isle of skye

One from earlier this year. The light never really beefed up and this was as good as it got _DSC0908_DxO by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr

Reflections _DSC0213_DxO by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr Alt Dearg Mor Falls _DSC3750_DxO by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr Suilven _DSC3821_DxO by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr

Photographing a lighthouse just after stormy conditions is one thing, photographing the Ornsay Lighthouse after a storm passed on much forgotten part of the Isle of Skye with snow capped mountains as the backdrop was just something else! Designed by engineers Thomas and David Stevenson, Isle...

What a great morning this was. So much good feeling, mood and positivity with this morning with such a beautiful thing to witness. Lovely light and reflections throughout the morning. The sunrise was tricky with the reeds moving around a bit but took a few and got a completely non blurred...

1. The Trotternish Ridge _DSC5634 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr I always time this shot where I can for still days so these little lochans reflect. Something jars me about pictures from here where the lochan's aren't still. Cropped wider than a lot of takes to hide the unslightly grave yard at...

These are all recrops and edits from what was probably my best ever trip to the Isle of Skye...ever.... Very First Light Hits Blaven _DSC2189 - 4x3 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr Intense golden morning light _DSC2202 - Version 2 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr Still nice _DSC2210 - Version 3 by...

Square _DSC1589 - Version 3 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr 4:3 _DSC1589 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr I quite like both

1. _DSC1944 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr 2. _DSC2006 - Version 4 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr 3. _DSC2898 - Version 2 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr 4. _DSC0706 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr 5. _DSC0104 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr 6. _DSC0523 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr 7. _DSC0169 by...

A bit of a throw back to my first proper visit here. I've reprocessed (and recropped these more importantly) to hide some distant telegraph poles and a cottage that was in the frame. _DSC9476 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr _DSC9479 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr

This is my favorite location in Scotland. The Old Man of Storr. Sunrise.

One from a workshop last month when the weather was good. Sadly it was a tad windy so the small distant lochans were not still - it didn't bother my workshop client in the slighest but it did annoy me as well - you know I am like that. Some nice light and interesting sky came through about an...

Amazing conditions on Easter Sunday. Lovely clear blue skies and mirror still water. Shame about the patches of ice as it was a really cold morning but the clarity of the air was fantastic. The lack of clouds meant the light fell perfectly but there was no colours in the sky other than the...

This is becoming a bit of a tripod hole for me but I just love the view to Blaven here and reflections are my favourite thing to shoot. If Carlsberg did mornings this would be it. _DSC2189 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr _DSC2202 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr _DSC2210 by Stephen Taylor, on...

This was the perfect trip for me and the first serious reflection scene of 2018. I've waited ages to capture reflections again and nothing comes close to that magical feeling when you see that lovely still ripple free water reflecting a big mountain. I arrived naturally when it was dark. The...

_DSC2898 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr Ran into @Steelo @nickjohnwatson - great to meet Nick for the first time and to see Martin again. Conditions water movement were a bit flat and the best light never happened as the sky was hazy and some low cloud blocked the best of the light. Still it was...

I had the pleasure of taking someone to the Isle of Skye for a workshop on Saturday and snuck in a few photos whilst demonstrating compositions/exposures. Sadly she ran late so we missed the best of the colours at Elgol but on the way it opened up the opportunity to shoot towards the Sleat...

What can I say. Yesterday was again one of these days that I just love. Lovely clearish skies, nice and warm (all relative) with good visibility. Where better if it is too windy to chase reflections than to spend the morning than Elgol. Mist Rolling over Sgurr Na Stri before sunrise _DSC0086...

Took a wee road trip up to Skye a couple of weeks ago. I finally had the pleasure meeting @Steelo who was taking someone on a 121 workshop. They got a belting day for it for sure. I just love reflections, ok. It is what I will shoot whenever the chance arises. Nothing quite does it for me the...

Kind of forgot about these as just back from Skye where I had the pleasure of running into @Steelo who was taking someone on a workshop. These were taken on one of my trips up there last month. Dawn _DSC0501 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr Sunrise _DSC0523 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr The...

_DSC0319 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr

Hi, I just came back from a weekend on Skye. I was really lucky with the weather. It was just beautiful and I have to say it was a great first time ;) My first time trying exposure blending too, I'm not a photographer, but I just wanted to share :) All best for everyone! Luk

So the initial pano at 1st light struck many chords with people on here. Some liked it and some didn't. This version was taken around 15 minutes later when the light has really hit the landscape and drawn the long shadows of daybreak. What's been done to it? It's been cropped from six vertical...

Was up on the Isle of Skye back in 2013 with my father-in-law in tow. Our first day started well ;)

_DSC9456 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr Something from last month that I have literally just worked just now. I took it at the time, downloaded it and put the image to the back of my mind as was unsure how I wanted to crop it. Gone with a 2:1 losing a lot of the dead space at the bottom. The...