Amazing Applecross

Allt Coire nan Arr (Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 17-35mm lens at 17mm, ISO 800, 1/200sec at f/11)

Just back from a fantastic weekend at Applecross with our friends Helen Robertson and Tich Myers.  The weather was a bit variable and certainly very cold yesterday but the light at times was brilliant for photography.  The above shot was taken below the bridge over the Allt Coire nan Arr just to the north-east of the Bealach na Ba as we headed over yesterday.  When I got out of the car the light was no where near as good as this but the cloud cleared a little and the sun broke through a small shower and the rainbow appeared.  I had a few issues with raindrops on the camera lens which rendered most of my shots useless, sadly, especially as I had some nice ones of the river blurred out, but I need t learn to check that.  This image also looks quite good in black & white.

From the top of the Bealach and on the way down the other side we got great views across the Inner Sound to Skye, again with fantastic rays of sunshine highlighting the mountains as you can see below.

Sunshine on the Cuillins of Skye from the Bealach na Ba (Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 24-105mm lens at 65mm, ISO 100, 1/200sec at f/10)

This morning the weather was very overcast ad wet with poor light and washed out colours.  However, before heading home we took a short trip down to Toscaig at the end of the Applecross peninsula.  This crofting area offers greats scope for interesting cultural landscape shots for my West Highland Project, so hopefully you will see more in the future.  The two photos I have shown below were not very interesting in colour, no vibrant colours and tones today, but the textures of the vegetation and the rocks and tones lent themselves to the black & white format I think.

Burry Tree, Toscaig (Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 24-105mm lens at 70mm, ISO 400, 1/20sec at f/8.0)

Old Barn & House, Toscaig (Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 24-105mm lens at 28mm, ISO 400, 1/13sec at f/8.0)