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

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