© Stan Miller.

Stan Miller is a member of Carluke Camera Club. The photograph shows a view from Elgol in Skye looking towards the Cullins. It was taken by him on a Canon EOS3 on Fuji Velvia slide film then scanned to digital format. Stan comments:-

As a photographer, you are always looking to capture a moment in time that to your eyes tells a story or epitomises an event or area. We in Scotland are fortunate to have some of the most spectacular scenery in the world along with a quality of light that can be inspirational.

Such scenery can be found in Skye where this shot was taken, looking towards the Cuillin Hills from Elgol. This part of Skye is a popular photographic area with the journey down the B 8083 past the ruined church and graveyard at Loch Cill Chrios providing a place of quite reflection. On through Torrin around Loch Slapin where you may fortunate enough to have sight of the vibrantly painted fishing boats providing yet another photographic opportunity. As you approach Elgol some fine eating places can be found providing you with good cuisine using local produce at reasonable cost.

The image was taken in spring time, and shows to good effect how the green seaweed mixes with the rocks to fill the foreground, while the sweep of the water leads your eye to the Cuillins in the distance where the dramatic skyline of the jagged peaks and pinnacles lie beneath an almost ideal sky.

It almost makes you want to be there, and that's what this image is about, inviting the viewer to want to go and see for themselves the beauty of our Islands .

While this image satisfies the general viewer, the same scene taken with early or late light, a time favoured by many landscape photographers, would provide a different mood and feel. Another idea would be to wait until some cloud and rain swept in, not an uncommon occurrence in this part of the world, to add drama and provide a sinister effect.

As in all photography, it's capturing the decisive moment of composition, light and mood that take the ordinary and raises it to the outstanding.

You can see more of Stan Miller's work at his website www.stanphoto.co.uk