Portree Harbour

[anderson.council]

My other half is into horses and so spent Friday taking loads of shots of the show jumping at Horseguard's Parade, London. Great event but after attempting to PP my shots I've realised I've really only got record shots. I need a good telephoto/zoom for this work and my old 75-300 f5.6 is just not up to it. Could also be user error.

So I decided to process a panorama from Skye instead. So here is Portree Harbour at the worst time of day (just before noon) and I can see some banding in the sky caused by the polarizer but other than that it's a good representation of the place.

C&C welcome.

Portree Harbour Panorama by anderson.council, on Flickr

[jimsphotography]

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An excellent pano - brings back fond memories when my wife & I stopped in a self catering cottage just off to the left of this picture. Skye is such a magical location and I think you have caught some of its qualities in this image.
James

[anderson.council]

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Thanks James. We were blessed by the weather god's that week and so this shot works better than it perhaps would on a dull grey day. As for the rest of the island it is indeed a fantastic place for photography.

[jimsphotography]

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Somebody once told me you get all the seasons in one afternoon. - perhaps that adds to the magic
Cheers and thanks for posting
James

[ColytonJohn]

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Really nice

I've said before that I've been to Portree a couple of times, never ventured down to the harbour but certainly will next time I go. Seeing images like this just makes me kick myself for being so remiss; it's as pretty as the best Cornwall has to offer but without the iced cream, fish 'n' chips and pasty eating hordes. I may post something nasty later to make my point.

Skye is most definitely one place in the UK anyone with an interest in landscape photography should visit. I once read that Mull is even more spectacular but I’ve never been so will reserve judgement until I do.

Cheers,
John

[tesarver]

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Tom

[Skyelines]

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Looks almost tropical.

Unlike today...

[EOS_User]

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Hi Scott; thanks for posting... I'm embarrassed to say that I'm very badly travelled in the UK (having spent most of my working life elsewhere), and have never visited Scotland outside of the big cities, but I'll get there sooner or later

[DrJon]

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Nice!

[ST-EOS]

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Very nice Scott. You did well handholding for a twelve image stitch

[anderson.council]

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Thanks guys, appreciate all your comments.

[Bill53]

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Very nice Scott.

Bill.