The Pentland(s) Rising

[Douglas McMann]

Pentland Hills rising above Edinburgh, taken from Lower Largo, Fife.

Title is play on words from the short story by Robert Louis Stevenson, The Pentland Rising: A Page of History, 1666, which was an account of the Covenanters rebellion against their persecution from the incumbent Monarch...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Nice shot, Dougie! with the foreground tapering away to the left! and the birds moving towards the centre. The rest is nice too! Can't quite see my hoose, though!

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Dougie, once again a superb Image and you have an ability to show the scale of the landscape wonderfully. The far hills/ mountains have a huge presence yet do not dominate the foreground. Superb balance.

 

[Tom Dunne]

Fantastic tiers of cloud again here and there is a great shape to the rock formation in the foreground. Another great landscape with great clarity throughout.

 

[Douglas McMann]

Dougie, once again a superb Image and you have an ability to show the scale of the landscape wonderfully. The far hills/ mountains have a huge presence yet do not dominate the foreground. Superb balance.

Thanks Julian...

I'm sure that the focal length of 135mm plays a big part, compressing the perspective and having a narrow field-of-view...

 

[Tom Dunne]

Nice shot, Dougie! with the foreground tapering away to the left! and the birds moving towards the centre. The rest is nice too! Can't quite see my hoose, though!

It's the one with the harpsichord outside it Rob!

 

[Brian Moore]

Bonnie fotie, Dougie! Magnificent sky!

 

[Pete Askew]

A wonderful sense of scale again and I really like the layers of clouds.

 

[Douglas McMann]

A wonderful sense of scale again and I really like the layers of clouds.

Thanks...