buachaille etive mor

Buachaille Etive Mor _DSC0329_DxO by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr Lochan na Stainge _DSC0242_DxO by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr Beag _DSC3656_DxO by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr River Coe _DSC3677_DxO by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr Buachaille Etive Mor _DSC3729_DxO by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr...

A cliched location - where one expects flowing water. But what if there is none. Normally this section of the river dies up over the summer months. If you compose carefully you can get a refection of the tree. I couldn't, or daren't dangle a 645z almost on the water given the cost and size of...

_IMG0654 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr _IMG0680 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr If the colours look washed out - it's because I exported them in aRGB. Plenty browsers now support this colour space but a few still don't. All taken with the superb Pentax 645z and 28-45

Lovely weather around at the moment, still a bit chilly and not really green at all but you can tell summer is coming and winter has been banished for good. It's therefore time to share some pictures of the most beautiful time of year. Loch Ba _DSC4557 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr Lagangarbh...

Here's some more with the new 645z. First light _IMG0207 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr Second light _IMG0220 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr Why nothing inbetween - well - wind. That tree was moving around a lot so had to time my shots carefully then keep the best ones where the branches didn't...

Finally took the 645z out to play. All with the excellent 28-45. All shots taken to ensure all small grasses etc tack sharp - at 50mp this sort of stuff shows. Sunrise _IMG0054 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr Just after sunrise _IMG0059 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr Long after sunrise...

Fair few pulled from the bin here... Initially binned due to the ripples. _DSC0084 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr Binned as well but rescued for 2020 _DSC3119 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr Binned due to the lack of light...but...seems a bit harsh given how sparse 2020's pickings have been...

Three from a delightful summers evening when the temperature was at least in double digits. My camera will not leave it's bag now until May. I arrived nice and early - maybe it was a tad flat but far too good to ignore _DSC2300 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr Then it got properly nice _DSC2309...

Not feeling the love for Autumn at the moment and missing the summer greens already - I know that's not a common sentiment with other landscapers but it is certainly mine. Not enjoying the cold and wind at all. Here's some from August just been. No sunlight really which was a crying shame but...

1. Faded light but a jolly nice hot summers evening to be out _DSC3692 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr 2. A quick nap in the car then Lochan na Fola first thing. Sadly it was a bit too cloudy for the strong light to come though and the early morning light was very diffused. _DSC2078 by Stephen...

1. Morning _DSC3431 - 7x6 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr 2. Evening _DSC3644 - Version 2 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr

It's finally almost June and summer is here. Sadly I cannot partake in the excellence that is on offer at the moment so will post some highlights from what is one of my favourite months in the entire year. The Torren Lochan _DSC1730 - Version 3 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr The Famous Falls...

May is one of my favourite times of year to shoot my local path. The month of May pretty much starts my photography year back up and is normally when I come out of my own "lockdown". As lockdown is now a reality I cannot really head out to shoot in the time of year I love the most. Here's some...

Daybreak in October 2018 at Buachaille Etive Mor and the Coupall River, a very cold morning but beautiful day. Buachaille Etive Mor by David Young, on Flickr

This winter I've spent a lot of time reprocessing old shots, finding new crops and especially with Covid19 it seems wise to continue on this vein as opposed to head out and be selfish. Some nice reflections on the Coupall River just up stream from the famous falls _DSC6488 by Stephen Taylor...

I thought I'd post a closer to home series to celebrate what is coming Friday at 11pm :D Along the West Highland Way... _DSC3044 - Version 4 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr A Foggy Dawn on Tulla _DSC2950 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr An old Favourite given a spruce up for 2020 _DSC2967 (1) by...

The Buachaille by David Young, on Flickr Not really a landscape photographer - I can count the amount of times I've used a tripod for still photography on my fingers - would be rude to not take a pic here at least once in my life though.

Been busy reprocessing some older shots. All of these were composed around a 2:1 crop but as tastes evolve so do ones choices of aspect ratio and the near letter box look doesn't appeal quite so much as it once did. May 2017 Here's a 5x4 - I'd have liked 4x3 but when trying to crop I couldn't...

Picked a very still day for these and even then I needed a few exposures to get a complete static set of grasses (on the embankment). I used a long exposure to smooth out any slight ripples in the river so only the calmest of moments gave me the chance to get everything (and I mean everything )...

I spent a most wonderful Sunday evening (between rain showers and gusts of wind at the Torren Lochan). There were some moments where the water was not still due to rain and horrible wind but the rain had the most welcome effect of clearing the air so the clarity was just wonderful after the...

Finally summer is here. It's no secret it's my favourite time of year so it was high time I headed out to enjoy the fine weather. It's still a little brown on the Moors so I chose compositions around this. First up is a lovely little fall on the River Coe - very little light about but the sky...

I grabbed these on a recent workshop last week. Once I got my client comfortable and ready for what was one of the best mornings I ever saw I couldn't resist a few shots and the client wanted a few demonstration shots on how I work. Whilst I don't shoot time lapses (I really should) I do like...

Another throw back series as I work my way through some old images... Lochan Na Fola x2 _DSC2661 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr _DSC2673 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr Buachaille Etive Mor _DSC2686 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr Torren Lochan x 2 _DSC2701 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr _DSC2710...

Technically this is Autumn but it was cold enough to be winter...a square crop of one from earlier this year _DSC3877 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr I've shown this scene as a 2:1 countless times, however I came across an old card and found one I took at a slightly longer FL which I probably did...

Been putting off working on this shot for a while - it's not my best of the summer from there. The light never really came through and this glimmer the only light of the day - shame really as the sky was epic and had it come through it would have been one of the all time great mornings...

The weather has been incredible over the last couple of weeks. Here are a few shots taken during what has been the best spell of weather since May which was also pretty awesome. This summer has to the best one I can recall and such a treat after such a long, horrible and drawn out winter...

Last Monday night I had a delightful time shooting reflections of this wonderful mountain at sunset. The shot is taken from a waterpool near the start of the Devils Staircase. Other than the fact it was a little hazy this was one of the best evenings out I've had in a long long time. When I...

Here's a few pictures from Glencoe last Monday. The weather was terrific, lovely and still and the light came through. I am glad to say finally the grasses are turning a little greener as summer finally turns up again. The sky turned vividly pink just before sunrise. _DSC3207 by Stephen...

Found an old memory card last week and found some images from the late Autumn of 2015 going into the start of winter - some of them I processed and some I overlooked. Tastes change and evolve in time and I decided to download them off the card again and work them without looking at the...

I make no secret of not caring for winter and spring and instead prefer summer and autumn to take pictures. The exception is when the snow comes in winter and covers the landscape, I do like that, but that's alas few and far between in the months of November to April. I've been reworking images...