Coral Beach Isle of Skye
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- In this video entitles, Coral Beach Isle of Skye, I talk you through my thought process when visiting an area for the first time.
A couple of weeks ago I hosted a workshop on the Isle of Skye. As always after a workshop, I always factor in a few days for myself. This time is mainly used to explore for new areas to visit in future workshops.
WHERE IS CORAL BEACH? Coral Beach is situated in the north of Skye. It's in a small crofting community of Claigan. It's quite a tricky place to find. I'd suggest travelling to Dunvegan Castle. Then continue along the single track road that drives past the castle until you come to a dead end. The end of the road has enough space for quite a few vehicles. Even though it has parking spaces for quite a few vehicles I wouldn't risk going there at obviously busy times.
PARKING: goo.gl/maps/Va...
Paste the above link into Google Maps for directions for parking.
Once you've parked up follow the path down to the beach. It's a fairly steady walk but it's a good mile or so. Pack for the weather!
So how did I get on? You'll have to watch the video to discover!
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You are a life saver Gary with your excellent videos i am currently stuck in bed with Covid and would be climbing the walls without them, I have learned so much from watching your tutorials although my old head does not always remember everything keep up the good work take care and stay safe.
I had it a few weeks ago so I know what you're going through. Get well soon xx
You are not only the best creator of photography vlogs on TH-cam, you’re the best photography teacher too! I learn so much every time you post a video! Thanks!
Consider yourself added to my Christmas card list 👍👍
Mother Nature made you listen to her. That is her power, Gary!
She did indeed 😊❤❤
Your enthusiasm is infectious, thank you!
Beautiful images
Many thanks 👍👍
Hope this helps. Taken from Encyclopedia Briannica . - island, any area of land smaller than a continent and entirely surrounded by water. Islands may occur in oceans, seas, lakes, or rivers. A group of islands is called an archipelago. Another great video.
Looks a cracking location Gary. Beautfiul images mate 👍👍
It was an awesome place... in those conditions 😁😁
Your creatively brilliant Gary! Always great and thanks for taking us along.
Kind of you to say Jim, cheers 👍👍
Beautiful images Gary, thank you for sharing
Love your main image Gary, fantastic composition, brilliantly executed. Very very absorbing video.
That silence, that atmosphere was speaking to my soul. That was the highlight for me, the images reflected that feeling too. Wow what an evening.
Thank you Lisa xx
Fantastic video. All the photos are gorgeous.
Really enjoyable especially the colour shots
Stunning work !
Cheers Richie 👍👍
@@GaryGough No worries.
Good job Gary, Nice images as usual and you kept your feet dry.
lol Cheers Ian 👍👍
What a absolutely gorgeous spot you found. Great images as usual. Thank you for sharing your thoughts processes in taking these images, and tips for shooting into the sun.
Cheers Mike 👍👍
Wow Gary, excellent Vlog and stunning images. well done.
Brillant film fantastic images as well mate.
Cheers Tyrone 👍👍
Lovely locations, great photos. Thanks !
We've seen it time and time again if there is a composition Gary Gough will search it out! I find the B&W's too sombre, the colour images, truly beautiful, great job Gary, thanks for sharing with us. cheers.
Kind of you to say, cheers 👍👍
I've been to Coral beach it's a magical place, great video Gary.
Loving the black and white rendering your doing on these shots 😍
Great shots!
Thanks Dave 👍👍
Beautiful!
Thank you
Nice Gary and love the picturez
Cheers Allan 👍👍
Great video Gary - you always manage to find the compositions that work, which is so motivating to watch.
A lot can be learnt watching this video - not least of all the benefit of slowing down the pace and looking around for opportunities which are there - but so easily missed. Really enjoyed the video.
Cheers Keith 👍👍
How good was that 🙌👏👏
The moment comes when you feel and absorb what nature has just created for you, what an amazing feeling you shared from that afternoon shoot. Thanks for sharing with us Gary.
Thanks Ross 👍👍
So good Gary, the location, the beach, the sunset...the images!
Thanks Susan 👍👍
I never got to Coral Beach Gary but given we were both in Skye at the same time doesn't surprise me the sea was like that. I had almost as flat a sea at Elgol!! Good tips on exposing into the sun I tend to tak multiple bracket images and vary the bracket so I get an extra wide range of exposures and then experiment with the blending. I know ND grads would be 'simpler' but I can't be faffed carrying them. certainly a location I'll think about for sunsets when I'm next on Skye....spoilt for choice. Hope you had a great Easter.
Cheers Steve and ditto re Easter xx
Was on Skye last week all weather's in a week had great time, got my list for next year.
Hope this location is on it! Parking info etc is in the videos description if you need it 👍👍
@@GaryGough Did coral last year will go back def did rudha hunish point and the kilted red fox, worth a look at.
Such a calming video Gary and what a treat to watch.I’m so homesick right now!💙
Thanks Anne 👍👍
Love the video as usual Gary. Australia used to be called an island.
@vivienne noble Still is. We call it the West Island.
Did you know that Australia has 8222 islands? The UK has 4400 (According to Google) 😁😁
@@GaryGough No, I never knew that.
