UK - Scotland - Waterfall at the Pyramid Mountain - The Buchaille Etive Mor
Buachaille Etive Mòr (Scottish Gaelic: Buachaille Eite Mòr, meaning "the great herdsman of Etive"), generally known to climbers simply as The Buachaille or The Beuckle, is a mountain at the head of Glen Etive in the Highlands of Scotland. Its almost perfect pyramidal form, as seen from the A82 road when travelling towards Glen Coe, makes it one of the most recognisable mountains in Scotland, and one of the most depicted on postcards and calendars. Buachaille Etive Mòr takes the form of a ridge nearly five miles (8 km) in length, almost entirely encircled by the River Etive and its tributaries. The ridge contains four principal tops: from north-east to south-west these are Stob Dearg (1022 m), Stob na Doire (1011 m), Stob Coire Altruim (941 m) and Stob na Bròige (956 m). Stob Dearg and Stob na Bròige are both Munros; the latter was promoted to Munro status by the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1997.
The steep, craggy north-eastern face of Stob Dearg forms the classic aspect of the mountain as seen from the Kings House Hotel, and constitutes the most direct route of ascent for climbers and scramblers. Buachaille Etive Mòr is separated from its sister mountain of Buachaille Etive Beag to the west by the valley of Lairig Gartain. To the east lies Glen Etive, which provides an alternative route of ascent, heading up steep grassy slopes to the summit of Stob na Bròige.
Those of you that know Scotland well, know that this is rather classic view of this place. Even though I have been to Scotland many times by now, this was the first time I have actually found this location. The only trouble was that this summer was extremely dry across Scotland so when I finally found this place for the first time, there was nearly no water flowing through the stream/river. I was very disappointed as I was really looking forward to capture this view myself. Luckily on our way back from Isle of Skye, some rain has fallen which brought the water back to where it belongs. This shot was taken late evening (22.15PM) with sun setting behind the mountain. 60 sec exposure time allowed to take enough light and smooth the waterfall with clouds really nicely.
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Lens’s focal length: 17.00 - 40.00 mm, Photo Focal length: 23.00 mm, Aperture: 20, Exposure time: 60.0 s, ISO: 125
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Pixel Boy128 (35 months ago | reply)
Awesome!!!
M. Al-Nafisi (35 months ago | reply)
a true masterpiece !
gr8 job!
Giorgio Ghezzi (35 months ago | reply)
terrific!!!!
Peter D.. (35 months ago | reply)
Amazing, fantastic capture and processing
Ray Wise (35 months ago | reply)
nice long exposure.. x
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Darren Shilson (35 months ago | reply)
Fantastic image, I'm really enjoying your travels around the world :)
*MasteR* (35 months ago | reply)
Man, so fantastic nature place, great shot !
Silvia and Juan (35 months ago | reply)
good composition, this place is fantastic!!
Dr Panga (35 months ago | reply)
Great, very nice.
scampbird (35 months ago | reply)
Another stunning photo, faved.
blue fin art (35 months ago | reply)
Stunning top notch photography as always
Luis "Morningrise" Jordao (35 months ago | reply)
A masterpiece as usual !
What a stream !!!
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Jasim. (35 months ago | reply)
Wonderful!!
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TDSLR (35 months ago | reply)
Glencoe is one word!!
Nice shot, amazing place.
Can't wait to get back up!!!
Kostas Petrakis (35 months ago | reply)
Lovely capture Lucie! Scotland is full of amazing landscapes! :) :)
무늬만사진사-Oh kim (35 months ago | reply)
good job!!
inakira (35 months ago | reply)
Stunning image, congrats!
David Madsen (35 months ago | reply)
What an amazing landscape !
David Briard (35 months ago | reply)
Really well composed, I love it!
Λ™ (35 months ago | reply)
incredible shot! : )
David Belo (35 months ago | reply)
Striking image. Perhaps over cropped though?
The Patriot 1776 (35 months ago | reply)
This is great !
jacinto.policarpo (35 months ago | reply)
Stunning shot Lucie! i love the blue tones! cheers
Nonac_eos (35 months ago | reply)
so marvelous
tozofoto (35 months ago | reply)
Magical!!
Chuck & Pat Harkins (35 months ago | reply)
Sweert, very nice waterfall and landscape shot...good work.
soumitra911 (35 months ago | reply)
Outstanding !!!
smoothna (35 months ago | reply)
Impressively beautiful
loveroni (35 months ago | reply)
Beautiful long exposure shot. Lots of detail, clarity and contrast. Keep it up!
O-STUDIO (35 months ago | reply)
perfect
Black.Lion (35 months ago | reply)
Muy bonita
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Andy Gock (35 months ago | reply)
Beautiful landscape, well done
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© Ainara Garcia - www.ainaragarcia.com (35 months ago | reply)
Great shot and I like very much the clouds. Maybe in vertical format is better but I like like this too.
www.ricardolapiettra.com (en Bari) (35 months ago | reply)
wonderful image and location Lucie.
orvaratli (35 months ago | reply)
This is a stunning shot Lucie! Both the movement of the clouds and silk smooth water add alot to this allready beautiful landscape.
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puconex (35 months ago | reply)
nice&terrorific
amon-re_ (35 months ago | reply)
Very nice color and composition!
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Mozzer502 (35 months ago | reply)
superb
The JASS (35 months ago | reply)
Yes superb
hmnx (35 months ago | reply)
The diffuse light on the landscape, the surreal long-exposure clouds with the strong backlight, the contrast between the dynamic water and the static rocks and vegation - all this combines into a fascinating image!
~Ơ~ (35 months ago | reply)
beautiful shot!
ashmeir (35 months ago | reply)
incredible lanscape.