View allAll Photos Tagged dramaticlighting
A bit of fun for Sliders Sunday today. Another visual puzzle perhaps…
This is a double-exposure created in-camera with Lighten Blend mode of the David Attenborough building in Cambridge, inverting the camera between the shots. The colouring was added in Nik Color Efex with a colour gradient overlay. The whole thing has been rotated 90 degrees, if that helps. It’s part of a set I am working on that I am calling Light Architecture.
I'll post a link to the in-camera image in a comment.
I hope you are all well and survived Christmas. God bless and have a good new year.
Thanks for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Sliders Sunday :)
Low-angle view of the iconic basalt columns during a brief break in the clouds, Devil's Tower National Monument, Wyoming.
Portrait of the first yellow crocus that appeared this spring. After the long Chicago winter, so thankful for the assurance that color returns!
Prints and Canvasses Available
Some brief watery sunshine illuminates this crop of Sunflowers being grown for bird seed before a thundery shower moves in. A touch of autumn tints beginning to form in the background
Beautiful photo of an engagement ring on a rock on the East Coast of Canada at Sunset. Location is "The Polar Bear" in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Lighting info:
Paul Buff Alien bee b1600 with Fotodiox Pro 5 ft Octabox powered by Paul Buff Vegabond Mini Battery and triggered with Pixel King Pro triggers.
A fleeting alignment, turning an ordinary sunset into something almost surreal.
📍 Aveiro, Portugal
📅 April 2026
📷 Canon R8 + RF 100-400mm
The sun doesn’t fall.
It melts into the ocean… slowly, quietly, like it’s meant to be there.
📍 Praia da Parede, Portugal
📅 Feb 2026
📷 Canon R8 + RF 100-400mm
barcelona. late morning. the winter sun is hard. it cuts the pavement like a knife. two men sit at a table. they talk. they laugh. for a moment, the world consists only of this conversation. a pigeon walks across the stone. it steps into the light. it lingers there. soon the shadow will swallow it again. life takes place in the bright spots. the rest is darkness.
The Needle, Quiraing — one of the most dramatic and surreal landscapes on the Isle of Skye. ⛰️
Rugged cliffs, shifting light, and timeless Scottish wilderness — this place feels like stepping into another world. 🌿
📍The Quiraing, Isle of Skye, Scotland
From inside the Treasury you can control who is going in and who is going out, the narrow fissure in the mountain is the Siq, the only entry to the city.
Desde el interior del Tesoro puedes controlar quien entra y quien sale de la ciudad. La pequeña grieta en la montaña es el Siq, única entrada posible a la capital nabatea. (He tenido que "asesinar" a varias decenas de turistas al editar la foto, espero que no sea delito...XD !! )
© All rights reserved
The sun hides shyly behind a veil of cloud, as if it can’t decide whether to leave or linger. The fields below wait in soft silence, painted with colors that feel too tender to last. You watch and realize this isn’t just a sunset—it’s a farewell whispered gently, a reminder that endings can still burn with beauty.
A fleeting moment of light breaks through stormy skies over Luskentyre Beach on the Isle of Harris. Grasses dance in the coastal breeze as waves gently roll ashore, framed by distant mountains under dramatic clouds.
Discovering this small blue butterfly delicately feeding on a wild purple flower, I was captivated by the intricate beauty of this fleeting moment. The geometric patterns on its wings - those perfect orange eyespots and precise black dots - reveal nature's incredible artistry at the smallest scale.
I chose a dramatic black background to isolate this intimate scene, transforming what could have been a simple field photograph into something more like a natural portrait. The contrast between the deep darkness and the vibrant colors of both butterfly and bloom creates an almost studio-like quality that emphasizes the subjects' delicate beauty.
What struck me most was the fragility of this interaction - two small beings perfectly designed for each other, the butterfly seeking nectar while unknowingly ensuring the flower's reproduction. These moments of pollination happen countless times each day, yet each one represents a small miracle of natural cooperation.
My intention was to celebrate the often-overlooked beauty of these tiny dramas playing out in meadows and gardens, hoping to inspire greater appreciation for the intricate relationships that sustain our natural world.
