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Nikolay Shopov 2 weeks ago

Beautiful!

Yosua Hutabarat 1 month ago

this is really beautiful! great shot!

Srdjan Vasiljevic 3 months ago

:-)

Alexander Kitsenko 5 months ago

Superb

David Martin Castan 7 months ago

Incredible!

John Parminter The mountain, I know David... :-)

Jorge Feteira 10 months ago

Amazing photo, I hope one day to make one similar.

John Parminter Thanks Jorge, I'm sure you will soon.

JP

Tony D 10 months ago

Superb Light John and one of my favorite locations too.

John Parminter Thanks Tony.
JP

sutarmin 1 year ago

natural scenery is amazing, how do I get these beautiful colors?

John Parminter A lot of patience, dedication and willingness to be in locations at the right time that provide these conditions.

Cheers,

JP

Chris Gin 1 year ago

Absolutely stunning image! Great light and composition.

John Parminter Cheers Chris

Bruno Mazzetti 1 year ago

Gorgeous

Luc Van Sever 1 year ago

John
You tutorial about this photo is just great, when I look now at this image, then there is more to see, especially the foreground, the mid ground and the sky, I'm very happy too learn allot of your way too made photos, your use of filters
again just great
thanks
Luc

John Parminter Thanks Luc, you are welcome.
JP

Beno Saradzic 1 year ago

simply exceptional. You got incredible depth in this photography, perception is almost three dimensional. Everything ties up perfectly - lighting, tones, shadows, composition. Not a flaw.
Question about focus: you said 'one third into the scene'. One third in a 2D plane or one third in depth (Z) axis? What f-stop do you normally choose? The reason I'm asking is because your images are razor sharp front to back, no sign of blurriness whatsoever. Do you ever use focus stacking?

cheers

John Parminter Hello Beno, no I never use focus stacking, just rely on good old Depth of Field. on this one I shot at 10mm and focused on the edge of the foreground and used f/11 to achieve front to back apparent sharpness.

JP

Beno Saradzic thanks for replying. I'm always confused when it comes to landscape focusing...never now where and what to focus on, especially with scenes involving infinity.
On a separate not, I must say I'm impressed with the overall sharpness of the shot. It seems to be good lens.

John Parminter Beno, if you shoot at short focal lengths then inherently you get a lot of DOF, combine this with an aperture of f/11 or more then you are always guaranteed infinate DoF with a close limit of less than a metre say. A good exercise is to google an online DOF calculator and put some typical numbers in for your camera and lens and you will get a very good feel for what you need to do to achieve your desired DOF in any particular situation.
JP

Peter Olexa 1 year ago

Great photo :)

carried in Cruzine: http://www.cruzine.com/2010/08/24/mountains-photography/

Mohamed Abdulwahab 1 year ago

Amazing

John Parminter Thanks Mohamed

Fernand Hick 1 year ago

Superb...!

Stephan Ihrman 2 years ago

great shot! love al the colors

Hubert Kosmowski 2 years ago

From street level this place imho looks olny pretty but from above looks just stunning...

John Parminter Thanks Hubert, I happen to like certain views of it from ground level though, I've photographed it enough times to seek out every possible angle I think...

;-))

Cheers,
JP

conor ledwith 2 years ago

What a stunning image, pure class

Michal Skalba 2 years ago

superb picture, well done!

Lhakpa D Gurung 2 years ago

MAGNIFICENT PHOTOGRAPHS.. UNBELIEVABLE WOULD YOU MIND TELLING ME THE SETTING YOU USED TO GET THIS GREAT SHOT..BEST REGARDS
LHAKPA

John Parminter Thanks Lhapka, the settings were f/16, 1/4 sec, ISO200 but to be honest this image could have been achieved with many other settings as well. The settings didn't really create this image, it was more down to me getting into a position at a certain time and location where things came together favourably.

Cheers,
JP

Alex OBrien 2 years ago

Oooh, that's a nice one John! Stunning landscape!

Mel Brackstone 2 years ago

What a superb image, love the light and detail!

Sean Reidy 2 years ago

This is beautifully composed with lovely atmospheric light. The foreground colours are incredible. The winding river and road give a great depth to the scene. A really memorable landscape photograph.

paintednegative 2 years ago

John, in my mind, this is your best shot. Stopped me dead in my tracks. Incredible. I'm going to visit this one often.
Keep clicking!

John Parminter Thank you, it's one of my favourites.

JP

A. Zahron 2 years ago

excelent view john, i like that :)

Morkel Erasmus 2 years ago

has to be one of your best John! the landscape results you are getting from the D300 are astounding - I am looking at getting the D300s...

