day or just a few dozen?

 

[Ken Rennie]

@Douglas Sherman will like some examples of his road kill images Ken. Rainbows are always so special and often so fleeting, so to be able to capture them in an interesting location not far from the car is awesome.

It's interesting to see how the clouds and light developed for you. You dealt with it just how I thought you might, by going tighter and losing the sky and focusing on what light was hitting the clouds.

How well is that area traveled by others? Do you see hundreds of people during the day or just a few dozen?

Jim I saw 1 person, another photographer who pulled up when I was standing beside the car photographing the rainbow. Apart from visiting a town and a restaurant at the campsite I chatted to 4 people throughout the entire, very long day. Ken