Breaking Through
A shot taken on The Isle of Skye at a place called the Quiraing. This particular day I was hoping for some lovely soft morning light being cast all over the Quiraing ridge along with a dramatic sky. As it turned out a sunrise casting great light all over the scene never happened but instead a different but nevertheless dramatic atmosphere did appear with this grey/blue forboding sky casting it's shadow on the top of the ridge whilst the sun tried to break through and illuminate the cliff faces, hills, Loch and heather covered land below. On Skye it is extremely difficult to predict what the conditions will actualy be like, where there can regularly be four seasons in one day. You take what's given and try and show the drama that is Skye.
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Flavio Presutti 2 weeks ago
¡Excelente!

Greetings from Uruguay!
Tim Wilcock  Thank you.
John Harrison 3 weeks ago
Well done
Tim Wilcock  Thank you.
Faheema Patel 2 months ago
wow! it's beautiful! :)
Tim Wilcock  A belated thank you.
Adrian Popan 3 months ago
How do you say beautiful in gaelic?
Tim Wilcock  I'm not a Gaelic speaker but my wife thinks there are a few different words. I'll see if I can suss the right one out for you.
Filipe P Neto 3 months ago
It was worth it:) Wonderful compo!
Jeroen van de Wiel 3 months ago
Stunning and moody capture.
TJ Millar 3 months ago
There's a beautiful balance to this stunning landscape Tim, great work and a brilliant debut. Looking forward to seeing many more!
Tim Wilcock  Thanks Tim. I've tried a few others without success so it might be some time before you see another.
TJ Millar  I'll be you haven't tried half so many as me! Don't be disheartened, it's the same for almost all of us here - stick with it, and in the meantime remember that you have had great success with this one!
Vimmy 3 months ago
WOW
Mirotoi Daniel 3 months ago
Such a good light Tim, great work !
suliman almawash 4 months ago
Nice light and mood ,, Congratulations Tim.
Tim Wilcock  Thanks Suliman. Today I was up on the ridge where the cloud is in this picture to see if there is anything worth capturing looking back the other way. Possibilities.....but I need some of the same drama as I had here.
Mieke Boynton 4 months ago
... This is what landscape photography is all about. What a stunner, tim. Wonderful light, beautiful tones, lovely earthy colours... simply superb!!
Tim Wilcock  Thank Mieke. Wish I could come back with something this good every time I go on a shoot, but alas......
Srdjan Vasiljevic 4 months ago
Great shot!
Nicola Molteni 4 months ago
great shot!!!!!! very compliments.....
Anastas Tarpanov 4 months ago
Like other earth, surreal picture!
Jakob Arnholtz 4 months ago
Great lightning. I love it!
Beautiful, love the light and color!
/Wulff
Marie-Louise 4 months ago
Ahhh here it is, where it belongs!
Congrats on having your beautiful photo published.
Janusz Wanczyk 4 months ago
great mood, I admire!
Sven Fennema 4 months ago
Amazing landscape photography, like it very much!
Sergey Romanchuk 4 months ago
a lot of light and a lot of air
willy khosuma 4 months ago
amazing landscape...
Nicolas Marino 4 months ago
i'm glad it made it, Tim. Great shot!
Andre du Plessis 4 months ago
Wonderful capture of this dramatic landscape. Compliments!
Dennis Fischer 4 months ago
Stunning scene! Skye is on my list to visit
Thomas Vuillaume 4 months ago
++
Jeannette Oerlemans 4 months ago
Beautiful!!
Stephan Ihrman 4 months ago
Great shot! amazing light just like you discribe!
Jacob Tuinenga 4 months ago
Impressive landscape image.
Wonderful captured.
Gus Busselo 4 months ago
Beautiful landscape. Welcome.
Claire Carter 4 months ago
Congratulations and well deserved.
niloofar m.j 4 months ago
Nice light and mood..i love it..:)
morvarid. a 4 months ago
Bravo..................!
Matjaz Cater 4 months ago
Compliments, it's nice to see it finally published! Nice work!
Fernand Hick 4 months ago
Nice light and mood !
The Power of Elements: good moment of light
Roland Cuypers 4 months ago
The light is superb, the image is superb !
congrats
Jef Van den Houte 4 months ago
Great light composition
Les Forrester 4 months ago
Fabulous image
keller 4 months ago
Congratulations it's a beautiful place and picture
good to see spite of everything some image comes through from critique
but not many
Tim Wilcock  Thanks for the comment. I'm new to 1x and didn't realise it was a rare for images to get into the gallery after being seen in Critique first. Surely if you try in the Gallery first and it is rejected and then you ask for feedback in Critique and make changes, it is even less likely that it will be accepted if re-submitted?
keller  yes I know, unfortunately, not whether it is how the images are being uplodet to critique
whether they have been tried and uplode to frontpage
but I usually do and write about it have been rejected before:)
Fantastic light.
mike tamanawis 4 months ago
Lovely image Tim.
angryskies 4 months ago
Absolutely PERFECT!! Fantastic to see Scotland here.
Sohrab Niazi 4 months ago
Perfecttttttttttttttttttttttt +++
Tim Wilcock 4 months ago
Thank you to everyone who has commented so far (and who might come on later).
Richard Spurdens 4 months ago
Congrats on your first 1X publicatin great image, and certainly true about you take what you are given
Tim Wilcock  Hi Richard. Didn't know you were involved with 1x. Good to hear from you and thanks for the comment. I keep an eye on your website but haven't seen your Skye shots appear yet? Great studio work still though.
John Parminter 4 months ago
Hey. hey Tim. Well done on publication, I think deservedly so even with my reservations I had. I might be heading that way on Thursday or Friday if that forecasted high pressure materialises, will let you know.

