Skywatch Friday - Bass Rock


Regular readers will immediately notice that this is not the usual quality of photo on this blog. All that slow motion water stuff and a vaguely artistic sky.


I spent a bone-numbingly cold Sunday afternoon on a beach near North Berwick on a photo tuition session, getting to grips with our 'big' camera. The one with all the f-stops and other items. Out to sea, the Bass Rock provided a convenient point for explanations about focal length and composition. Afterwards my mind was a jumble of numbers.

But I've signed up for a weekend course in October. Meantime normal photo standards will be resumed.

More skies around the world are at Skywatch Friday.

Comments

  1. Actually Linda, the photos are superb!!! Very ethereal! Low light is very hard to shoot in, even with the best of cameras...The motion of the water and the mist are what make these photos so extraordinary.

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  2. Wow! You did good, your pictures turned out great. What a contrast to our warm sunshine today. Beautiful.
    Debbie

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  3. Too bad about the bone-numbing, but you came away with some beauties, if these are any example. Very nice work indeed.
    -- K

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  4. Ooh, That's good.

    Hope you're not suffering too much for your art!

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  5. The 1st one looks like a dream sequence! I like them both a lot. I am so accustomed to my automatic camera that I totally forget f-stops etc.

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  6. Awesome shots!!

    cheers from Uruguay :)

    http://gabrielaabalo.blogspot.com/2011/01/skywatch-friday-season-4-episode-29.html

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  7. Absolutely gorgeous, Linda! I wish my photography was half as beautiful as these two pictures. Can't wait to see how your education progresses!

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  8. I LOVE all that "slow motion water stuff." So mysterious!

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  9. I love these. Good luck with your "big" camera - there's so much that you can do with it.

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  10. AMAZING!!! Very well done :o) I have a 'big' camera myself, but usually just wing it too otherwise I end up all jumbled as well lol

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  11. Jumble of numbers or not, the photo is very effective. Know what you mean about having to learn your camera. I'm taking a day long class in February.

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  12. But I truly LOVE this one! BOTH! I am forever waiting for your next photo to pop up! We never know exactly WHAT it will be but we know it WILL be interesting!

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  13. Breathtaking photograph! This image speaks volumes.
    Joyce M

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  14. Moody. Just the way I remember Scotland. Thanks.

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  15. WOW!! What a great shot. I am sitting here thinking the Lady of the Lake and Excalibur will soon be appearing. This one is really magical in its composition.

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  16. I don't mind if the photos are not the regular quality, I love them.

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  17. You achieved wonderful results from your experience...that first photo is especially dreamy.

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  18. These photos are lovely, but I also think your "normal photo standards" are excellent as well. For me, the beauty of your photos lies in how you see the world.

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  19. I like them, Linda! bone-numbingly cold or not. ;) They are atmospheric and with so much movement... very nice.

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  20. I'm impressed. These photos are gorgeous. Sorry about the cold.

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  21. LOVELY photos, especially the first one! Wow, I want to do such a course too.. :D

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  22. Yeah, I thought you had gone pro during christmas! You had me fooled! That would be something I want to do some day too, to get more out of the big one. I hope your bones are better now.

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  23. Very nice pictures and thanks for visiting my blog

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  24. We loved Bass Rock (& Tantallon Castle): what evocative photos. The course must have been taxing but brilliant. Love the light quality. Greetings from Wales!

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  25. They are still very wonderful photos. I enjoy seeing your coastline very much. The cold I can understand also as it numbs your fingers and settings would be hard to set.

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  26. Wow, your shots are magic. My camera has lots of fs and things that I don't understand yet. It was worth getting cold for, well done.

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  27. Very nice pitures! I like them a lot!

    Have a nice evening! :-)

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  28. You are so cute. Well done on learning the many techniques I'm sure were thrown at you. The photos are superb. Love the misty, swirly quality of the 1st and the crisp reality of the 2nd.
    As I was photographing the fountain yesterday for the TD post, I thought about how I didn't remember my "training" except to use a tripod which I didn't have with me!

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  29. Hello Linda.
    Found you with Norrskenets trädgård.
    What nice pictures you show here.
    Il return to see moore.

    Hugs from Norway.
    Synnöve.

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  30. Dear Linda, these pics are mystic and I love this softice cloured style!!! Wonderful slow motion water images. Hugs from Luzia.

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  31. Ooh, very lovely. I have to admit that once I got my little Canon point and shoot, I've kind of neglected the big camera. Your photos are making me feel a little inspired!

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  32. HI Linda,
    That reminds me of the beach I grew up on. Very nice water.

    Guess what. I am coming to the UK next month. Alas I'll be in the south.

    Cheers,
    Sylvia

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