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Parting Gift

Rannoch Moor, Glencoe, Scotland

The death of a photographic icon. Some folk take a hardline approach to this oft photographed location. Personally I mourn it's sad demise a casualty of the Spring gales where the canopy of this wee island birch caught the prevailing winds as surely as the spinnacher of a racing dinghy and it's inevitable capsize. This is my current favourite shot of the tree at last wrenched from my files. It was minus 22 degrees celcius on that particular morning I started off alone and was joined within half an hour by five or six photographers, but to be honest this was my favourite moment and the most intense glow. Alas it had gone by the time the others arrived.

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Pentax 67 II ,90-180 zoom,Fujichrome Velvia
0.3ND grad, f/22 at 3 seconds. full exif

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Jan van Vlerken 07-Feb-2012 06:31
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Jan van Vlerken
Ian Cameron04-Dec-2011 20:41
Hi Mr Tinker B

I am enormously pleased with this image always have been it is at least two years old but as with the majority of my images it just takes me a long while to getting around to scan them. Happily I have many more on my files which I will really have to get around to showing.
tinkerb03-Dec-2011 20:34
I love this image so much I have come back for another look - and its getting even better!
nrcorby03-Dec-2011 19:21
Remarkable - and, I feel, one of the best images which I have seen from this location.
joanteno02-Dec-2011 00:11
Excellent job - a key lessons is go back again and again to shoot the image under different conditions and lighting pays off big!
Guest 01-Dec-2011 20:54
I'm always thrilled when I come across an image of yours that I hadn't seen before. I love the subtlety in this photo and the beautiful splash of light on the mountains in the background.
tinkerb01-Dec-2011 20:27
What do you mean 'alas it was gone when the others arrived' !!! I would be yes - I got it it they didn't :-) and would have stolled smugly off. Maybe I shouldn't judge eevryone by my own standards!!! This is a stunning image even more so due to the sad demise of the birch. You can't imagine my disappointment when we went back there on the way to Mull and it was down. Big Vote
Toney Smith01-Dec-2011 17:58
I'll reiterate, stunning!
Guest 01-Dec-2011 16:45
Stunning!
Guest 01-Dec-2011 15:05
Beautiful shot!!!
Guest 01-Dec-2011 14:11
Incredibly beautiful!
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