The west coast did not dissapoint

After a night on the west coast layby camping in the car while storms raged around and lightning flashed overhead I got an early start in the hope of Castle Stalked being lit by the rising sun, looking for the snowy islands as a backdrop.

Nope, nothing to be had. I ended up with a couple of shots, that look OK when grainy and starkly B+W but nothing like I had in mind. Dissapointed I had more coffee and started the drive down the coast only to stop off at the mouth of Loch Creran to be rewarded with foreground, some water in the middle and then snowy mountain in the background. Dodging the sideways rain showers I was rewarded with a visit from a curous seal playing in the tidal rip and the picture below.


Loch Creran - Again a HDR image, still using ND Grads to ballance the dynamic range and the HDR path to get a little extra 'pop' in the textures.