The Mystical Quiraing

First of all, I must say - lucky you for getting to shoot this incredible place! The weather looked like it was perfect, and “Mystical” is ABSOLUTELY the right term to describe this place! It is utterly breathtaking, and I’m so thankful there are photographers like you whom I can live vicariously through and feel like I’ve visited places without having gone anywhere! (I don’t have much of a life haha!)

I can’t tell if this is edited at all but it looks to be a completely natural shot - the greens and yellows (especially the greens to the right and the yellows on the tree) are gorgeous. I like that you got the lakes in the piece, along with the hills and the (only slightly) ominous clouds overhead. I’m not familiar with Transient light workshops, so I would have liked for you to perhaps explain your process a bit more for those of us who are total beginners at photography. (I’m at the level of beginner where you have a camera but have no idea what to do with it, so it’s possible that I wouldn’t have understood even if you tried to explain!)

As far as the photo itself goes - why, I can’t think of a single thing you could have done to make it better, other than take multiple pictures from multiple angles. I saw in your caption that you’d taken another photo (from another angle), and I look forward to seeing that one also! One thing you might want to consider, though, is adding a link to other photos in a series so that your watchers on here can see them a bit more conveniently. Thanks again for taking this wonderful shot - it makes me want to visit Scotland so much!

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