Ben Lomond & Loch Lomond

I was out at Loch Lomond the weekend before last looking for some late afternoon sun picture opportunities. I was down by the water side past Luss watching the last of the sun climb the side of Ben Lomond as it went down. I got some okay pictures but nothing to write home about. So I packed up and drove back towards Duck Bay checking the colour in the sky as I was going. I found myself eventually driving rather quickly as the setting sun off to the west was creating wonderful colours in the clouds above the Loch.
I hurriedly pulled my gear from the car and ran behind the Duck Bay Hotel and set up just in time to get the last few minutes of the suns influence with the clouds. The sun had long gone from the snowy tops of the hills but the amount of reflection that the snow was creating kept the hillsides from being to dark against the orange in the clouds.



I was using a Nikon D3 with a 24-70 lens fitted with a polarising filter and ND filter to help balance the sky and water exposures. I think it's a prity cool picture and considering I thought I was leaving Loch Lomond without any keepers, I'm prity chuffed to have captured this.

Nick