Tales of Mull

Emmanuel CoupeEmmanuel Coupe Registered Users Posts: 48 Big grins
edited May 27, 2008 in Landscapes
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"Navigated by the Sun"




4am. The little town of Tobermory is still sleeping as I close my hotel door and walk down the steps to meet Andy. We cross the dark forest under the fading blue skies, the grass around us soaked from the morning rain. In the distance we watch what seems the edge of the sky we can almost reach out and touch it, this is now the calling we are after. The break of the day is waiting for us, the pre-dawn pastel pink is our guide drawing us ever closer to Rubha nan Gall lighthouse.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

We walk in silence, drifting away, lost in our thoughts, smelling the morning dew as we reach the silk-like smooth black basalt surrounding the lighthouse. The scene is about to get lit up like a Christmas tree and so I have to let you go, the sun is almost rising….

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  • thebigskythebigsky Registered Users Posts: 1,052 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2008
    Gorgeous Emmanuel clap.gifclapclap.gif

    Still can't believe you forgot to wake me mwink.gif

    Charlie

    P.S. Don't forget to let me know when you're next in the UK.
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  • Emmanuel CoupeEmmanuel Coupe Registered Users Posts: 48 Big grins
    edited May 24, 2008
    thebigsky wrote:
    Gorgeous Emmanuel clap.gifclapclap.gif

    Still can't believe you forgot to wake me mwink.gif

    Charlie

    P.S. Don't forget to let me know when you're next in the UK.


    Almost forgot to wake myself up, but Andy was nice enough to wait for me. Can't wait to see your images...
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  • JavaLoverJavaLover Registered Users Posts: 306 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2008
    Breath taking....

    bowdown.gif to you for getting up that early. 4am is not in my vocabulary. rolleyes1.gif
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  • schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited May 25, 2008
    bowdown.gifbowbowdown.gif

    I cannot believe I slept through this. I learned my lesson about who to follow after that morning!

    I also love your storytelling. No joking.

    (Did you breathe on your lens for ths shot? :D )
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  • Fred WFred W Registered Users Posts: 453 Major grins
    edited May 25, 2008
    Great picture!!! Your persistence on walking out to that lighthouse at 4AM morning after morning really paid off. bowdown.gifbowdown.gifbowdown.gif
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  • LlywellynLlywellyn Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,186 Major grins
    edited May 25, 2008
    Wait, you actually bothered to go to sleep the night before? I thought you were shooting around the clock! mwink.gif

    Gorgeous shot! And lovely narrative. clap.gif
  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited May 25, 2008
    Simply gorgeous!! iloveyou.gif


    that is a wall hangar for sure deal.gif
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  • Tee WhyTee Why Registered Users Posts: 2,390 Major grins
    edited May 25, 2008
    Great shot, I love the pop.
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  • I SimoniusI Simonius Registered Users Posts: 1,034 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2008
    Emmanuel Coupe wrote:
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    Lovely shot!
    I'm dead jealous of you guysthumb.gif

    can you tell us about how you exposed for this? Is it one exposure? How did you get it so the lighthouse is as well exposed as the sun?

    thanks and well donethumb.gif
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  • Emmanuel CoupeEmmanuel Coupe Registered Users Posts: 48 Big grins
    edited May 27, 2008
    I Simonius wrote:
    Lovely shot!
    I'm dead jealous of you guys<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/thumb.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >

    can you tell us about how you exposed for this? Is it one exposure? How did you get it so the lighthouse is as well exposed as the sun?

    thanks and well done<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/thumb.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >

    3 exposures fg, sky and sun. And then masking masking masking. I can't go through all the theory behind my masking methods here; it could turn out to be very time consuming to be explained well. But I will offer very soon workshops both online and on the field that cover in depth these matters (shameless promotion I know <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/eek7.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" > )<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
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  • Marc MuenchMarc Muench Registered Users Posts: 1,420 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2008
    Emmanuel Coupe wrote:
    3 exposures fg, sky and sun. And then masking masking masking. I can't go through all the theory behind my masking methods here; it could turn out very time consuming do be explain well. But I will offer very soon workshops both online and on the field that cover in depth these matters (shameless promotion I know <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/eek7.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" > )<o:p></o:p>
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    No shame in this Emmanuel, I can vouch for your techniques and would rec to anyone your workshops<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/thumb.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" > As I now understand the Photography Workshops originated in ancient Greece <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/rolleyes1.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >

    Kidding asside, Emmanuel knows his masking<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/deal.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >
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  • I SimoniusI Simonius Registered Users Posts: 1,034 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2008
    Emmanuel Coupe wrote:
    3 exposures fg, sky and sun. And then masking masking masking. I can't go through all the theory behind my masking methods here; it could turn out to be very time consuming to be explained well. But I will offer very soon workshops both online and on the field that cover in depth these matters (shameless promotion I know <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/eek7.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" > )<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
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    thanks Im just relieved to hear you didnt get it all in one exposure or I would have been depressed<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/mwink.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >
    Veni-Vidi-Snappii
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  • PezpixPezpix Registered Users Posts: 391 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2008
    So epic! Props on the hard work paying off huge with a fantastic shot thumb.gif
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