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Ian Cameron

Sharks Tooth Halo

Duncansby, Caithness, Scotland

I believe this to be just about the most spectacular of our British coastline. Close To John O Groats and at the extreme northern tip of mainland Britain it isn't the most accessible of areas but a half hour brisk walk prior to a summer sunrise will bring you close to this viewpoint. Several circumstances had to come together in order to record this scene. the inherently high contrast is effectively controlled by a tiny patch of cloud over the sun, the reflection line of the sun in the water was positioned to equally split the line of light around either side of the sharks tooth and finally being a silhouette all of the rock features had to be separated from each other to record as discrete entities - not easy.

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Pentax 67 II ,90-180 zoom,Fujichrome Velvia
Polariser backed off 50%, 0.75ND grad, f/16 at 1/125 second. full exif

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McGarva04-Sep-2012 18:56
Right place ... right time ... right exposure! :)
Wonderful image Ian
Jess. ( Lady.D.)04-Sep-2012 15:07
Stunning work, the light is just about perfect....
Barry S Moore04-Sep-2012 12:15
Brilliant work to gets this all together. a lovely sun and effective contrast. Big vote.
FrankB04-Sep-2012 11:38
beuatiful luminosity on the water.....V
Pete Hemington04-Sep-2012 10:10
This is execellent - with the halo of sunlight round the tooth as you say and wonderful composition and exposure control.
(Is it the most spetacular coast in the British Isle? Maybe but you'll have to dicuss that one further and compare Hartland in Devon - lol)
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