Significant Insignificance Photo

Photographer’s Note

In a place like the mountains of Scotland, you have the positive feeling of being one with the nature and time. Your place is somehow insignificant in the time and spacial scale of the mountains, yet by being in their presence, you somehow feel part of their multi-million year history. It is hard to describe, but this photo tries to give a little of that feeling with the lone figure near the water.

This image will be on display as a print at the 16th Annual Exhibition of London Independant Photography, LIP Birmingham and also projected in the TE exhibit in Italy

Guenther, nfriedli, robiuk, mortijo, digi-mom, digiken, mikhalych, Jeppe, chagovets, rabani, arth, quantabeh, ayobami, flashlight, stefi, ruisc_pt has marked this note useful

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Guenther (6853) 2004-06-23 10:06

The picture shows very well what you are saying in your note, I think. The light is great.

chagovets (190) 2004-06-23 10:07

You succeeded to capture that mood. I like the stripped nature of light, and the lone figure fits in perfectly. My only regret (and it's always so with great landscape photos) is that it's so small. I'd love to see it printed full size :)

nfriedli (1060) 2004-06-23 10:07

WOW, the light is wonderful! Nice composition, too. You took a great picture, Dan. Cheer!

fapmap (250) 2004-06-23 10:19

The light and colors are excellent and contrast each other beautifully (I also like the dark tree on the right). The lonely person at the bottom gives a great sense of space/size.
Well done.
Frank.

robiuk (10763) 2004-06-23 10:26

Great light, great framing Dan!
The sky holds a beautiful heavy blue clouds and the greens & yellows are well saturated within all the other elements that are composed well.
Though, I can't say I'm happy with the lower right corner that might have been a little bit better exposed - maybe it's just me and my taste.
But I like it in general!

Burnham (2426) 2004-06-23 10:31

Exellent! The light is superb and your framing really shows just what it needs to show. I love this. Your note is very good too.

mortijo (12286) 2004-06-23 10:51

That light!!!!!!!!!!!! I was there 35 years ago and nothing has changed.........not even the light. Thank you for reminding me.

GrahamB (939) 2004-06-23 11:02

Wonderful light on the mountains and I like the single person stood looking at the scene.
Maybe the bottom right is just a bit too dark for me but could be my rubbish laptop monitor - new one arrives next week :)

digi-mom (1064) 2004-06-23 11:18

Beautiful scenery - the power and the individual are just what you presented here. Tree and water, mountain and sky are all well captured, I think. A great thought to keep...

dominique (11403) 2004-06-23 13:44

The light is really very beautiful, framing is very good like this green color of this landscape and this cloudy sky. well considering.

cleal (32) 2004-06-23 16:51

Don't know if you waited for the sun to hit the top of the mountain, between the cloudy sky. Either way, very nice timing, light, colours, composition and general feeling. Very, very nice.

gioy (423) 2004-06-24 4:03

Well done!
Thank you for your image... I'm going to Scotland in September, I'm looking foward to visit it.

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digiken (105) 2004-06-27 13:31

Dan -- thanks for the description. The image was decent enough, but the figure (representing the things you described in your description) makes the image.

Jeppe (18623) 2004-07-02 17:06

Wow - you got a wonderful light on this fine capture - the landscape just beautiful to watch - well done - and glad you got a person on the shot as well.

I can relate to the title and note as well - fine work Dan.

mikhalych (1311) 2004-07-12 8:00

In such weather conditions (sun and many clouds) it's very hard to catch the right moment, i.e. when sunlight and shadows form perfect picture. You caught this moment. Well done.

Great note, BTW.