Beautiful setting Gary stunning images as always sorry but I don't know the answer to your question but it is an interesting one hope you get the answer 👍
Hey Gary, love your work. To answer your question, I think a body of land is classified as an island when all edges of the land are surrounded by water. Just a guess… continue the great work!
amazing video as was the conditions great shots realy cant wait for the next adventure tnx for sharing
Cheers Bryan 👍👍
Beautiful sunset images Gary; the one at 16.35 is my favourite.
Great minds and all that Paul. That's my favourite too 👍👍
Another cracking vlog Gary, couldn't stop thinking you were going to jump across the sea gap on to that small rock formation like Fred the weatherman used to though when you were stood on the edge!!! 🤣🤣🤣
I did think about it. Great minds and all that :)
Looked like you were at one with nature there Gary. What a great day it must have been.
Stunning calming photos, and i will definitely give your "shooting into bright light and exposure blending techniques" a go.
Thanks again.
Cheers David 👍👍
When the missus and I were last there is was freezing cold and windy, but there was still a magic about the place. Thanks for sharing, loved the first image in colour. Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic location Gary.
Thank you for the tips on shooting into the sun at sunset.
Enjoy the rest of your time on Skye as we did a few weeks ago.
Cheers Tim 👍👍
What a stunning location, and so peaceful ❤ Loving the image at 16:34 👍
Cheers Steve 👍👍
Gorgeous tranquil spot, lovely images. There is no standard of size that distinguishes an island from a continent or indeed an islet. It is just a piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat (water) for instance. Lots of other terms for islands such as Skerries, Atolls, Eyots and Holms according to where in the World you may be. Orkney have lots of Holms (pronounced Ham) Great tips for shooting into the sun Gary 👍 will take that on board
Did you know that Australia has 8222 islands? The UK has 4400 (According to Google) 😁😁
I can't find a definitive answer for the US. Maybe nobody has counted them :)
Como siempre, un trabajo exquisito.
Amable de su parte decir, gracias
It's a magical place isle of skye, spent last Christmas and new years eve with my family there missing it each and every day since, despite my visit to coral beach was little more windy like a hurricane 🌀
Thanks 👍👍
Wow what magical conditions Gary. A great vlog & some great images - definitely prefer the colour versions in this instance - superb - thank you - John
Thanks Gary for the advice on shooting into the sunset very helpful . Beautiful scenery and stunning images. Thanks for sharing. Happy Easter 😊👍🙏
Thanks Cath with a C 👍👍 Happy Easter to you too xx
@@GaryGough Thanks Gary 😊👍🙏
Maravillosas fotografías
Amable de su parte decir, gracias
What a lovely video.
Cheers John 👍👍
Well done mate, very enjoyable vlog, love the enthusiasm!
Cheers GB 👍👍
CW
We were taught in school that an island is any piece of earth that is completely surrounded by water. In the St. Lawrence Seaway between Canada and the US in the thousand islands area there is an island about 6 feet in diameter with one tree growing out of it and it was counted as an island. It is the smallest island in the river as well. Conrad
Gary I agree we need to remember to enjoy the journey and not get too hung up on the destination or image we had in our minds.
Cheers Ian 👍👍
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, for example, defines islands as “lands isolated by surrounding water and with a high proportion of coast to hinterland”; stipulates that they must be populated, separated from the mainland by a distance of at least two kilometres, and measure between 0.15 square kilometres and the size of Greenland (2.2 million square kilometres).
The odd looking rocks with polygonal outlines are probably 55 million year old columnar basalts, volcanic rocks long since cooled. Exactly the same thing as Giant's Causeway.
Oh cool. I thought they looked a little similar 👍👍
Love the colour version Gary. Visited Coral Beach a few years ago when we holidayed on the Isle of Skye. Not as quiet as it was for you, but beautiful nevertheless.
Very amazing shots, first was my favourite, would you be willing to make a tutorial on how you combine the three different shots into one?
Cheers Roger 👍👍
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“Plus it’s thinning” lol 😂
:) Or not in my case 😁😁 Cheers Richie
@@GaryGough Nothing wrong with ya bud. I just thought it was funny.
In Ontario, Canada, we have islands small enough to stand on and that’s it, and those are surveyed as islands. Have you considered coming to northern Ontario? It’s a great place for landscapes.
I'd love to go there. Fingers crossed maybe one day!
Australia is sometimes classified as an island. So an island can be pretty big.
Same for the UK but did you know that Australia has 8222 islands? The UK has 4400 (According to Google) 😁😁
Here is an answer Gary : In article 121 of the United Nationa of the Law of the Sea of 10 Dec 1982 (UNCLOS), the definition goes beyond the standard description of a landmass surrounded by water, by adding that it should be "naturally formed", and that it should also be "above water at high tide":
Apparently, it's not that simple. According to some, the land must be visible at all tide heights. What about land masses that are formed withing lakes? If these can be called Islands then what happens if the lake water level lowers and you can walk to the said island?
Did you know that Australia has 8222 islands? The UK has 4400 (According to Google) 😁😁
I can't find a definitive answer for the US. Maybe nobody has counted them :)
Is Holy Island (Lindisfarne) an Island? It's a land mass off the coast of the UK that's surrounded by water for around 6 hours per day. Is that a part-time Island?
