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Fleeting light

Explore #15 06/11/2021

 

Fleeting light - The iconic view to the Black Cuillin across Loch Scavaig from Elgol, with the fleeting light just catching the base of the rocks of the honeycomb cliff.

 

Fleeting it was, lasting barely a handful of seconds; moments before it was absolutely lashing it down having been caught out by the heavy squall whilst hobbling my way across the boulders on the beach. I had sheltered beneath the cliff to let the squall pass when this momentary unexpected splash of light appeared as if from nowhere, bathing the rocks and cliff in bright warmth. With my gear safely stowed away in the dry beneath the cliff and with absolutely no time to set up, I grabbed a handful of impromptu shots finding myself unprepared in an unplanned location on the beach.

 

Fortunate that I did so; this was the only show of light that evening, from this point on, the gloom set in, with the Cuillin throwing ever more weather across Loch Scavaig.

 

Elgol, Isle of Skye, Scottish Inner Hebrides

 

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