Landscape Photography in Glencoe - Part 2

Landscape Photography in Glencoe (Part 2): Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands is one of the most dramatic areas of the UK for landscape photography. So when my friends from the Pubcast invited me to spend the weekend with them camping in Glencoe and exploring the surrounding area, I jumped at the chance. This video covers the second couple of days of our time in the area around Glencoe, including photographing the Loch Tulla, Ranoch Moor and climbing Beinne a' Chrulaiste, which offers one of the finest views of Stob Dearg and the Buachaille Etive Mòr.
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[@randyschwager2515]

You have some awesome images in this video. You were blessed with fantastic light and the clouds were perfect! Great job capturing these photos!

[@BosePhotography]

Thank you very much Randy! S

[@AlexMcDougallPhotography]

Good video, informative and lovely images as well. Thanks

[@timrosenburgh9485]

I enjoyed the video as usual Sam. Yeah it's certainly a great place to photograph. You captured some amazing images and i couldn't pick a favourite one as i liked them all. All the best mate and see you on the next one.

[@BosePhotography]

Thank you very much Tim! S

[@digitaliphotography]

Great video from one of my favourite places on the planet. Yes, the Buchaill is a honey-pot shot, but so worth it! Next time, get up into the hidden glen.

[@BosePhotography]

Thanks Alan, yes definitely, it looks stunning up there! It's on my (increasingly long) list of places to get to with the tent! S

[@trevorfinnis9111]

Another great video Sam with some lovely photos to bet you had a great time with the boys

[@BosePhotography]

Thanks Trevor, we all had a great weekend, looking forward to the next one! S

[@GregSheard]

Great video Sam and some truly beautiful images. I swear I could constantly hear a Cuckoo around 9 or so mins in too 😀

[@BosePhotography]

Thanks Greg! Yes, that was a cuckoo, there's quite a lot around at the moment, we have one on the hill up behind the house but I haven't seen it yet (I saw a few near Sheildaig last year though). S

[@nightscapeimages.richard]

Spectacular images Sam. Really enjoyed this video mate. Well done. Richard

[@BosePhotography]

Thanks a lot Richard! This was a great trip with the guys from the Pubcast, definitely looking forward to the next one! S.

[@SteveP_2426]

Lovely shots esp of Loch Tulla Sam. I went there in March after visiting Kilchurn (the herras fencing was there then too!) and really liked those pine trees and the rest of the scenery. Rannoch Moor and the Loch ba area is wonderful. I'm due in Fort William in October and staying in Glencoe next March so will look to reshoot some of those and get up above the Glen more like you did. Unfortunately when I was there the A82 was being closed at 8pm for resurfacing so had to get back to my campsite before it was shut so could not stay for sunset. Keep up the good work,

[@BosePhotography]

Thank you Steve, and sorry you weren't able to make the climb on your visit. There's so much to explore around there, we certainly only scratched the surface on our visit and I'll definitely be heading back again at some point (It's only a few hours away for me). I think either autumn or March as you suggest though are the best times to visit, preferably when there's a dusting of snow as well! S

[@RussWeymouthPhotography]

You came away with some wonderful moody images from one of my favourite locations. I think I did a similar hike up from Altnafeadh with the view looking down the Glen. It is an amazing view but not easy to convey the grandeur in one photograph (that just gives me an excuse to keep returning).

[@BosePhotography]

It's a pretty special place, but you're right, it's so hard to capture the grandeur in an image! That was something we discussed quite a bit on this trip, and a good excuse to keep going back! S

[@davidpipeline]

There are some great landscape photographers on KZbin, Sam and I think you are up there with the best of them. Some fantastic images again. I like the way you are so relaxed about it all and explain everything so well. Keep it up👍👍👍

[@BosePhotography]

Wow, thank you very much David, I really appreciate that! I will try my best to keep it up! S

[@bryanashford5118]

realy nice shots and great video as well

[@BosePhotography]

Thank you very much Bryan! S

[@leoworrell1901]

Hi to you both, first let me congratulate you both on taking the plunge and doing what your heart felt was right for the both of you, I'm hoping that you will both be very happy in your endeavors and the photography journey that you've started, I'm a old photographer who immigrated bact to Barbados in the mid 80's, I was.brought up in London, and having watched the intro and the 2 Glencoe videos, I honestly hope that things works out for you guys, Sam your images are stunning, stunning because as you rightly said Glencoe have been shot to death and to actually come up with some quite different images of the same location is testament to your eye awareness and your photographic style...All that's left for me to say now that I will be subscribing to the channel and looking forward to some of Hannah's work now...please keep informed about the situation as you progress with the d.i.y might be interested in some b&b when I get to come up to Scotland, implanting to be in London July 2024...for some vacation, that's all for now from Barbados...looking forward to the next video,happy shooting.

