"Kilchurn Castle Panoramic" - a photo on Flickriver

Inspired title from standing in Loch Awe and watching this "awesome" blue hour! I had a wonderful day exploring Glencoe & Oban with my good friend Martin Steele. This panoramic view consisted of 7 images taken with my Nikon 28-70mm as I've recently sold my wide angle lens, I'm waiting on it's replacement!

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I found it a challenge at times not having anything wider than 28mm but it did make me try more things, such as panoramic views and looking for different compositions that suited the longer lens. Anyhow this shot was great fun as Martin was stood to my right and we were just chatting away and enjoying the most wonderful conditions!

We'd made a last minute decision to find the castle and after I had slowed us down by stopping to shoot some highland cattle, we had a race on our hands to find the castle before sunset. Which by the way was a rather subtle affair, we parked just behind the castle (okay not right behind!) and it wasn't till we got here that we realised we should have been on the banks to your right but decided here was just great!

The image was taken post sunset during the blue hour whilst stood in Loch Awe, how appropriate to end the day at such an "awesome" location, I just loved the clouds, the reflections and the snow on the distant mountains!

Such great company and weather, blue skies, snowy mountains, highland cattle, stag and deer everywhere, a buzzard, castles and some of the most amazing reflections I've ever seen! Oh and a band filming a video by the Beuckle! What a great day!

Thanks again Martin for the company!

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Camera Nikon D600
Lens Nikon AF-S 28-70mm f/2.8 ED
Exposure 30 sec
Aperture f/9.0
Focal Length 28 mm
ISO Speed 100

Manfrotto 055XDB 3 Section Aluminium Tripod
Manfrotto 494RC2 Ball Head
Wireless Shutter Release

Lee 0.9 Hard Grad (Holding back the Sky)
KOOD ND4 (Across whole scene)

RAW File Processed in Adobe Lightroom 4.4
Logo and Panoramic made in Photoshop Elements 9

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Taken on: February 16, 2014

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Camera: Nikon D600, f/9.0, 30 sec, 28mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D600
Lens:	28.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	30
Focal Length:	28mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 9.0 Windows
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