Eas Fors Waterfall, Isle of Mull

The dramatic Eas Fors waterfall is located about a mile north of Lagganulva on the B8073 where there is a small car park. It is a spectacular sight, especially in spate. Eas Fors comprises of a series of waterfalls, the upper falls above the road and the lower falls below.

Access to all parts of the falls can be difficult, particularly after rain when the ground will be soft and slippery.

The lower falls in particular can be a dangerous place to reach, there is no access down to the beach directly from the car park.

Water in Landscape Photography

Water in landscape photography can provide an interest element in your photography composition. Using it in your landscape photography can enhance your photo by adding mood and drama. If the water is ‘flowing’ then it will add a ‘sense of movement’ to your landscape photography.

It can be considered a subject in its own right and become the primary subject within the photo or just a part of the overall landscape photography composition, you will have to decide how much you want in the scene to create your vision.

As the photographer you are the creator and your chosen composition is your personal vision of the world. A landscape image needs to be more than just a record of a place visited. It needs to have feeling that is achieved by combining the qualities of seeing, patience, light, technical competence and last but not least a little good fortune. By using water in landscape photography you are adding a vital and interesting element.

I have put together a small selection of images below that include water in landscape photography, all the images show ‘movement’ with movement within the landscape photography image.

“Without great solitude no serious work is possible.” – Pablo Picasso

All these images were taken on the Isle of Mull. Your thoughts and comments are welcome and would be appreciated.

Water in the Landscape Top Ten – Photography

Water in the landscape is constantly moving and can add real impact and drama to the your landscape photography compositions. As can be seen in the small selection of images below we have water in the landscape that is calm, rough and reflective. With good camera technique we can ‘freeze’ water or allow it to become blurred to convey movement that will add a dynamic quality to the photograph.

Living on the west coast of Scotland we are never too far from water in the landscape, be it inland lochs or coastal environments it plays a significant part in much of my landscape photography.

“No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.” ~ Toaist Proverb

When creating images with water in the landscape it is often a good idea to use a polarising filter to saturate colours and reduce some of the reflection. It needs to be used carefully however as we may not want to completely remove all of the reflection.

Artistically filters can have a great impact on your photography and the effect of a polarising filter is just about the only filter that cannot be recreated on the computer.

Loch Maree, Wester Ross

Loch na Keall at sunset, Isle of Mull

Loch Torridon from Red Point, Wester Ross

Loch Bearnach in winter sunset, Isle of Mull

Incoming tide, surf and seaweed

Toward the Isle of Skye at sunset from Red Point, Wester Ross

Rocks and surf

Tranquility at Loch Gairloch, Wester Ross

Loch Torridon, Wester Ross

As ever happy to receive your comments and feedback on these water in the landscape images, please share to social networks if you would like to spread the word.

Long exposure tidal water images

I was keen to create a collection of long exposure images to ‘capture’ the flowing water of the incoming tide during our recent trip to Wester Ross on the west coast of Scotland.

Fortunately on the days I chose to take these there was a fairly good sky with plenty of detail and a little colour. This has made a perfect backdrop to the long exposure water images and also added a little reflected colour to the water in some of the images.

Exposure details ~ Canon EOS5D mkII, 24mm, ISO200, 8sec @ f16

Exposure details ~ Canon EOS5D mkII, 24mm, ISO100, 10sec @ f16

Exposure details ~ Canon EOS5D mkII, 24mm, ISO100, 10sec @ f16

Exposure details ~ Canon EOS5D mkII, 24mm, ISO100, 30sec @ f16

Exposure details ~ Canon EOS5D mkII, 17mm, ISO100, 2sec @ f16