what the ladies said...
it was lovely thanks. beautiful place. lots of pictures. due to overcastness or bright sun the light was a bit weird, so have loads of amazing pictures of the sky with slightly dark landscape.

still great pics though.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 11 May 2010, 14:00, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Sounds like you needed to get daddy with some HDR photography
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDR_photography
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 11 May 2010, 14:19, Reply)

I can never remember what that is called
not a bad idea. Probably auto adjusting the contrast and stuff in photoshop will do though
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 11 May 2010, 14:28, Reply)

It is a brilliant method, can produce some stunning results.
There is a program that takes your multiple images and mixes them to make one image. You absolutely need a tripod for it though. Alternatively if you have a fancy pants digital SLR that takes RAW format pics, you only need one picture.

Adjusting the contrast etc in photoshop will have limited success, i prefer adjusting shadows and highlights'. The thing is, if the sky is just a white blare, there will be no detail in it regardless of what you do to it.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 11 May 2010, 14:37, Reply)

saying contrast was a catchall for "buggering about with in photoshop"
in most of my pics the sky has incredible detail, as does the land but is just a bit dark, so will only need a bit of tweaking.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 11 May 2010, 14:40, Reply)

Cool
Definitely try Image/adjustments/shadows and highlights. It gives an excellent level of control over dark pics.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 11 May 2010, 14:48, Reply)

I will do
thanks :-)

as a reward, here is a photo down the side of one of the places we stayed
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 11 May 2010, 14:52, Reply)

Tweaked slightly with the shadows/highlights tool
and maybe some saturation boost
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 11 May 2010, 15:21, Reply)

I used to live in Benbecula
I was jealouses a little. But then while you were out there I was in the Cairngorms so not too fussed.
( djtrialprice, Tue 11 May 2010, 14:23, Reply)