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Another from the shores of Loch Tay @ Kenmore from the Sunday morning. Taken as a full frame shot but with the view of cropping it down to this pano format.
Cheers for dropping by, I'll catch up with you when I can throughout the day.
Paul
EDIT: Original [uncropped] version now posted for comparison.
| Camera: | Canon Eos 40D |
| Lens: | 17-70mm |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Title: | Tay Trees & Mountain Tops ... |
| Username: | 
sut68 |
| Uploaded: | 8 Nov 2010 - 9:07 AM |
| Tags: | Boats, Isle of spar, Landscape / travel, Loch tay, Mist, Mountains, Team hornet, Transport, Trees |
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There goes my post for today! 
Like the wider view though, especially those trees on the RHS. I didn't get it quite so W/A.
nicely condensed in this format Paul, bit lost and vague in the full size.
Composition is very good especially in cropped version but in an attempt to grab the shadows, a lot of high key detail has been given up which is a shame cos I would like to have seen the two boats more clearly and possibly some texture in the mist.
The trees are in shadow cos I know this place at this time of year is a huge contrast challenge which suggests shooting it BEFORE the sun rises might have reduced the dynamic range sufficient for the camera to capture it all.
Digital cameras have perhaps 2 to 2.5 stops of dynamic range above the mid tone (will record white cloud & retain some detail) and 3 - 4 stops of dynamic range below the midtone (record some shadow detail before going black).
Forget what the manufaturer says cos they are all telling stories.
This scene has at least 5 to 6 stops of dynamic range which is beyond your camera sensor if you set the shadows about 1 - 2 stops below mid tone which is what appears to be the case here.
I hope you had some more bracketed shots cos you could make a perfect scene here and give up some shadow detail without losing any impact.
These types of shots resonate with me which is why I spent so much time writing this.
Regards,
Graham
Lovely image
Think V1 gets the click today ... classy !!!
Thanks all for your time, particularly Graham for his considered thoughts.
I did get plenty of shots before the sun rose Graham [one or two may get an outing]. However, I altered my position - away from the Crannog - once the sun was catching the tops of the mountains. The more high key feel to the shot was intentional and it's what I'm happy with. I did have two grads on here [for the sky and one inverted for the loch] and they just kept enough detail [for me] to give me what I was looking for.
As for the boats, again I'm quite happy with how they came out myself, but can also see your point.
Thanks all,
Paul
Crop version for me too. I think the exposure works well and the details in the tress looks spot on. I would tend to agree with Nigel on the clipping of the top of the slope although I think the space above and below the trees is fine.
Shows the changing conditions well too when you compare this with some others taken on this morning. Cool blues and no sign of the crannog to golden sun on the peaks in about 15 minutes wasn't it?
Oooh, ooohh, ooooh, oooooooooohhh, quite like V1 ! 
Scotty
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