Gesto Farm & The Cuillins

Gesto Farm & the Cuillins (Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3, G Vario 14-42mm F/3.5-5.6 lens at 42mm (82mm full frame equivalent), ISO 200, 1/250 sec at f/10, handheld)

These two shots were taken from the roadside just above Gesto Farm on Skye looking south towards the Cuillins, late this afternoon.  This is a popular viewpoint for photographs but I thought the afternoon light was rerally nice today so called a halt to take these shots.  The contrast of the blue of the sky and sea against the bright green and oranges of the land lit up by the low sun, with the attractive farm steadings makes a really interesting scene.  The farm is situated on one of those isolated areas of relatively fertile land, surrounded by rough grazings and rocky hills and mountains.  You can guess that folk have farmed here for many centuries.  I took the second shot in portrait with a bigger zoom to try and bring the mountains closer to the farm in the foreground.  It worked relatively well but I could not use quite as big a zoom as I would have wanted because capturing the whole of the farm complex was my aim.  I like both shots but possibly prefer the portrait shot as it holds slightly more detail.

Gesto Farm & the Cuillins (Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3, Olympus M 40-150mm F/4.0-5.6 R lens at 66mm (132mm full frame equivalent), ISO 200, 1/250 sec at f/10, handheld)