A winter sunrise casts a warm glow across a frozen Icelandic landscape as icy waters plunge into a partially frozen waterfall. The contrast between the soft golden sky, the dark volcanic terrain, and the flowing blue water creates a striking scene of movement and stillness in the heart of the Nordic wilderness.
Sunset afterglow ~ Florida Everglades U.S.A.
Spring 2015 ~ South Florida ~ Palm Beach County
(two more photos from this night in the comments)
Join me @ Facebook | Google+ | Twitter | 500px | Instagr | YouTube
* * * * * *
The Kings House Hotel is a remote inn and hotel at the eastern end of Glen Coe at the junction with Glen Etive in the Scottish Highlands. It is sited in an isolated position, about 2 km to the east of the head of the glen towards Rannoch Moor, and faces towards Buachaille Etive Mor which is very popular with rock climbers. It is called the King's House because British troops were billeted here following the Battle of Culloden in 1746. The inn lies on the old military Wade road that crosses Rannoch Moor. The road crosses the River Etive at the inn before continuing into Glen Coe and ascending the Devil's Staircase. The military road then heads north across the hills towards Kinlochleven. The former military road now forms part of the West Highland Way. The Kings House was built in the 17th century and is thought to be one of Scotland's oldest licensed inns. In late 1746 the building became a barracks for Crown forces under the command of the Duke of Cumberland. The buildings were used as base while soldiers conducted operations to crush or capture any remaining Jacobites in the Highlands.
If you plan your trip well, this location will offer you plenty of photographic opportunities nearly out of the window. Kings House Hotel is one of those amazing places you can stay and practice your photography as soon as you step out of the door. I have purposely booked 2 nights there and could not be happier with the results (and all that “extra” sleep I got, while not needing to drive far as you shoot till 11.30PM and should start at 4AM if the strong will gets you out of the bed). Note that during summer time, you need to book way ahead of your trip as it is extremely popular place, especially with walkers.
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Lens : EF17-40mm f/4L USM, Photo Focal length: 21.00 mm, Aperture: 18, Exposure time: 32.0 s, ISO: 200
All rights reserved - Copyright © Lucie Debelkova - www.luciedebelkova.com
All images are exclusive property and may not be copied, downloaded, reproduced, transmitted, manipulated or used in any way without expressed, written permission of the photographer.
“So often goes the cat to the lard that it leaves its paw behind.”
This proverb speaks about temptation and habit: when you keep going back to the same risk, the same vice, the same mistake… sooner or later you pay the price. Not because of fate, but because repetition leaves traces — and traces become proof.
I chose to represent this saying through Artificial Intelligence not to replace photography or “pure” art, but to use a new medium as an expressive tool.
For me, AI is not a master and not a shortcut: it is a contemporary material, like light, a set, collage, or editing.
I use it on my own terms, to step outside conventional boundaries and translate universal concepts into images — without becoming a slave to the machine, but remaining the author.
a figure wrapped in morning shadow drifts through a sliver of light, barely touching the world around them. it’s the kind of stillness that only cities allow—brief, invisible, and profound.
Prints and Canvasses Available
A patch of sunshine and crepescular rays highligting a squall coming down past Widdybank Fell. A strong contender for the next Teesdale Drama calendar!
studio. the room is black. absolute silence. a wooden chair. a child, perhaps two years old, dressed in ribbed blue. the light strikes from the side, sudden and sharp. it is not a gentle light. the child reaches out into the void. the mouth is open, a cry or a song frozen in time. we do not know the cause. there is only the action. a raw, unfiltered expression of will. captured on medium format. the moment is held, undeniably.
A fleeting breath of light over the Kyle of Tongue, on the remote north coast of the Scottish Highlands.
For a moment, the land opens — calm and luminous — before the storm closes in again.
This kind of light welcommed us in our fist evening in Iceland! Quite promesing? :)
MORE MY WORKS: WEBSITE
How i made this picture, more about me, be part of my latest posts - welcome to my
Come On In...
Special Thanks to Malena For Letting Me Use Her Photo, The Plague Doctor , In The Making of This Image. :)
Prompt: Create a Digital fine art, ultra-realistic, of a McDonnell Douglas United States Air Force F-15 Eagle, flying in formation of two, mid-day sky with scattered clouds, wide camera view horizontal aspect ratio
Digital fine Art was created using Nano Banana AI and Photoshop
Prints and Canvasses Available
Strong autumn sunshine and a dark sky create a dramatic scene lookng up The Bank in Barnard Castle.