Oh I love a good question :)
Interesting question Gary. Greenland is the world's largest island that is not a continent. Australia is the world's smallest continent that is an island. So landmass doesn't come into the definition which generally defines any land mass surrounded by water as an island.
Did you know that Australia has 8222 islands? The UK has 4400 (According to Google) 😁😁
@@GaryGough No I didn't. You got me on that one.
Truly Outstanding 👍
Thank you 👍👍
I actually lived in one of the houses next to the car park up until late 2020. Gorgeous place, and I loved being able to walk down there whenever I could. Only downside is that it's too small for the amount of publicity it's been getting, so driving on the island has become quite dangerous.
Oh wow. Amazing place to walk the dog or go for exercise, as long as the weather is good that is :)
@@GaryGough oh yeah definitely! Our dogs loved it. Used to take the horses down there too! Lovely during the summer and autumn :)
An island is a land mass lying in a sea or inland body of water, rising above the water level even at high tide, which is completely surrounded by water but is not a continent. Greetings from Bavaria Thomas
Very romantic, sit with a loved one on the beach with a glass of wine.
Sounds like a plan, when are you free? 😁😁
Iceland has an "island" up towards the pole, its used to set rules about fishing limits. (I think). The island is unstable and getting smaller and smaller, but its still called an island if it sticks above the water.
Nice work and a fantastic location photo1 looks almost like a moon scape shot.
Niumber 2 is just so peaceful and calming. 2x👍
Question for you, why do we as photographes use B&W for art and yet you never see a B&W painting? great video.
Great point. I've never realised that before. You've got me thinking now :)
@@GaryGough It is an odd one. 👍👍
There is no minimum size to define an island as such.
The discriminating factors are that the island is inhabited and that the tides do not completely overwhelm it.
Oh cool. Sounds reasonable. Cheers 👍👍
Great vlog Garry, loved the first one but the rest were great also. Nice tohave the place to yourself.
Hi Gary,
Very impressive, as usual. However, i have a stupid question but here goes;- When you blended your three images, the first was exposed for detail in the foreground, the second was for detail in the sky, but which of these do you use as a base to determine the exposure for your long-exposure image that flattens out the sea?
Beautiful, how you can know when is the tide in order to have enough water ?
Island is a part of land surrounded by water able to support life of three trees minimum...
Apparently, it's not that simple. According to some, the land must be visible at all tide heights. What about land masses that are formed withing lakes?
Did you know that Australia has 8222 islands? The UK has 4400 (According to Google) 😁😁
I can't find a definitive answer for the US. Maybe nobody has counted them :)
@@GaryGough Philippine 7641, but Greece is estimated 1200 - 6000 islands depending exactly on this: what is considered as an island (by size) or not. I don't remember where I've read about trees, but I'm sure about it, cause the rest are considered as rock formation above water. Actually it's undefined, strange...
An island is a piece of land surrounded by water on all four sides. I live on Long Island. It's surrounded by water. There is no size limit.
@Linda Karlin What about triangular, round, oval, etc? :-)
Did you know that Australia has 8222 islands? The UK has 4400 (According to Google) 😁😁
I can't find a definitive answer for the US. Maybe nobody has counted them :)
I’d be interested in seeing a tutorial on how you blended those three images.
You might want to consider joining my TH-cam channel where I divulge my post-processing techniques. Take a look here... garygough.co.uk/members-only
Cheers 👍👍
An island must be surrounded by water, at least 2km from a mainland, be populated and measuring between 0.15 square kilometres and 2.2million square kilometres the latter being the size of Greenland.
Under international maritime law, an island is land that is at all times above the surrounding water and capable of sustaining human life. The law however doesn’t provide any guide as what might constitute sustainment of human life, leading to a number of international territorial disputes eg South China Sea.
That's the best description/explanation so far. Makes a lot of sense too. Cheers Clive 👍👍
how quiet it was !!!
Thanks Pierre 👍👍
Which Ifootage tripod are you using and what head? I am thinking hard about getting an Ifootage tripod.
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This is a list of my gear. The ifootage tripod is brilliant btw 👍👍
I found an ancient fossilized shoe at this beach.
Now that's cool 👍👍
According to National Geographic Society Greenland is the largest island at 836,000 square miles. They say "An island is a body of land surrounded by water" Apparently there appears to be no set upper size to be classed as an island, except to say that a continent is not called an island, but it can contain islands within it. OK now my brain hurts.
Apparently, it's not that simple. According to some, the land must be visible at all tide heights. What about land masses that are formed withing lakes? If these can be called Islands then what happens if the lake water level lowers and you can walk to the said island?
Did you know that Australia has 8222 islands? The UK has 4400 (According to Google) 😁😁
I can't find a definitive answer for the US. Maybe nobody has counted them :)
Is Holy Island (Lindisfarne) an Island? It's a land mass off the coast of the UK that's surrounded by water for around 6 hours per day. Is that a part-time Island?
Oh I love a good question :)
It's as hard to define as light and darkness but you know the difference when you see it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island