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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: David Paterson on July 16, 2015, 21:22:32

Title: Evening
Post by: David Paterson on July 16, 2015, 21:22:32

Two landscapes which would almost stitch to make a pano, but not quite. If local history / legend is to be believed, three or four hundred years ago, the Clan MacNab ran their empire from the island (Eilann Rann) in the first image.

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Post by: elsa hoffmann on July 16, 2015, 22:20:05

a beautiful clear day. Nice scene!

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Post by: David Paterson on July 16, 2015, 22:24:57

Thanks, Elsa - we've just had three nice days in a row, which is a record for summer 2015.   :-\

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Post by: Jakov Minić on July 16, 2015, 22:42:46

lovely colors, i wouldn't mind chilling out there for days not doing anything.

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Post by: Frank Fremerey on July 16, 2015, 23:58:52

So clean. As if angles washed and polished  the whole scene just before you came to take the pictures

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Post by: David Paterson on July 17, 2015, 00:24:36

Thanks, Jakov and Frank.

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Post by: Mikes on July 17, 2015, 03:56:37

Beautiful images of a calm summer's afternoon, Dave. I especially like the colours and composition (and detail) of #2.

I imagine that it wasn't so serene there at the time of the Macnabs.

Hope the midges left you alone long enough to fully contemplate the beauty of nature.

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Post by: Akira on July 17, 2015, 05:24:25

The farthest northern place I've ever visited during the summer is Markneukirchen in Germany.  So, I have no real experience of "evening" light looking like this.  It rather looks like late afternoon to me.

Truly pleasant landscapes nevertheless.  Thanks for sharing!

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Post by: Gary on July 17, 2015, 06:23:15

Nice, very nice. I like Frank's description that Angels came down and scrubbed the skies and land for your capture. I feel refreshed just looking at the image ... I can't imagine what it would feel like to enjoy the lushness in person.

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Post by: Lars Hansen on July 17, 2015, 11:05:49

Great landscape indeed and nice reflections in the calm water. 

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Post by: David Paterson on July 17, 2015, 14:16:11

Thanks, everyone, for the very kind and interesting comments.

Akira - the images were shot at 8.35pm, local time, about 1h 25m before sunset in mid-July.

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Post by: Akira on July 17, 2015, 14:57:28

Quote from: David Paterson on July 17, 2015, 14:16:11

Akira - the images were shot at 8.35pm, local time, about 1h 25m before sunset in mid-July.

Dave, thanks for the details.  I remember seeng the sunset glow around 8:30 PM in the summer when I was in Munich.  There is no Japanese territory even in the latitude of Munich, so I was very surprized to see the sunset glow at that late hour.

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Post by: armando_m on July 17, 2015, 15:29:54

Beautiful images , I really like the one with the log on the water

I was thinking the same as Akira ... :)

Cheers!

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Post by: Mike G on July 17, 2015, 16:12:26

As usual Dave lovely. Is Eilann Rann what is called a "Crannog", once watched a "Time Team" excavation of one up there among the midges.

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Post by: David Paterson on July 17, 2015, 17:10:52

Thanks, Mike, but no - Eilann Rann is a genuine island and much, much larger than a crannog, all of which were man-made. I think crannogs usually had space for 1-5 small dwellings and were 20-25m in diameter. We have an excellent example at our end of Loch Tay - it's now heavily treed which it wouldn't have been originally, and the smaller groups of scrubby trees show the line of the "secret", underwater causeway which was used to get to and from the actual crannog.

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Post by: Mike G on July 17, 2015, 19:23:56

Thanks Dave the later picture certainly reminds me of the TimeTeam dig.