Chasing the light at the Corpach Shipwreck

In this video I head to Corpach with a very specific shot in mind - but nothing goes to plan... will I get any useable images??
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[@matthewdray83]

you were blessed with light, but you are right, you cannot go out with your perfect shot in your mind, you have to take what you are given.

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

Very true! Lesson learned

[@lindastewart4641]

Just came across your channel, wonderful images & you made me laugh, “absolutely baltic” so Scottish 😂

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

haha - Thanks Linda! :)

[@CliffHands]

John. Absolutely lovely images captured there, most importantly the Ben was clear and no shroud around it. Lovely light. Brilliant captures. 👍

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

Thanks! I was lucky - for a while at least - until the conditions changed! I'm sure there's a good shot there when the street lights are on. Might try again next time I'm up that way

[@Strehlbuster]

plans might go wrong, but your photographs never fail!

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

Thanks!

[@colinmackenziephotography9009]

Superb John. Despite the best laid schemes o' mice and John! - some fantastic images.

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

haha - thanks Colin! It's a great spot, although getting a little too busy these days

[@alisonlyons4691]

Hi John, nice wee video. Poor boat , ive watched it through the years getting more and more wrecked. The roofs at Caol village are a nice subjct with the Ben towering above. Along the shore on the other side of the burn stacks of drift wood and almost whole trees gets washed up there, and gives lovely leading lines to the Ben. Better luck next time, but your photo are still great.....Alioban ❤

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

Thanks! I'll explore the other side of the stream next time i'm there!

[@alisonlyons4691]

👍😊​@@JohnMcKennaPhotography

[@glasgownightphotography]

The shot at 13.30 looks like a painting, so beautiful

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

@@glasgownightphotography thanks mate! If I could paint I'd have probably done that and stayed warm! (And actually got the final image I was after!)

[@glasgownightphotography]

@@JohnMcKennaPhotography That one and the one at the end were stunning 👏👏

[@chrisgunn2411]

Final shot was well worth the wait.superb.

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

thanks! :)

[@haroldcarlson2775]

Beautiful processing. I enjoyed the progression of your images.

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

Thank you!

[@andrewknowles6731]

Good effort John! I visited for the first time recently during that dreadful week of flat light and low cloud so my only visible subject was the wreck itself. To see the mountains at all would have been amazing.... love the wide shot and the colour palette of the boat and mountains. Its a location to visit again and many times over I think to get the best out of it.

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

Thanks! Yeh, I'm sure I'll find myself there again at some point in the near future. I'll probably go with more of an open mind again next time though rather than trying to pre-visualize what I'm going to shoot. It never works out for me!

[@dougiemilnephotography756]

Superb pano at the end. You're suffering for your art. I'd have given up long before that 😜😜

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

Thanks Dougie! I wish I'd given up long before too! I was sure there was a shot there too. Maybe try again next time I'm up that way.

[@NigelBaileyPhotography]

Beautiful shots there, especially the final moody pano. It reminded me of so many of my own shoots - especially the many miles travelled and hours, even days, spent trying for particular shots of the night sky only to find the sky did not want to cooperate.

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

thanks Nigel! the joys of planning a shoot only to have it all go wrong eh?

[@krimke881]

Great shot. Had a simliar evening/night last winter. Shipwreck, milky way and annoying cloud cover,

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

thanks! Did you get the shot you were after?

[@jameschetwynd]

Like the location.

[@sabujames9265]

John, it was affy nice to meet you at Loch Chon today with my friend Ranji. Sabu

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

Hi Sabu, it was great to meet you both! Did you manage to get along to any of the other locations we spoke about? Hope you got some great shots!

[@jamesvoiss7122]

Even though you did not get the shot you wanted, you got some great images. Thank you!

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

Thanks Jim. Great day out but VERY cold by the end!

[@jamesvoiss7122]

@ I knew it had to be bad when you pulled up your hood!!

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

Haha! Very true!

[@mjgholfza]

So beautiful!

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

Thank you! :)

[@stigfloberghagenphotography]

Great video even though the photography was tricky 👍🙂

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

Thanks!

[@stigfloberghagenphotography]

@JohnMcKennaPhotography 👍

[@spikeB2B]

Well done john for trying…! Was standing in the same place as you 3 weeks ago wonderful location 👍👍

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

It is!

[@mattchristie1810]

I was there on Thursday 😆 the tide was in, there was a beautiful low mist, but I didn't fancy staying till after sunset. Animal-kind had conspired against me on my way up with a huge stag in the road that I narrowly missed in the dark. Didn't wan to meet him on the way back!

