Sunset

PANO WEEK

This sunset was taken on the island of Benbecula, Scotland.



Camera Nikon E5700
Focal length 8.9mm
Exposure 1/160th sec @ f5.0
ISO 100


Lex

Head in the Clouds

PANO WEEK.

Today's pano was taken in Austria at the Hintertux Glacier 3250 metres above sea level, looking towards the Italian border.

Camera Nikon E5700

Focal length 15mm

Exposure 1/500th sec @ f8

ISO 100

Lex

Grassmere

PANO WEEK

Today's panorama was taken at Grassmere.

Grasmere is in the heart of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Within easy reach are the towns of Ambleside, Keswick, Hawkshead, Coniston, Bowness and Windermere.

Grasmere was once the home of the famous poet William Wordsworth; today you can visit two of his former homes - Dove Cottage and Rydal Mount. Also in the centre of Grasmere is St. Oswalds Church, the churchyard of which contains the Wordsworth family graves.


Camera Canon 1D
Lens 24-105mm f4 IS
Focal length 24mm
Exposure 1/15th sec @ f22
ISO 100


Lex

South Uist

PANO

Following on from the last couple of weeks where there has been a theme to the photos, I thought that this week would be panoramas.

The above was five photos that were taken on the island of South Uist, Scotland. These images were merged together using Photoshop CS3.

The camera was set to manual and the setting were as follows

Camera Canon 350D
Lens Tamron 18-200mm
Focal length 42mm
Exposure 1/60th sec @ f14
ISO 100


Lex

Storm Comming

SECRET SCOTLAND

As promised the answer to why the beaches are deserted.

They are lovely to look at. Beautiful to stroll along. Paceful to sit on, and all you can hear is the waves lapping on the shore.

Why are they empty ?
The weather can change frequently during the day, and often does.
The air temperature is usually in the mid to high teens, 20c plus is verging on a heatwave.
Lastly the sea temperature, although it originated in the Gulf of Mexico, has somewhat cooled to around 10 to 15c.

All these points raised, personally I still find that I am drawn here and would hate to see these islands invaded with tourists.


Camera Canon 350D
Lens Tamron 18-200mm
Focal length 32mm
Exposure 1/60th sec @ f11
ISO 100



Lex

Deserted

SECRET SCOTLAND

Same as yesterday another beach and nobody there.

Why ? The answer revealed tomorrow.


Camera Canon 1D
Lens 24-105mm f4 IS
Focal length 24mm
Exposure 1/20th sec @ f16
ISO 100

Quite

SECRET SCOTLAND

Another day another beach and yet again not another person to be seen.


Camera Canon 1D
Lens 24-105mm f4 IS
Focal length 24mm
Exposure 1/30th sec @ f16


Lex