John Parminter Thanks Morkel, it is one of my favourites as well. The D300 is a fab camera and I would recommend getting one even second hand it would give you great results I reckon.

JP

Houtmeyers Peter 2 years ago

The effort to climb onto the hill paid of....what a great view.
I hope to visit this region next year in may. Looking at your portfolio i get an overview of all the landmarks i certainly must visit. Hope to avoid the midges by going in springtime.

John Parminter You should be OK for midges in May but I recommend a bottle of Avon's Skin-so-soft dry oil spry, it is the most effective insect reppellant that I know and you get to smell nice as well.

JP

bukipropovednika 2 years ago

Wow , it's amazing !

John Parminter thank you.

cbaierar 2 years ago

Thanks John. You allways cheerme up with your great photos.

Anastas Tarpanov 2 years ago

Absolutely amazing shot! You rock man!

John Parminter Cheers Anastas, appreciated.

Franz Schumacher 2 years ago

Das gefaellt mir jetzt sehr gut. Wo ist denn diese Landschaft?
Gruss Franz

John Parminter Hello Franz, it is Buachaille Etive Mor, Buachaille Etive Beag and the mountains of Glen Coe in Scotland.

Google Glen Coe for information and location.

JP

Franz Schumacher Danke John,

habe ich mir angesehen. Danke fuer Deinen Hinweis. Ist ja eine tolle Gegend! Muss ich aber unbedingt mal hin und einen Urlaub dort verbringen. Herrliche Landschaft. Schoen wie die Dolomiten.

Gruss Franz

wingedoracle 2 years ago

I like the title and I like your image. I'm still learning my way around Scotland and getting a post up is a bit stiff but I love it all. So many wonderful levels to grow into.

Cheers

John Parminter Cheers, keep trying with your Scotland shots.

JP

Aaron 2 years ago

Absolutely blows my mind! Wonderful photo.

Conor Lanphere 2 years ago

Absolutely fantastic! The colors, the light, all perfect! Brilliant work :)

holger droste 2 years ago

wonderful Light and Atmosphere :o)

Yngve Lundström 2 years ago

Nice overview, the road gave it proportions and depth.

Beuleu 2 years ago

Hi,

This is really impressive... I feel like I'm travelling alone and free when at look at this picture and I love that

Thank you for that and congratulations

baptiste

marius grozea 2 years ago

wonderful!

Kevin Ng 2 years ago

Man, even a guy who doesn't really know how to appreciate landscape pics can appreciate this - the light is spectacular John - well seen and captured!!

mm767cap 2 years ago

This is pure magic in every way, John. Color, atmosphere, composition, subject. All perfectly presented. Beautiful

acalax 2 years ago

fantastic landscape with impressive colors and sharpness

RomImage 2 years ago

great shot!

Dominic Fletcher 2 years ago

This is a great shot john, Ive always wanted to climb high up and shoot towards mountain ranges. How long did it take to reach the summit? Love the winding of the river coupall and I can just about see that! cottage. :-) Great shot and great detail and well worth the climb.

Regards

Dominic

John Parminter Cheers Dominic, I've visualised a shot from Stob Bheinn a' Chrulaiste for yonks now and had the chance recently, it is only a 30 minute climb from the road up the ridge until you come to a wee pool of water. If you have the 1:25000 OS map you'll clock where I mean.

JP

Gary McParland 2 years ago

Stunning John, the type of shot i wished i could have got when i was there.

Gary

John Parminter Cheers Gary, I'm gonna give this vantage point a go again as I previsualised something a bit different than what I actually captured.

Cheers,
John

Gary Howells 2 years ago

A powerful landscape with clever titling, inspiring.

Rui Pires 2 years ago

I love this one in screening, John ! Great ! :)

John Parminter 2 years ago

Thanks all folks, funny enough I know I can do better from here and had envisaged more snow and a different kind of light but I'm happy with it nontheless. Will need to make a revisit though just to satisfy my desire to nail it home..
:-)
JP

johnpainter 2 years ago

Love the grouping of three, John. Very strong compositional statement.

John Parminter I had no hand in that John, the last ice age was responsible for that... ;-))

Cheers,
JP

Alexander Maslarski 2 years ago

Stunning !!!

Mihnea Turcu 2 years ago

John, it is very nice...!!!, how much F and where did you put the focus, please? thank you.

John Parminter ISO200, f/11, 1/4sec, 10mm focal length and focused on the rock edge about 2 or 3 metres in front of me.

JP

Nikolaj Lund 2 years ago

Very beautiful! Gratz

Doug Roane 2 years ago

excellent, John!

