Parked close to the lighthouse and then headed out on a two mile trek to The Old Man of Stoer sea stack. Shot the lighthouse from a couple of different points. This one is a 61 second exposure at f/13 using a 6-stop Little Stopper and 3-stop ND grad.
Returned to the car at night and found it surrounded by a herd of cows who were reluctant to move! As a parting gesture they kindly left a dent in one of the rear doors! 🙂
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Lovely image. 35mm or wide medium format? Which lens did you use give the distance?
Thanks Mark. Shot with a Nikon D800 and 24-70 lens at 35mm.
They can be right cows……..great shot though.
Yes, I wasn’t too impressed with the cows! Thanks for your lovely comment, Barbara.
Although the cows were a bit of a disappointment, it seems to me it was well worth it. I’d take getting this shot any day if all I had to endure was a dent in the back door of my car. 🙂
Thanks for your kind words Justin, I really appreciate it 🙂
This is gorgeous. Think my New Years resolution will be to get to grips with ND filters as I get confused with how to use them. Any tips? I use a canon 60d and 17-50 for most of my nds
Thanks David.
I use a 100mm 3-stop soft ND grad the vast majority of the time but will sometimes use a 2-stop. These are generally attached to a 24-70 lens although I have started using a 16-35 lens a little more often. When processing I generally add a vignette and darken the top and bottom of the image with a graduated filter in Lightroom.
Thanks for the detailed response simon, great to have advice from a much more experienced photographer. I shall keep it in mind for the new year. Thanks again.
Beautiful photo, you have to print big this 🙂
Thank you Stefano. I normally print at 10 x 15 inch but may well try and print this one a little bigger 🙂
A very beautfiul photo Simon!
Cheers Adrain, much appreciated!
I hope all is going well in Iceland? I’m really enjoying the photos you’re posting from your trip there.
A lovely vertical!
Thanks John, I’m glad you like it!
that is beautiful 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Very beautiful picture! And thank you for introducing me to ND. I am quite novice in photography so I am learning a lot reading your blog.
Thanks Suzana, I’m pleased you like the picture 🙂 I appreciate you taking the time to visit my blog.
Beautiful lighthouse landscape, Simon. Especially in black and white.
Thank you, Jane. It was fun to visit this location, there’s something special about lighthouses. Would love to live in one.
Nice work, Simon. This one brings back memories. I stayed at that lighthouse a couple of times many years ago!
Cheers Graham, thanks for taking a look. A fantastic place to stay. I’ve never stayed in a lighthouse, would like to give it a go one day.
Cows are very clumsy with their bums – they were probably having a scratch!
Beautiful light on the sea in your photo. I haven’t taken black & white shots for ages!
Carol.
Thanks for your lovely comments, Carol. Yes, the dent did look a little bum shaped! I work mostly in b&w, I think it somehow reveals more in an image.
Simon.
I Love the tones! Awesome job, Sir.
Thank you, Sir! I’m pleased you like it.
Stunning!
Thanks!