Sgurr a' Ghaorochain Photo

Photographer’s Note

The mountain road from Kishorn to Applecross on the West coast of the Scottish Highlands is the highest road in the UK. Park at the top and it saves a long walk up- good for redeeming a bad weather day! From there this mountain (Sgurr a' Ghaorochain) can be easily wandered up. Heading North East to neighbouring Beinn Bhan is a rough, boulder field which is slow work! The rock here is the pink sandstone at the bottom of this picture and the lichen on this particular slab caught my eye. Lichen takes decades to grow so I know it would look pretty much the same today, but even if I tried I'd never find this rock again!

Macro mode, field of view about 7cm. Contrast adjust, slight unsharp mask. (I always set the contrast to low in camera to prevent highlights blowing out)

ianmcall, afaust, Tim, mortijo, cgrindahl, dawekato, Gix, MLINES has marked this note useful

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ianmcall (1213) 2004-03-21 19:03

Very nice macro. Rich, rich colours here and a good note to go with the shot.

gadinga (606) 2004-03-21 19:14

Very beautiful! The textures and the colours are excellent. Great idea for a macro picture.

afaust (302) 2004-03-21 19:39

Rich, vibrant colors and interesting patterns and texture. Great image!

Tim (469) 2004-03-22 1:55

Steve, the thumbnail picture just grabbed me so I had to take a closer look. I'm glad I did. WOW, what an awesome picture. It reminds me (some) of ground formations I have seen from an airplane. Thanks for sharing yur fine photo with us. God's best to you, Tim

mortijo (12286) 2004-03-22 3:26

Phantastic macro with tremendous rich colours.

roconnell (327) 2004-03-22 3:32

That's a mosaic of lichen and such a range of color and shape. Well done.

luis_paulino (904) 2004-03-22 5:28

Nice photo. i like the colors and the texture.

olli (2091) 2004-03-22 7:16

Beautiful colors, interesting texture and shapes. Technically very cood capture. I like this shot a lot... Very good note, too.

Danzi (2405) 2004-03-22 8:20

Very interesting macro with phantastic colours.

pascalbene (1730) 2004-03-22 15:21

Beautiful concrete subject. A colorful map of life (a lot of delighful yellows). Congratulation.

Lolydodia (578) 2004-04-09 18:27

good macro, funny colors!

cgrindahl (6109) 2004-06-07 19:49

As you can imagine from what I generally post, I much appreciate this finely detailed, abstracted image. Great color and sharpness speaks to your care in handling the image. Nicely done Steve.

dawekato (1988) 2004-08-16 23:15

This shot of colourful lichen makes an interesting abstract. I would love to see the view from the mountain.

Gix (3559) 2004-09-10 1:55

Hi Steve,
macrophotography is as visit another world, fantastic colors & formes.
This shot is a hymn to the autumn colors, very nice seen, really a good work!
ciao, Giorgio

recepyuksel (17786) 2006-02-25 10:35

perfect macro....
congrats

MLINES (10884) 2006-06-23 19:55

Hi Steve, Wonderful colours here. It is litterally a natural piece of art you have captured here. The dots give it a similarity to some of the aboriginal artworks now being painted and sold for high values. After tens of thousands of years the old has become new again. The colours in your image are wonderful. TFS, Murray.