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We had a trip up to the Isle of Skye a couple of months ago, with a stop in Glencoe on the way - Luckily, we managed to have snow at both destinations.
My other half was dreadfully ill and we nearly didn't make it!! We left Sunderland and arrived on the Isle of Skye.. in the rain around 3:30. Despite the rain, we headed directly for Niest point, hoping.... hoping the rain would clear for sunrise; it didn't, it just got worse lol!!
On a second day, we decided to head up to the Old man of Storr for sunrise, so it meant an early start; did I mention my other half was ill?! We managed to get out early, but she really struggled with the hike up to the Storr and only made it half way up, before throwing in the towel. I suggested we head back down, but she insisted I carry on up and she would have half an hour where she was if I left her with the 2nd body, 24-70 and 50mm - I wasn't going to argue!
I carried on up, eventually coming to the snow level, which just got deeper and deeper! I got to my first point after about an 1hr and half climb, up through very steep inclines and knee deep snow carrying around 50lbs on my back (incl tripod).
This particular spot was quite difficult to get to - steep, lots of snow and gravel, loose rock underneath the snow which meant I couldn't get a footing (and like a fool, my crampons where in the car). I did consider finding somewhere else, but I'm not that sort of guy... I pushed on and got to my spot... and what a spot!
Unfortunately by the time I made it up here, the sun had risen quite high, so I had to wait around for passing cloud to help shade some of the strong sunlight - I was shooting directly into the sun! I tell you something, nothing beats this kind of thing, just me, a flask of coffee and the camera; not a sound in the word... utter bliss!!
I managed to capture this, with the cloud and sun directly under the Storr, with the suns rays protruding out of the cloud either side of it.
D800e, 14-24, Lee SW150 filter system, using a 0.9 soft grad.
My other half was dreadfully ill and we nearly didn't make it!! We left Sunderland and arrived on the Isle of Skye.. in the rain around 3:30. Despite the rain, we headed directly for Niest point, hoping.... hoping the rain would clear for sunrise; it didn't, it just got worse lol!!
On a second day, we decided to head up to the Old man of Storr for sunrise, so it meant an early start; did I mention my other half was ill?! We managed to get out early, but she really struggled with the hike up to the Storr and only made it half way up, before throwing in the towel. I suggested we head back down, but she insisted I carry on up and she would have half an hour where she was if I left her with the 2nd body, 24-70 and 50mm - I wasn't going to argue!
I carried on up, eventually coming to the snow level, which just got deeper and deeper! I got to my first point after about an 1hr and half climb, up through very steep inclines and knee deep snow carrying around 50lbs on my back (incl tripod).
This particular spot was quite difficult to get to - steep, lots of snow and gravel, loose rock underneath the snow which meant I couldn't get a footing (and like a fool, my crampons where in the car). I did consider finding somewhere else, but I'm not that sort of guy... I pushed on and got to my spot... and what a spot!
Unfortunately by the time I made it up here, the sun had risen quite high, so I had to wait around for passing cloud to help shade some of the strong sunlight - I was shooting directly into the sun! I tell you something, nothing beats this kind of thing, just me, a flask of coffee and the camera; not a sound in the word... utter bliss!!
I managed to capture this, with the cloud and sun directly under the Storr, with the suns rays protruding out of the cloud either side of it.
D800e, 14-24, Lee SW150 filter system, using a 0.9 soft grad.
