Ken Rennie
Well-Known Member
Still on Lewis with a planned trip to Stac a' Phris a sea stack with a sea arch about 30 miles North of us. After breakfast we started driving North but stopped after 1/2 mile at a sign for smoked salmon at Uig Lodge. Uig Lodge - A Truly Magical Place For All The smoked salmon was the best that I have tasted, also the most expensive. The views from the Lodge were terrific,
The view over our campsite, our tent is invisible behind one of the dunes. The Lodge has a few golf holes, this one has the world's largest bunker.
Looking West you can see the odd looking salt marshes, I must investigate these if I visit again.
Looking East you can see the interior and the incoming clouds. The ridges in the mid ground are old peat beds. Peat was widely used as a fuel and is still used in some of the houses. The electricity board investigated converting Stornoway power station to peat power but in the end didn't.
Parked at yet another stunning beach (phone shot) and walked the 1.5 miles along the cliff tops to Stac a' Phris
This is really an evening location with the sun coming from the right sidelighting the stack but this is the middle of the day looking into the sun. I was having great difficulty with my 6 and 10 stop ND, they were fogging up no matter what I did, so the 3 stop was clear and I used this and mean merged multiple shots.
This is my favourite shot (37 images mean merged).
Back to the campsite for smoked salmon and a non alcoholic beer before an evening shoot at Mangersta sea stacks.
Slight swell on this evening with just enough of a breeze to keep the midges away. I could see that the sun was going to appear below the clouds and should light up the stacks, so a walk around the cliffs. I can't make up my mind whether to include the grass in the foreground or not.
The view over our campsite, our tent is invisible behind one of the dunes. The Lodge has a few golf holes, this one has the world's largest bunker.
Looking West you can see the odd looking salt marshes, I must investigate these if I visit again.
Looking East you can see the interior and the incoming clouds. The ridges in the mid ground are old peat beds. Peat was widely used as a fuel and is still used in some of the houses. The electricity board investigated converting Stornoway power station to peat power but in the end didn't.
Parked at yet another stunning beach (phone shot) and walked the 1.5 miles along the cliff tops to Stac a' Phris
This is really an evening location with the sun coming from the right sidelighting the stack but this is the middle of the day looking into the sun. I was having great difficulty with my 6 and 10 stop ND, they were fogging up no matter what I did, so the 3 stop was clear and I used this and mean merged multiple shots.
This is my favourite shot (37 images mean merged).
Back to the campsite for smoked salmon and a non alcoholic beer before an evening shoot at Mangersta sea stacks.
Slight swell on this evening with just enough of a breeze to keep the midges away. I could see that the sun was going to appear below the clouds and should light up the stacks, so a walk around the cliffs. I can't make up my mind whether to include the grass in the foreground or not.
