Scottish weather

[Carlo Didier]

Jim has been nagging me for a while to post some of my recent Scotland images here. As I want to go chronologically, here are 2 from a typical hillwalking day in the Loch Lomond area.
We had been on Ben Lomond the day before (boring blue sky with some uninteresting white clouds, perfect weather for a walk but photographically totally uninteresting). As they had announced rain for this day, I decided to do a walk "around" a hill. It finally added up to 27km (~17 miles) with a total of 1175m (3855 feet) ascended. And practically all of it in the rain. We didn't even stop for a snack and just walked it through in one go.
These two images were all I was able to get under those conditions. Despite (or because) of the circumstances, I like them. Hope you do too.

 

[AlanLichty]

I like both of these Carlo. The first one is nice for the scattered trees and the lush greens on the slopes looking out towards the depth of the mist. The wet fence in the second one makes a nice visual path into the scene and makes a statement about the weather.

 

[Ben Egbert]

I second Alan on this I like um both

 

[Bart Carrig]

"I'm with you fellas"

Beautiful images Carlo -- sounds like a great outing, with superb results.

Bart

 

[BarryHamilton]

I remember that kind of sky when we were up in Wester Ross, only it was in Nov and everything was a lovely russet color.

 

[Carlo Didier]

I remember that kind of sky when we were up in Wester Ross, only it was in Nov and everything was a lovely russet color.

Yep, this was one of two really bad days in three weeks, so I don't complain too much.

 

[JimFox]

Ha ha, finally my nagging has paid off!


Both of these are really cool, love the misty feel of both. I might pick #2 as my favorite since I really like that fence line.

 

[MonikaC]

Both are nice images & convey the terrain/weather well. That was a major effort with the mileage & vertical gain! It was worth carrying your camera for all of that.