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I had a ridiculously early start this morning to make a pre-dawn shoot at the Bow Fiddle Rock, Portknockie on the Moray coast. The forecast was for clear skies, the tides were favourable and with a 20Kt wind I was expecting some drama in the sea. I was on-site around 0345 (sunset 0420) and was pleased with the orange band of light already rimming the horizon. I wasn't as pleased with heavy band of cloud above it but still managed a couple of images that made the trip worthwhile. A little bit about the rock; Here
The Bow Fiddle Rock is so called because it resembles the very tip of a bow. It was formed by erosion of a rock called Cullen Quartzite. This is one of many different quartzites found in Scotland. The quartzite is about 2500 metres (8000 feet) thick and makes up the coastline from Buckpool (the west end of Buckie) to Logie Head, the main headland east of Cullen
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Traditional celebration of Mardi Gras in the rural French Acadiana region of Louisiana. The participants ride on horseback from farm to farm and are accompanied by musicians who playing traditional Cajun French songs on accordion, fiddle, and guitar and singing in French.
The Cat and Fiddle is - or was - the second highest pub above sea level in England, Tan Hill of course coming first. Seemingly owing to unnamed problems with the building, it has been closed for a year and its future is currently uncertain, though owners Robinsons maintain it will reopen, if not necessarily as a pub. As it is, its name lives on, both on the side of the building and in the lexicon of the local area, having donated said name to the scenic stretch of the A537 'over the top' between Buxton and Macclesfield. In this sense, it is perhaps appropriate to refer to the pub as Schrödinger's Cat & Fiddle, though that would perhaps be to misappropriate a complex quantum equation as little more than an elaboration of liminality.
High Peak's SR Solo YD63VDE (280) is both dull and bright as it passes what was and still is the Cat & Fiddle with the 11:15 58 from Macclesfield to Buxton. I understand the weather was quite pleasant elsewhere in the country today.
playing a little with Nik Collection. My own personal extreme of both HDR and long exposure, the image was processed in HDR Efex Pro 2 with one RAW image – largely as an experiment.
Stopped by here on the way back form Aberdeen yesterday and glad I did, there's a lot to see in Portknockie if you like beaches and rocks. The arch shaped rock formation is Bow Fiddle Rock, part of the Caledonian Fold Belt.
It was apparently formed by wave action wearing away the different layers of rock.
Shot in the middle of the day with my Xmas present, a B&W ND 1000 and a 0.9 ND Grad.
"Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain."
- Henry David Thoreau
Starving for something green, I photographed a house plant. Illuminated with a low-powered strobe behind the leaf.
I don't think I've ever touched a violin, I've certainly never played one. I suppose it would be a bit like a small, expensive guitar. I think Paul McCartney used to play one.
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Bow Fiddle Rock is a natural sea arch near Portknockie on the north-eastern coast of Scotland. It is so called because it resembles the tip of a fiddle bow. It is composed of Quartzite, a metamorphic rock which was originally quartz sandstone. Wikipedia
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Previously I've posted a photograph of the Bow Fiddle Rock in it's harsh & craggy surroundings [photo link]. But the main draw for myself and my buddy Andy to visit was to shoot the rock itself, and boy is it a big sucker!
Located in Portknockie, Scotland the Bow Fiddle Rock is nearly 50 feet tall. It's hard to visualise in your head what a 50 foot tall rock would look like, but if I had to use a word to describe it it'd be "mahoosive".
It can actually be a bit of a challenge to get a good angle of the rock as it's actually quite far out to sea. You can get closer by climbing onto the surrounding rocks during low tide like we did but be careful! Once the tide starts to come in it comes in quick and strong. Rocks we had stood on before disappeared under water in less than 15 minutes, so get your shot and get out!
Bow Fiddle Rock is a natural sea arch near Portknockie on the north-eastern coast of Scotland. It is so called because it resembles the tip of a fiddle bow. (Wikipedia)
Taken by sunrise!
I made this last night and it was quite fiddly working with linen fabric. I am quite happy with the result.
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Aperture: f/10
Shutter: 180sec
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 45mm
Camera Body: Canon 5D MK II
Lens: EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Filters: 10 Stop ND, 06 HE Grad.
Processed: Photoshop cs3
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180 second exposure just before sunrise.
This is from a while back as I’ve not been out shooting (or flickring) much. I’m a bit too busy with work/gardening and things.
During the wet season this enchanting little cascade becomes a gushing waterfall that completely immerses the rocks in white water. However, California has not experienced a truly wet season in several years, which has reduced the streams and creeks to quite low historical levels. Still, one thing's loss, is often another thing's gain, and those pretty leafy plants are certainly taking advantage of the lower flows to grow amongst the crevices. I was drawn to the little splash of orange they contributed to the setting.
Branching off to the right is an old flume that is still used to transport drinking water to the locals.
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Bow Fiddle Rock is a natural sea arch near Portknockie on the north-eastern coast of Scotland. It is so called because it resembles the tip of a fiddle bow.[1]
It is composed of Quartzite, a metamorphic rock which was originally quartz sandstone.[1] This rock is part of the Cullen Quartzite formation which is seen along the coast between Buckie and Cullen and is some 2,400m thick and dates from the Neoproterozoic Era, 1,000 to 541 million years ago.[2]
These rocks were folded when the ancient continents of Laurentia and Avalonia collided during the Caledonian orogeny. They later became exposed at the surface where sea and weather eroded the structure seen today.[1]
The rock formation is both a tourist attraction and nesting place for sea birds including herring gulls, great black-backed gulls and lesser black-backed gulls.[3]
Original version in colour -
Steph's hair isn't normally that colour, but a red gel in the grid gave it a striking highlight.
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Strobist: Main light is a single speedlight in a small softbox off to the left. Behind and to the left of camera is a second speedlight with a Rogue Grid and the reddish gel, highlighting Steph's hair.
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Model: Steph Reed
Assist: Rachel McIntosh
Albert Park, Victoria
June 2017
Bow Fiddle Rock and the coastline of Portknockie in early morning sunshine.
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