February 12th, 2024

Rainbow at Duirinish (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, OM 40-150mm f/4.0 lens at 81mm, 1/320 sec at f/8, ISO 400, handheld)

I went online to make this post and could not believe that it had been so long since I had posted.  In truth, I have not been out with the camera much since Boxing Day, due in the main to the very overcast, wet and windy weather we have been experiencing since Christmas.  That being said, I have built up a few images worth posting, so I will do so over the next few days in a series of winter images, rather than doing them all as a single post today.

The above shot was pure good fortune as I headed home from a walk in the woods at the Coille Mhor at Balmacara.  I had gone to the woods to try out some macro shots of the lichens (more of that later), and as I was driving past the crofts at Duirinish I noticed the late afternoon light was improving, and off to the north the sky was looking darkly over the Applecross hills.  This rainbow appeared and I had to stop for the shot.  The next shot was taken just a little further alonng the road and the wider perspective shows these amazing clud curtains, backlit by the rainbow and the darkly contrasting hills.

Rainbows and Cloud Curtains over the Crofts at Duirinish (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, OM 40-150mm f/4.0 lens at 81mm, 1/320 sec at f/8, ISO 400, handheld)

The following image was shot at th the same location and time as the first, but the wider landscape perspective, while a little less dramatic perhaps, provides a good view of the crofting context I think.

Rainbow over the Duirinish Crofts (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, OM 40-150mm f/4.0 lens at 81mm, 1/320 sec at f/8, ISO 400, handheld)

I will return later to the macro shots I have been experimenting with over recent weeks, but since this post is focused more on the landscape and the sometimes wonderful light we experience here in the winter I have included below a couple of other shots from Skye that I took during the last month or so.

Dramatic Light on Ben Tianavaig, Isle of Skye ((Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olumpus M.Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro lens at 40mm, 1/100 sec at f/8, ISO 80, handheld)

Allt Coire nan Arr in Spate (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, Olympus M.Zuiko 9-18mm f/4 lens at 9mm, 1/4 sec at f/22, ISO 200, tripod)