Photography tips: Grey Mares Tail waterfall, Kinlochleven, Scotland
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- In this video I return to Kinlochleven to try to capture better images than I did on my previous visit to Grey Mares Tail. Will I manage it?
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Great shots again John and the view from the top down the loch is beautiful. Looking forward to more😀
Thanks Malcolm! Its a great view and well worth the hike up!
Love watching your videos of our lovely country.
Thanks Helen! Glad you're enjoying them
Thanks, John. Another engaging video. Loved the images. It’s amazing how the change of the seasons can make the same location into an entirely different set of photo opportunities. It’s always enriching and a learning experience to see how you approach your shots and to hear you tell us what you’re looking for and why. Great work, as always!
Thanks James! Glad you enjoyed the video! :)
Another great video again John. Really start getting the itch to get back up there again after watching your films! 👍👍
Thanks Simon. Let me know if you free up some time!
Always the same with falls like these John. They can be messy but there's not a lot we can do. I found the falls at Kilsyth were like that.
Very true. I like the challenge though!
Like many others will no doubt say - congratulations on another extraordinary video. I've been to the Grey Mare's Tail a few times now; and it's great to see it in different seasons and with different water levels. It's a narrow path, especially across the gangplanks. In my younger, more "mountain-goat" days, I'd have been tempted to carry on up the stream but the risk of getting wet feet, broken limbs and busted camera equipment held me back once again. It's great to see exactly what images you took and what thought processes you go through - especially in those locations that I've been to before. It goes a very long way to pursuading me to make more trips to Scotland and take in the even more of the fabulous scenery. You are one of the best photography channels out there.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video. Did you find a different viewpoint when you went? I'm determined to find a new shot there. Will try again when I'm doing the west highland way
@@JohnMcKennaPhotographyI got some shots from the gangplanks area, as well as a few from the stream bed just below the planks. Also took a few on the constructed steps through the woodland just above the bridge footbridge (autumn colours and all that) And some next to the bench on the viewpoint which looks out over Loch Leven. Don't know if I can add a link here, but these are the images I took: th-cam.com/video/dzkNkaEQ73g/w-d-xo.html Next time I'll continue up beyond the bench to gain a higher viewpoint over Kinlochleven and the mountains alongside the loch.
Thanks for the link, I've subscribed!
You got some great shots there John.
Coincidently I've just completed editing a vlog from another Grey Mare's Tail this time in Snowdonia (Will be up on YT at the end of the month).
Grey Mare's Tail is such a common name for a waterfall but didn't know about this one at Kinlochleven.... and I'm sure I visited another one in the Scottish boarders years ago, back in my mountain biking days. Somewhere near Peebles perhaps.
Thanks Garry! Yeh, there's a Grey Mares Tail near Moffat. It's a nice walk with a lovely little loch at the top. Hoping to do that soon actually. I didn't know there was one in Snowdonia though. Will keep an eye out for that video!
You got some lovely dappled light, John, I always find the Waterfall frustratingly awkward to get close to, even at the end of the planks it is still short of where you would want to be.
Thankfully you weren't blown off the hill and lashed with driving rain.
Thanks Douglas. Ive never braved that walk along the planks. Is it worth the effort? When i was leaving there were a group of rock climbers heading across so i just assumed the cables and planks were there to help climbers access the rock face
The simple answer is no, it is still an awkward angle, not sure what all the cables are for, they could be for climbers.@@JohnMcKennaPhotography
Glad I didn't bother then! @@douglasritchie2836
Did you mention a book coming along? Oh I hope I didn't hear wrong. Lovely video as usual.
Thanks Ian! I did mention a book. Very close to completion! This video, and the last, plus a couple more future ones are all about me returning to a few locations to try to improve on earlier work. (Some of which dates back to 2012!)
Splendiferous 😂.
Thanks! :)
now on my map thanks
Well worth a visit Paul. If possible go in late autumn or winter though. The waterfall is very difficult to see in mid-summer - unless you can find a better view point!
Loved the video so want to get back up there sometime.
Thanks! Its a great location!
Great shots John, never been to the top of the waterfall, seems I missed out
Thanks Jeff. It's a bit of a steep climb up but well worth the effort. The path is well maintained as it's part of the walking route to a few of the larger mountains in the Mamore range
I'd stick to the big vistas there. The cascades are nice, but millions of them closer to home and the waterfall isn't going to get better unless there's some major rock movement or you can get a viewpoint from the left hand side closer the fall (may require wide detour through the rhododendrons).
aye, there is only a very narrow window where the falls can be viewed. I had hoped to climb around that little rocky area to the left to see if a view could be found but I couldn't find anything obvious. I even attempted a view down from the top of the hill but I never think falls look impressive from the top looking down and these are no different. (it's also a tad steep and quite high when you get close to the top most drop!)
I shoot a lot of waterfalls and for me you have to include both the top (even if you have problems with blowing out) and also the base, preferably from about half way up, otherwise it just loses the sense of it being a waterfall, not just some falling water; if you know what I mean. The ravines in Scotland are always problematic. You make the effort to get to something that looks good on a map and then ... WTF am I supposed to do with that.@@JohnMcKennaPhotography
@@iainmc9859 agree with that!
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What setting do you use to get the intense ccolour , I mainly use Fine Detail .. Or is it do with the editing afterwards .
. I use Affinity2 ..
Thanks! I usually shoot in RAW then tweak the colours in the edit. I tend to use Photoshop mainly but I use the Nik Collection by DxO for some images, especially the Colour Efex 4 plug in
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