The Cuillin from Elgol II, Skye, ScotlandElgol beach on the Isle of Skye, looking across Loch Scavaig toward the Black Cuillin. The mountains rise like dark pyramids from the far shore, their ridgelines sharp against a heavy sky. A long exposure has smoothed the water washing across the layered rock platform in the foreground, giving the whole scene a sense of stillness that wasn't really there. What makes this work is that faint break of warm light on the western horizon, just at the base