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

@@mattchristie1810 you had the conditions i was after! Bet there was no other photographers around too! Haha typical! Maybe next time!

[@Badger220455]

Never an easy shot. Well done John.

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

Thanks!

[@bernardjohnwright]

Still loved the images

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

@@bernardjohnwright thanks!

[@PhotoBillyDoesYouTube]

stunning, managed a few shots there. what id give to have that on my door step

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

it's a great location!

[@ChristineGibbons-s8r]

Unlucky with the photos John I still liked them . I run Ben Nevis 8 times I wanted a conochie plaque it is 21 Ben races . When I see your pics of the Ben it takes me back to the good old days . David bolton lancs

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

thanks David! I don't think I could run DOWN Ben Nevis never mind up it! 8 times is some achievement! Well done!!

[@composedlight6850]

As you say have a plan is good ----- but i have learnt to accept that what ever truns up.

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

@@composedlight6850 i prefer to just photograph what happens rather than try to predict it

[@rayspencer5025]

One of the main tenets of my life is... "The unaimed arrow never misses."

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

very true! That might be the new motto for the channel!

[@rayspencer5025]

@JohnMcKennaPhotography I have no idea who first said it. The "popularity bias" of search engines has buried it. The WWW says it started with Gibbons in 2015, but I first heard it in the 1980's.

[@bv52gyf]

Enjoyed your video, I too have gone out with a specific image in mind and sometimes I let it get to me when it doesn’t happen Much prefer your option of location first and explore Ps, higher tide and sunset are in sync 13&14 Dec if you plan a re-visit Andy

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

Thanks Andy! I really dont like working that way as it almost always goes wrong but i knew i was going to be in this area around sunset and i'd never shot sunset there so i gave it a go! I've got another location planned for the 14th but i'll make a point of checking when they coincide before planning my next trip!

[@colintraveller]

Top Drawer .. Wonder when you'll venture to the wreck in the Holy Loch

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

Thanks! Which wreck is that? I know of the sugar boat in the Clyde off Greenock but not heard of the Holy Loch wreck! I'll have a search online!

[@colintraveller]

@JohnMcKennaPhotography It can be seen on Google Earth , You can venture out when it's low tide .tho .not within touching distance .

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

@@colintraveller Thanks I'll go searching right now!

[@colintraveller]

@JohnMcKennaPhotography Best access is from Kilmun , Can be seen from the rd , at high tide her masts pilothouse is partially visable ,

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

@@colintraveller yeh, I've found her on the Canmore site. "The FERNLEA was used as a liberty boat during World War II. It sank following a collision with a lighter vessell"

[@eltinjones4542]

You take what you get and don't beat yourself up about it " events dear boy "

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

True!

[@iainmc9859]

Personally, I think you were lucky that the tide was out. It does give different options from the standard shot where the other photographers were. I also think the zoomed in shots, where there's some light on the Ben, were the keepers. I don't think the stream ever adds anything to that viewpoint. Puts me in mind of something James Popsys said in one of his latest videos, that rang a bell with me, as I've been doing the same thing for years but had never encapsulated it so well. He now says he has one rule - 'Context not Complication'', complication includes old logs 😉

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

true

[@DrWasim]

Lovely video nonetheless

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

Thank you!

[@kerrsteel2]

I was there back in 2011/12, I wanted more of the Ship and less of Fort William so was on the other side of the Burn in front of you, enjoyed your trip..JK

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

thanks! Yeh, I was on the other side of the stream last time I shot here but I had a particular shot in mind and it needed to be a bit further back. Has it changed much since 2011? I only started visiting here around 2019/20

[@kerrsteel2]

@@JohnMcKennaPhotography I could be wrong but I think there was less superstructure back then, it is an attraction so they might keep it looking good.. JK

[@williamarthur2686]

Hi, where is this location ?

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

it's at Corpach, near Fort William

[@williamarthur2686]

@ looks great! A long distance from West Yorkshire.

[@andycakebread7663]

A fine disappointing commentary as you stand apart from the crowd!! I feel your frustration (and the cold) John... Engaging images all the same 👍

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

Thanks Andy!

[@SimonJerromes]

Loved the colour rendering in these images mate, nice to see it with the tide out that far. 👍👍

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

@@SimonJerromes cheers! I think I need to check the tide times more often - and maybe find out when they spark up the street lights so I can sit in the car until nearer the time!! I was frozen by the end of this!

[@SimonJerromes]

@ well worth the wait though mate👍

[@JohnMcKennaPhotography]

@@SimonJerromes how you getting on with your latest?