One of the things that I love about the islands, from a
photography point of view, is the fantastic light here. At this time of year
that is further helped along by the length of the days – there’s still some
daylight at 11pm so it’s possible to make the most of that wonderful evening
light without having to mess up your entire evening! We were heading home a little later than
planned on Tuesday evening. Having done one walk in the morning, we then got
distracted by a hill in the afternoon right down in the bottom of South Uist.
Thankfully our time is our own so it didn’t matter a bit that it was nearly 8pm
by the time we got back to the car, but it did mean a change of plans for
dinner, and that, in turn, meant that we were heading back up towards the
cottage just as the sun was making its way down. The light was getting richer
and richer as we were driving along, and my thoughts inevitably turned to
possible spots to get some nice shots…
…You might remember that I got a very similar shot to this
one a few years ago shortly after dawn – a totally different style of photo as
the colours in that were all cool blues and greys. This was taken from the
middle of the causeway across Loch Bee, a massive body of water mid-way up
South Uist, which is home to huge numbers of Swans. A couple of parking areas
have been created off the road, mainly I suspect to stop people just stopping
ON the causeway! Crossing over to the other side this shot presented itself…
…again showing off the richness of that light. You can just
see the swans in the background of that shot too – all those little white
marks? Mute Swans!
Robyn
1 comment:
I love that light when the sun is dipping down. Beautiful photographs, looks stunning. x
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