Scaan Week 10/52 (Image 7 in a series of 9)
I used a slow shutter speed to capture the falling spray just after a huge breaker had smashed against the cliffs. (I am aware of the imperfections in this image - barrel distortion at 18mm on my Tamron 18-270mm lens has given me a 'banana' horizon.)
Scaan (pronounced sk-ah-n) is a three-way natural arch on the north coastline of Westray. Here, you can just about make out where two of the arches have eroded back-to-back until they met. What can't be seen on this photo is the third archway which runs at right angles to the ones we can see. The land in the distance is the neighbouring island of Papay (or as the map makers insist on calling it, Papa Westray.)
Please look at the other images in this series of 9 - some 'smashing' wave and cliff images!
Scaan Week 10/52 (Image 7 in a series of 9)
I used a slow shutter speed to capture the falling spray just after a huge breaker had smashed against the cliffs. (I am aware of the imperfections in this image - barrel distortion at 18mm on my Tamron 18-270mm lens has given me a 'banana' horizon.)
Scaan (pronounced sk-ah-n) is a three-way natural arch on the north coastline of Westray. Here, you can just about make out where two of the arches have eroded back-to-back until they met. What can't be seen on this photo is the third archway which runs at right angles to the ones we can see. The land in the distance is the neighbouring island of Papay (or as the map makers insist on calling it, Papa Westray.)
Please look at the other images in this series of 9 - some 'smashing' wave and cliff images!