[@BosePhotography]

Hi Leo, thank you very much for your message, I really appreciate it! I've been to Barbados a few times, but unfortunately, long before I took up photography, so would love to head back there someday with a camera! Unfortunately, we've had to abandon the plans to open up the B&B for the timebeing (we ended up hitting a too much 'red tape'!) but other than that, the move has definitely been the best thing we've ever done and we're absolutely loving it here! It does mean that I have less time to put together videos than I'd hoped as I'm now back to full-time work, but I have a few unedited videos I haven't got around to editing yet so hopefully we should have some more content coming soon! Thank you very much for subscribing! S

[@tristanyoung453]

Love the fact you didn't go for the obvious central trees/island on the first few images. Works so well the way you shot it.

[@BosePhotography]

Thank you very much Tristian, it was definitely worth spending a bit of time wandering around before taking the camera out at that location! There were plenty of other images that could have been taken there too if we'd had more time. S

[@mattwilletts6834]

Images of the loch and the scotch pines were fantastic. The castle photo was nice but you may have pushed it bit too much. Another wonderful video Sam.

[@BosePhotography]

Thanks Matt, yeah, I really wasn't happy with that castle image to be honest and struggled to get it in a 'presentable' state, but had to include it for the narrative of the video. S

[@EwanDunsmuirImages]

Hey Sam. Cool vid, Youll ahve to show me some of these spots at some point mate. Been away too long! PS 13:35 Sam... Physics brother... Physics! The angle of that tripod was making me sweat! LOL Love your post treatments! Regards, Ewan

[@BosePhotography]

😂 Haha! Physics was never my strong point Ewan 🤣! I like to test it sometimes 😉. Looking forward to getting you back up here and showing you around! S

[@marktaylor9579]

Stunning shots from a beautiful location that reallly did it justice.Well done Sam.

[@BosePhotography]

Thank you very much Mark! S

[@alanpinn2266]

Another great video and some amazing shots Sam! Such an incredible location and what terrific moody conditions you had. When I saw the image at 8:03 - I immediately thought of a Constable painting. The composition, the light and texture are terrific! Well done - keep up the good work!

[@BosePhotography]

Thank you very much Alan, I really appreciate that! S

[@thevalleywalker]

Stunning images and great to see you all together having a great time. If I had to pick a fave outy of the stunning set of images it would be one of the images you took at Loch Tulla.. that place is just magic and you came away with a few gems nfor sure. atb Alan

[@BosePhotography]

Thanks Alan, yeah, it was such a great weekend and I loved spending time with the guys! I was pretty happy with the Loch Tulla images too, I think they're my favourites. To be honest though, the whole weekend was really more about just spending a great time hanging out with everyone! S

[@kelleycheung]

Absolutely stunning images Sam! Loved them all.

[@BosePhotography]

Thank you Kelley! S

[@jbairdexp]

Nice work as always Sam. You sure looked liked you were having a good time. I grew up just down the road from Kilchurn Castle so I know it well. It's always worth shooting the classic locations like Kilchurn and Glencoe. Sometimes you just need to experience them for yourself even if 10,000 photographers have been there before you. :-)

[@BosePhotography]

Thanks Julian, I completely agree! There's a reason these places are so popular, and it is mainly just that they are so spectacular! S

[@alexandermenzies9954]

Sam, while next to Loch Tulla you were only a few miles (as the crow flies) from Scotland's greatest and most beautiful glen. Next time..

[@BosePhotography]

Thanks Alex, I think I was a few miles from several of the most beautiful glens here! I'll be back though, it's not so far for me to get to any more! S

[@marcelvanringelesteyn1451]

Fantastic Sam ! What beautiful places there are in Glencoe area ! Question about the look of your pictures. They have a real moody look with moody colours. Is it a whitebalance preference or do you something with the colours ? Maybe you can do a video how you post processed for example the Rannoch Moor picture ?? Thanks

[@BosePhotography]

Thank you very much Marcel, I tend not to do anything with the colours, but usually set the white balance around 5500K, which is normally most natural looking. I also darkened the sky in Lightroom in most of these images, which adds to the 'moodiness' - this can be easily done on most images now in Lightroom using the 'select sky' filter and then dropping the exposure by about half a stop. I will try and make another post-processing video soon, I did one here though that shows my general workflow: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHuykIOLl7Bgi9k

[@marcelvanringelesteyn1451]

@@BosePhotography Hi Sam, thanks for replying. Ok, thanks for your feedback about this. I will certainly check the video !

[@appaketa]

OMG you pushed the texture on the castle too much

[@BosePhotography]

Thanks Ken, yeah I really didn't like that castle image to be honest! I spent ages trying to make it 'semi-acceptable' to put it in the video as I needed to include it, but wasn't happy with it! To be honest, the conditions were rubbish for photographing it and I wasn't feeling the image at all. S