It is not often that the photographer is presented with such a perfect confluence of earth, air, fire and water but this certainly one of those times. I count myself very lucky to have arrived in the Glencoe valley just as all these elements came together in the scene before me. Perhaps that is the essence of the art of landscape photography - to put oneself out there for enough time and with enough determination to, occasionally (perhaps even very occasionally), be granted a glimpse of the immense beauty of Mother Nature. I love this shot for the complimentary colours of the sky and the hillsides, the almost three dimensional quality of the horsetails in the sky and the perfect, yet imperfect, reflection in the lake. What a privilege!

This is one of those "more luck than planning" shots. I knew I wanted to get a shot of the Glencoe Valley and had attempted several other angles and shot locations both on my way to the Isle of Skye and here in this shot on my way home.

I thought I would strike out a little bit further across the valley floor and see what could be gleaned from a position I had seen less often in shots at this location. By getting very close to the waters edge but using a wide angle lens I was able to capture the totality of the scene with a view to cropping the final image from the capture.

The horsetails in the sky were a definite bonus providing both texture and form just when they were needed