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16-May-2016 Ian Cameron

Duncansby Head

Duncansby Head, Caithness, Scotland.

Devilishly difficult for me to get down to anymore, mainly due to a snapped Achilles heel, and it's probably now made off limits on the grounds of health and safety. This tricky descent to the sea floor at the base of the Duncansby cliffs to view the dagger shaped stacks is quite a wonderful viewpoint. I loved the red sandstone rock and the soft stormy light, though I had to use some very judicious filtering with a combination of ND grads and a slight turn of a polariser to control reflected light. Why, well this was shot on my old Pentax 67II a few years back and the dynamic range of Fuji Velvia film is barely 5 stops. The old steam driven SLR reflex still occasionally gets to come out and play, mainly because I have around 50 rolls of Fuji Velvia 50 120 film to use up, and secondly because I like the sound it makes when you fire the shutter causing every bird for a hundred metres to launch themselves skyward, and that's with the mirror locked up.

Pentax 67 II ,Pentax 55-100 zoom,Fujichrome Velvia
0.6ND hard edged filter, 0.6 Soft Edged filter, Polariser at 50% strength, f25 at 1/2 Second, ISO 50. full exif

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jtocaciu11-May-2025 07:55
Impressive sea and costal line scape. BV.
Ehud Dekel25-Dec-2024 20:14
Anyway - A magnificent picture
joanteno10-Nov-2024 11:03
Beautiful..
John Reynolds LRPS11-Oct-2024 12:23
Well worth the long descent. V.
Guy Dube06-Oct-2024 14:35
A very impressive scenery Ian, V
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