Glencoe/Glen Etive, Scottish Highlands. Shot on my Google Pixel 9 Pro XL.
This almost looks like a painting
I thought it was a painting. The composition and colors are just too good.
It’s always disappointing that photos look better than real person.
Yeah, I hate when I get catfished by nature.
Especially when I’m trying to catch walleye
I think this is actually the first photo of the Boucle that I’ve seen that isn’t horribly oversaturated
The heather and trees do actually go that colour at this time of year
This almost looks like a screenshot from a modern video game.
AI generated
Nope.
Buachaille Etive Mòr translates as “great/big herdsman of Etive” for anyone curious, with Etive being the name of the river/glen.
Yup. And actually applies to a range of peaks. The name of the actual peak people take photos of, including mine, is Stob Dearg.
Fun fact: the least perfect Scottish mountain is Princess street in Manchester because it is a. Not a mountain and b. Not even in Scotland
Tune in for more.
How did you edit this?
The distribution of tonal values and the colors are very tasteful. It must have been beautiful light in the first place, but surely you had to develop this, right?
It was definitely gorgeous light for sure. This is a Pixel 9 Pro XL JPG with some minor edits in Photoshop: lift blacks, dodge and burn to aid direction of light, subtle glow. That sort of thing.
Honestly, Pixel did 85% of the work.
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