10mo ago

The most perfect Scottish mountain: Buachaille Etive Mor

Glencoe/Glen Etive, Scottish Highlands. Shot on my Google Pixel 9 Pro XL.

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This almost looks like a painting
- I thought it was a painting. The composition and colors are just too good.
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
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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.
  
  Which Google Translate thinks means Red Stubble haha
  It means Red Point
  https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/guides/the-gaelic-origins-of-place-names-in-britain/
  Gaelic defines colours differently from English. The term "red" here means the orange-brown hue of the rock, which is most obvious in the foreground of your picture.
  Great pic!
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.
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
  
  You're spot on.
  I would actually say, around this place, nature is better than any photo can capture.
This almost looks like a screenshot from a modern video game.
Pfff. I know Skyrim when I see it!
AI generated
- Nope.

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