Adi Popa 2 years ago

Beautiful scenery, excellent image!

ris 2 years ago

beautiful!

Ian Munro 2 years ago

A smashing representation John. You really have captures a wonderful display of light and atmosphere. Did you really stack a 2 & 3 stop ND grad? amazing.

John Parminter Cheers Ian, yep 5 stops of grad and a polariser, much prefer this method than HDR for example.

JP

Ralf Stelander 2 years ago

I wish I had this kind of view from my house!

Kizi 2 years ago

Very nice landscape :)

Eduard 2 years ago

I only can say WOW ! I love all in this shot

Sean McCormack 2 years ago

I love Glencoe. Nice to see snow on the tops!

John Parminter Unfortunately I was hoping for a bit more Sean, can't have everything I suppose..

Sean McCormack I'm booked to go over next month. Both Glencoe and Skye are on the list, so my fingers are crossed for a little more too!

KPK 2 years ago

Excellent!

Codrin Lupei 2 years ago

A very beautiful landscape, John, really awesome work, love it! Congrats!

Jorge Goncalves Silva 2 years ago

What a beautiful photo John. Your landscape photos inspire me a lot. Congrats.

Niels Christian Wulff 2 years ago

Very beautiful as always :-)
/Wulff

Phil Morgan 2 years ago

A stunner John, congratulations.
Hoping to get to the highlands in Feb, how much of a hike off the road is this?

Phil.

John Parminter Hey up Phil,
If you park your motor at the parking place on the bend where the wood is then it is only a 30 minute or so walk up the ridge, walk along the road a bit past the cottage then you can go through a few gates before you get onto the fell.
Definately recommend a sunrise shoot and in Feb you will be OK for light on this facing flank, leave it any later in the day and the Sun will be around the back of the face too quickly.

I was lucky to get away with this one but I reckon Feb, March, April with snow will be the optimum time for this shot as the Sun should be raking down the glen early in the morning.

Good luck,

JP

Cheron 2 years ago

Very nice landscape !

Luc 2 years ago

Thats Glen Coe like i remember it ( drove through on my motor bike a few years ago).
Excellent picture with great colors and tone. Good work again John.

Norbert Maier 2 years ago

superb!!!!!!!!!!

john turner 2 years ago

the best yet John

A.madestra. W 2 years ago

beautiful..nice tone and good light...regards

Andrea Auf dem Brinke 2 years ago

One of the landscape most beautiful picture I've ever seen

John Parminter No Andrea, you need to look around 1X more to see really impressive photos..;-)

JP

Przemyslaw Wielicki 2 years ago

Outstanding photo! I think, I like it most of all your great works. Kind regards.

Slavomir M. 2 years ago

wow, great shot

Fab. B 2 years ago

That's a great great and amazing shoot John. Compo and light are beautiful
I want to go there !!!

John Parminter and so you should Fab, a great place indeed.

Fab. B I hope to there next year. Your photo finish to convice me to do so

mehrdad khanjani 2 years ago

Amazing one!

Nicolas Marino 2 years ago

terrific shot John!

Stefan Dusicka 2 years ago

very nice

pop-aj 2 years ago

excellent

Phyllis Clarke 2 years ago

Gee whiz! Every pixel looks happy in this photograph. That beautiful light in the foreground coupled with the snow on the misty mountains, truly is a wonderful sight to behold. One of your best. Congratulations John. My best, Phyllis

John Parminter And to think that I'm a wee bit disappointed that the snow and light conditions aren't perfect...I'll just have to go back.

:-))

JP

Coltrane Koh 2 years ago

Well done, John.

Johan Nieuwerth 2 years ago

Just... wow.

Piet Flour 2 years ago

majestic view John. Great adition to your inviting and exploring portfolio
piet

John Parminter Cheers Piet, this is the type of images I could take all the time.

René Bruun 2 years ago

Loved this in screening, just beautiful....

fproject 2 years ago

great!

Ben Goossens 2 years ago

The colors, atmosphere, the depth with the foreground makes it a strong landscape picture:-)

Joshua Smith 2 years ago

Woah. Truly WonderFULL! Great job, John!

Faddoush 2 years ago

Amazing landscape!!! so glad it made it....well there was no chance in hell a landscape like this wouldn't :)

Lars Klottrup 2 years ago

Great one! :-)

John Parminter 2 years ago

I've had this image in mind for a few years now and recently had the chance to try it out. Whilst I really like it and think it is a great vantage point for the glen, I still think I can make an improved version from this location, I just need to go back with a better covering of snow and the Sun rising more in the East to spread better light down the glen.

Cheers all,
JP

Jeroen Vanattenhoven 2 years ago

waw!