JP
Tim Wilcock  Hi John
Did a minor tweak to the sky in the top left on the lines you suggested and it obviously worked as it now apears here. Thanks for the input and comments.
Johan Lind 4 months ago
I also remember seeing this in the "critique", but I thought all the time that it belonged here - it's a fantastic shot!
/Johan
Erich Barth 4 months ago
Very nice. I also remember this image from the critique section. Congratulations on it's publication.
Ian Munro 4 months ago
Congrats Tim I know the area well and I have had no such luck, this is a stunner!
Eriks Zilbalodis 4 months ago
great
Antonio Grambone 4 months ago
Beautiful landscape Tim... great light and color... great shot.
Many compliments and welcome to 1X.
Greetings, Antonio G.
Monique 4 months ago
what a place!...incredible scenery...
very good picture.
Javier de la Torre 4 months ago
I was really sure that this photo will be published when I saw it on Voting. Amazing landscape. The light is fantastic. Congrats!!!
Guido Brandt 4 months ago
Good to see it on the FP Tim - congratulations.
alper girgin 4 months ago
Perfect :)
Stig Hole 4 months ago
Wonderful landscape picture Tim, and a i love the light!!
Christoph Hessel 4 months ago
I am glad it did it, and it is well deseverd, congrats Tim to Your debut
Jorge Feteira 4 months ago
Great landscape, Fantastics colors and light. Gongartulations ans welcome to 1x.com
Phyllis Clarke 4 months ago
Tim,
I am very pleased to see this has made it to the FP. Your photo shows such an amazing place on this earth. I think it is the sun breaking through that appeals to me the most. A big congratulations. Phyllis
Tim Wilcock  Thanks Phyllis and for your input in Critque. Interstingly I have another, taken a month later, which loads of people like but which I suspect wouldn't get a look in here. Not sure whether to stick it in Critque as well for some input of try something completely different.
Henry Trust 4 months ago
Great light n view.. Superb.. Congratz..
Marie-Claude C. 4 months ago
Such a beautiful a picture ! such a beautiful place ! I wish I were there ! Love your photo !

Marie-Claude
Björn Billing 4 months ago
I remember the photo from the Critique section; it took me right back to this spectacular place which I visited some years ago. It is a beautiful photo - congrats to your first publication on 1x!
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Nikon D300, Tokina 28-80
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Quiraing, Isle of Skye
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