Red Light Ray » Wild http://www.redlightray.com Misha Somerville'S blog Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:42:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 River exploration // Scotland http://www.redlightray.com/out-and-about-in-scotland/river-exploration-scotland/ http://www.redlightray.com/out-and-about-in-scotland/river-exploration-scotland/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:13:12 +0000 redlightray http://www.redlightray.com/?p=2816

]]> http://www.redlightray.com/out-and-about-in-scotland/river-exploration-scotland/feed/ 0 Brent Stirton http://www.redlightray.com/pictures-from-out-there/brent-stirton/ http://www.redlightray.com/pictures-from-out-there/brent-stirton/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:29:19 +0000 redlightray http://www.redlightray.com/?p=2719 Love this picture from Canon Ambassador Brent Stirton.  It’s from the Omo Valley, Ethiopia.  Use of flash lights to bring out the foreground works really well here but I  find the use of flash jars sometimes on his other pictures because the light is a different colour / temperature to the ambient light.  I wonder if he couldn’t use coloured filters on his flash guns?  See what you think >> http://www.brentstirton.com/

 

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]]> http://www.redlightray.com/out-in-the-wilds/searching-the-wild-and-the-creative/feed/ 0 A Dream of Northern Ethiopia http://www.redlightray.com/world/a-dream-of-northern-ethiopia/ http://www.redlightray.com/world/a-dream-of-northern-ethiopia/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:42:46 +0000 redlightray http://www.redlightray.com/?p=2709

]]> http://www.redlightray.com/world/a-dream-of-northern-ethiopia/feed/ 0 Sharpen up! http://www.redlightray.com/out-and-about-in-scotland/sharpen-up-lad/ http://www.redlightray.com/out-and-about-in-scotland/sharpen-up-lad/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:44:35 +0000 redlightray http://www.redlightray.com/?p=2400 These pictures were taken a while back and posted on the High-8.  My pal Somhairle half pulled me up about the shoddy editing and he’s absolutely right.  Done in a rush before heading off and on my laptop monitor (which doesn’t cut it), definitely a bit of complacency creeping in, not just on these but on a few recently.   Anyway, that’s what good pals are for no? – telling you when you making a mess of it!  No one else will.

I’ve decided to post them here the same way anyway for interests sake.   Because of the wet nature of the gorge and trying to keep the camera dry, the lens was steaming up, which you can probably see from the slight haziness in the pictures.  The tendency then is to crank the sharpening and definition settings when editing.  It’s always a danger when learning something – the more you know about it the more you realise the mistakes you are making!  I’m sure there are plenty more to come.  Anyway, it’s good fun learning, especially when it takes you to places like this!   The Devils Cauldron:

deviles-pulpit-gorge_20 deviles-pulpit-gorge_30 floating in the pulpit? green gorge the kids bravely push out front the narrows ]]> http://www.redlightray.com/out-and-about-in-scotland/sharpen-up-lad/feed/ 0 Point 5 http://www.redlightray.com/out-and-about-in-scotland/point-5/ http://www.redlightray.com/out-and-about-in-scotland/point-5/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:10:52 +0000 redlightray http://www.redlightray.com/?p=1991 I have been waiting a while to climb V,5 ice in Scotland.  Fortunately Ewan was there to drag me up it.  Here’s some pics:

Point-5_9 Point-5_6 Point-5_3 Point-5_26 Point-5_20 Point-5_15 ]]> http://www.redlightray.com/out-and-about-in-scotland/point-5/feed/ 0 Pretty Radical http://www.redlightray.com/out-in-the-wilds/out-there/ http://www.redlightray.com/out-in-the-wilds/out-there/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 23:29:52 +0000 redlightray http://www.redlightray.com/?p=1911 A very crazy video shot about wing suite base jumpers.  This must surely be closest people have come to flying.

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Saturday was an exciting day out on Ben Nevis ending with the rescue of two stranded climbers.  Here’s the helicopter hovering over the stranded climbers in the Gully (if you look closely you’ll see their torches).  Ewan my climbing partner is also up there somewhere helping them out of their sticky predicament!

]]> http://www.redlightray.com/out-and-about-in-scotland/1738/feed/ 0 A Blank Canvas in Bothy Culture. http://www.redlightray.com/out-and-about-in-scotland/a-blank-canvas-in-bothy-culture/ http://www.redlightray.com/out-and-about-in-scotland/a-blank-canvas-in-bothy-culture/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:44:16 +0000 redlightray http://www.redlightray.com/?p=1344

This last weekend we opened up a project on one of Scotland’s remote bothies.   As a regular visitor to bothies, it’s always on the back of my mind how a contribution can be made to keep the bothy culture alive and functioning for the future.

This particular building, perched spectacularly on the edge of a loch in one of Scotland’s most fantastic landscapes, has been in need of face-lift for some time having been abused by a very small number of the travellers passing through –  a handful of people who decided to leave rubbish rather than carry it out.  So a small team of us set out to tidy the space for anyone that might want to stay.  The plot thickened however – as we tidied an [almost] blank canvas appeared where the rubbish had been.

In case you feel you might have anything to contribute to a creative outpost in Scotland’s Bothy Culture get in touch through High-8.

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