Scarlet macaw — Ara macao
A large Neotropical parrot, identifiable here by the intense scarlet-red body, pale bare facial skin, large ivory-and-black hooked bill, and blue/yellow-green wing feathers. The bird is holding and manipulating a long blue feather with its foot and bill, a typical parrot behavior.
Description
The image shows a close portrait of a scarlet macaw preening or examining a feather. Key visible traits:
* Head/body: saturated scarlet-red plumage.
* Face: pale whitish bare skin around the eye and cheek, with fine feather-line texture.
* Eye: pale iris with dark pupil, sharp and alert.
* Bill: large, curved, ivory upper mandible with black lower mandible; built for cracking nuts and manipulating objects.
* Wing: blue flight feathers with green/yellow transition areas visible along the folded wing.
* Foot: zygodactyl grip — two toes forward, two backward — allowing the bird to hold the feather like a hand.
* Feather: long blue feather, likely a wing or tail feather, held vertically and partly obscuring the face.
Discussion
Scarlet macaws are among the most visually saturated parrots, and this image uses that strongly: red plumage dominates the frame, while the blue feather creates a diagonal counterform from lower center to upper left. The near-black background isolates the bird and makes the color read as luminous rather than merely bright.
Behaviorally, this looks like preening, feather handling, or object play. Macaws frequently use their feet to hold food, feathers, sticks, or other objects while investigating them with the bill. The pose gives the bird a deliberate, almost performative quality: the feather acts like a prop, partially veiling the face while also echoing the blue wing feathers.
As an image, the strongest elements are:
* Color contrast: scarlet red against cobalt/blue feather and black background.
* Gesture: the foot-and-bill interaction gives the scene narrative.
* Diagonal structure: the feather cuts through the frame and prevents the image from becoming a static bird portrait.
* Texture contrast: smooth bill, fine facial skin pattern, soft red feathers, and the sleek blue feather surface.
The slight softness and dark background suggest an older slide/film look or a scanned image, but the main subject remains readable and visually strong.
Late afternoon light over Derwentwater in the Lake District as autumn settles into the fells. A moody sky drifts across the mountains while the still water reflects the subdued tones of the season. The shifting light and dark clouds create a quiet, atmospheric moment across the lake, capturing the calm and drama that often arrives at the end of an autumn day in Cumbria.
Join me on Facebook | Google+ | Twitter | 500px | Instagram
~~~~~~~~~
The Kuwait Towers are three towers of reinforced concrete in Kuwait City. The main tower is 187 metres high and serves as a restaurant and water tower. It also has a Viewing Sphere which rises to 123 meters above sea level and completes a full round turn every 30 minutes. The second tower is 145.8 metres high and serves as a water tower. The third tower houses equipment to control the flow of electricity and illuminates the two bigger towers.
I live in place called Bneid al Gar, which is area very close to city center, beach and Kuwait towers. I’ve chosen it purposely as it is nicely convenient and I have lovely sea view I wanted to have coming over to Kuwait. Unfortunately this is not the view I have from my building (I’ve posted one recently), but I realized there must be a great view of the Kuwait towers just from the building next door with the Gulf road offering nice possibility for long light trails from passing cars. I’ve decided to do my usual trick - get into the building and try to reach the roof, which unfortunately was closed this time. I have however met kind Kuwaiti man that had asked harris (man that normally looks after a building) if he could open the top floor for me and he was kind enough to do that (and being it in Kuwait, no baksheesh was asked, I cant imagine how much they would ask for such a favor back in Egypt ) And at last not least, I really wonder why it took me 2 years to find this spot, best things can be sometimes just behind the corner… now I just have to watch out for some clouds to give it bit more dramatic and dynamic feel, sad thing is that it might take few months to be lucky…
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/18.0, 30 sec, ISO 100, 40 mm
All rights reserved - Copyright © Lucie Debelkova - www.luciedebelkova.com
All images are exclusive property and may not be copied, downloaded, reproduced, transmitted, manipulated or used in any way without expressed, written permission of the photographer.