Yoyo34 (440) 2004-07-31 22:58

Great shot. The feeling you explain in your note is perfectly transmitted by the picture.
The light on the montains is breathtaking.

janwalt (263) 2004-08-08 23:44

Thanks for a spectacular shot, Dan.. The light is amazing, the colors .... wow..... and the composition perfect. A great shot. A definite fave.

rabani (9421) 2004-08-11 5:12

Thoughtful note and melancholic landscape. Can't get better than this to make anyone thinks thing through, about when we are.

mpb001 (4600) 2004-08-28 10:04

Stunning display of light and shadow here. The person in the photo helps add a sence of scale. I really like this photo.

jocke71 (566) 2004-09-07 15:49

Lovely, the play between light and dark brings me the feeling of being part of that multi-million year history. Great one Dan.

annaw (90) 2004-10-12 17:49

Beautiful shot, wild colors. I love the loen person in the shadows. Well done.

retesh_gondal (173) 2004-11-03 14:15

sensational image....green colour is so much appealing and is looking simple awesome...very nice shot...

sn00zie (2384) 2004-11-05 9:11

oh my god! this is drop dead gorgeous-not only does it capture beauty, but also a mood. the light in this picture is wonderful and the composition is briliant. this is truly amazing Dan!

JesusV (922) 2004-11-18 10:53

WOW. What a beautiful landscape the light is unique and the presence of the person makes you understand the sizes and dimesions of the "mother nature". Jesus

colinbrenchley (6133) 2004-12-01 18:04

The colours on the hills highlighted by the sub shining through the gaps in the clouds together with the moody sky add up to a great picture. Must add it to a list of places to visit.

arth (1454) 2005-01-02 17:13

An excellent shot Dan ,unbelievable the light effects on the mountains and the colors are beautiful ,a good composition too ,great job.

Arthur

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quantabeh (5203) 2005-02-27 4:03

my immediate reaction is, "wow". what a beautiful scenery. The colors have been exposed extremely well. and you have depicted 4 fantastic elements really well: the clouds, the tree, the lake and the mountains.
well done, that's all I can say.
regards,

johnhopkins (866) 2005-03-01 19:39

Gorgeous light. Very redolent of Scotland.

jbweasle (9294) 2005-06-17 14:00

Dan, you have captured a fantastic light on these rugged hills. It's particularly glorious under the brooding sky. The single person in the foreground adds to the remote feeling of this place.

ayobami (1343) 2005-07-05 8:38

Another spectacular shot here! The person in the image adds tremendous perspective overall and the lighting and colors are perfect! Nice to see it was shown and appreciated so at the competition you listed, well done!

schapman (0) 2005-08-08 17:57

Dan,
This superb image conveyed everything you wrote in your note and that's the beauty of it.
Not to mention that technically, it is simply a work of art.

Bravo,

Shelly.

lollie (0) 2005-10-04 15:17

Hi,
This a very good landscape, light is magic and colors are just perfect. well done.

ukasz (799) 2005-10-16 14:53

what a place :) what colours :) amazing, nicely captured clouds' shadows and sun lit aprts of the hills, looks really impressive :) greetings

stefi (1147) 2006-07-30 11:37

Great light, great the effect of the man alone in the Nature.
Reading your note, I think that the effect that you have looked for has been reached. It really gaves the feeling of being insignificant in front of majesty of Nature.
Thank you,
Stefano

nivas37 (662) 2006-10-18 13:52

Hi Dan,
Oh! this is one hell of a gorgeous picture! nice note you have there that makes one enjoy the photo all the more!
Rgds / Nivas

Uhu (7394) 2007-02-16 17:21

Incredible photo, great lighting and color!

ahmetgedikli (21946) 2007-02-27 2:12

Hi Dan,
Excellent shot, great lighting and good POv.
Well done.
Ahmet

noborders (14199) 2007-07-05 11:56

This view is really impressive, the person there is dwarfed by the mountains and the colours are gorgeous...
Wild and beautiful !
Bravo,
Cath.

ating76 (45) 2008-05-24 1:18

Hi Dan,

I love the colours in this photo. The contrast of the shadow and light on the hill/mountain is simply wonderful. The hue of blue/gray in the sky/cloud is really great. Did you use a filter for this effect?

TFS.

Regards,
Alvin

ruisc_pt (6207) 2008-06-03 1:01

Congratulations for a so beautiful achievement and splendid note
TFS Dan

chpp (3995) 2009-07-30 12:38

hi Dan
excellent shot, I love the view and the light in this image
the person standing there adds a lot of value to the picture
TFS
C