I realised a dream.......
Except that the weather didn't play ball...however I did what I could to convey my experience here at Calanais known commonly as the Callanish standing stones. I had expected there would be plenty of people even on this dreary day so went prepared. I used my Nikon d850 on a tripod and with an ND filter not a big stopper but big enough to remove the people wandering around. I have to say there was a very happy atmosphere with people taking photos of each other sitting as the base of the stones and taking the p*** but gave me happy smiles if I trained my camera on them. The mood was light hearted yet with an undefinable spiritual feeling too. I went along with this and did take photos that effectively cleared everyone from the scene but some a little faster to hopefully get a little movement hoping to convey the ‘spiritual ‘ feel of the place which actually the few people I actually spoke to were completely in awe of these amazing stone which are said to be 5000 years earlier than those at Stonehenge…..
Also my OCD meant b/w to follow the previous shot :)
Long before the pyramids of Egypt were built, the northern and western isles of Scotland were a centre of sophisticated monumental building which radiated out and south to influence later monuments such as Stonehenge. These stones of 300 million year old Lewisian gneiss - some of the oldest rock on the planet - were chosen, hauled, and precisely placed by our Neolithic ancestors using only stone tools, strength and great skill.
Copied from a site encouraging people to visit and with good reason I believe !
I realised a dream.......
Except that the weather didn't play ball...however I did what I could to convey my experience here at Calanais known commonly as the Callanish standing stones. I had expected there would be plenty of people even on this dreary day so went prepared. I used my Nikon d850 on a tripod and with an ND filter not a big stopper but big enough to remove the people wandering around. I have to say there was a very happy atmosphere with people taking photos of each other sitting as the base of the stones and taking the p*** but gave me happy smiles if I trained my camera on them. The mood was light hearted yet with an undefinable spiritual feeling too. I went along with this and did take photos that effectively cleared everyone from the scene but some a little faster to hopefully get a little movement hoping to convey the ‘spiritual ‘ feel of the place which actually the few people I actually spoke to were completely in awe of these amazing stone which are said to be 5000 years earlier than those at Stonehenge…..
Also my OCD meant b/w to follow the previous shot :)
Long before the pyramids of Egypt were built, the northern and western isles of Scotland were a centre of sophisticated monumental building which radiated out and south to influence later monuments such as Stonehenge. These stones of 300 million year old Lewisian gneiss - some of the oldest rock on the planet - were chosen, hauled, and precisely placed by our Neolithic ancestors using only stone tools, strength and great skill.
Copied from a site encouraging people to visit and with good reason I believe !