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From a few weeks ago, when it was still Autumn :)

It is the third largest freshwater loch in Scotland with a surface area of 38.5 square kilometres (14.9 sq mi). It is the longest freshwater loch in Scotland, measuring 41 kilometres (25 mi) from end to end with an average width of 1-kilometre (0.62 mi). The loch runs approximately south-west to north-east, roughly parallel to the two sea lochs of Loch Etive and Loch Fyne. Via the River Awe and Loch Etive it drains westward from its northern end and thus into the Atlantic Ocean. At the narrowest section of the loch are North Port (Taychreggan Hotel) and South Port (Portsonachan Hotel). Once used by cattle drovers, a ferry ran between these shores to facilitate crossing to markets beyond. The Transatlantic Cable, which runs through the village of Kilchrenan, was laid across at this point in 1955.

 

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Taken in Hillock Wood, Buckinghamshire where everything I needed all appeared at the same time, mist, sunlight and autumnal colours and simply in awe of the spectacle that faced me.

 

So, same tree as the first shot I posted from this session but taken at a different time and about 6 foot to the right as the sun had moved. Amazed at the dynamic range that was in the raw file, no hdr for this.

.. The Assynt one, with snow showers coming in over the hills.

The ruins of Kilchurn Castle on the banks of the wonderfully named Loch Awe, Scottish Highlands. Built in the mid 15th century and in ruins by the mid 18th century.

Woman

Caught behind those burning eyes

Tangled up in morning white

Do you ever really know?

Can you ever really know?

Woman

Watch her take me by surprise

When she lets me call her mine

Do you ever really know?

Can you ever really know?

And I don't know the loneliness she long

I don't hear the frosty words that call inside

When you're gone again

I can't read your mind though I'm trying all the time

There's something I don't know, I can see it in your eyes

As the night descends, it's always slow again

I am left in awe of the woman I adore, oh

 

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I live in San Diego, California, so I am no stranger to spectacular Pacific sunsets. That said, I spent several years at sea with the Navy and sunsets on the open ocean are on a different plane. While this is not from the deck of a ship, it is from Two Lovers Point on Tumon Bay in Guam.

 

I don't know if there is science to back up the theory that the cloud formations are inherently different...but I can say that I certainly miss this aspect of my former career.

A female Anna's Hummingbird sipping nectar from our Pineapple Sage Plant.

...zur Landschaft meiner Wohnumgebung -

...zu den Farben des Spätfrühlings -

...zu jeder Wetterlage, hauptsächlich sie ist nicht langweilig ;-)))

Looking north east on the banks of Loch Awe, I could sit here all day long, as every moment that passes offers something new to cherish

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Our journey most days started and ended with us driving passed Kilchurn Castle, so i thought i would take the opportunity "as it would be rude not to" to photograph it over the three days of passing!

And I can't fake another smile (and I can't fake)

And I can't fake like I'm alright (no smile)

Ooh, ah (ooh, ah, ooh)

And I won't say I'm feeling fine (I'm feeling fine)

After what I been through, I can't lie

Ooh, ah (ooh, ah)

 

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Awe inspiring mountains - Iceland

Loch Awe is the third largest, freshwater loch in Scotland. It is the longest loch measuring 25 miles (41 kilometres) from end to end.

 

At the north end of the loch, there is Kilchurn Castle. The loch is renowned for its trout fishing and salmon pass through the loch, coming past River Awe and continuing into the River Orchy.

 

I took this photo from a parking place at the side of the loch, which had a small path to the small beach I was standing on. It was so peaceful and no one around, it felt like I was the only person in the whole world at the moment.

Another image from visit to Loch Awe where the mist and light constantly changed over several hours creating different colours and mood.

 

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Here you see the ruin of Kilchurn Castle on the shores of Loch Awe (Argyll & Bute, Scotland).

 

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Defnitely one of the places to be, when you´re on your way to this beautiful country.

 

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Sorry, another Loch Awe image from the morning that just kept on giving.

 

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A perfectly still morning on Loch Awe - the pre-dawn light gave a lovely purple cast to the mist.

 

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Part of a wider panorama that sweeps round from Kilchurn Castle, past the feet of towering Ben Cruachan (1126 metres) round to this promontory into Loch Awe..... and fresh Scottish midges.

 

I knew my trained assassin skills had not deserted me. Can you find the two men lurking in the woods?

 

It's just a shame there wasn't a herd of gingery Highland cows paddling in the waters in the foreground.

Loch Awe towards the end of a fabulous misty morning.

 

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There have been several eagle sightings in my neighborhood, but I was not lucky enough to see one until yesterday am. I came out of my driveway to a nearby crossroad and this one was straight ahead of me in a pecan tree. Of course, no camera in the car, but he was kind enough to wait on me to pull off this still shot and then he flew. Luckily, I had installed my telephoto and new extender the day before!!

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A lone hiker stands in awe as she tries to comprehend her incredible surroundings of massive sheer rock walls stretching from the Virgin River in which she stands, up into the heavens that are to be found in The Narrows of Zion National Park, Utah.

 

Aiguille du Midi (chamonix - France) 3842mt.

Another image from a perfect morning for photograph on Loch Awe. The conditions were constantly changing as the mist rolled in and out several times creating different moods and light. This is a panoramic stitch as the castle emerged from a particularly thick patch of mist.

 

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A peaceful sunrise at the dunes of the Badain Jaran Desert.

I've taken a look back through my archives and have started re-visiting a few images either re-editing or processing previously untouched frames. This is one such frame of a sunrise from 2010, I hope it isn't too boring taking this action.

Kilchurn Castle is a ruined structure on a rocky peninsula at the northeastern end of Loch Awe, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It was first constructed in the mid-15th century as the base of the Campbells of Glenorchy, who extended both the castle and their territory in the area over the next 150 years. After the Campbells became Earls of Breadalbane and moved to Taymouth Castle, Kilchurn fell out of use and was in ruins by 1770. It is now in the care of Historic Environment Scotland and is open to the public in summer.

FREE ALL HEALTHY WILDLIFE THEY HAVE RIGHTS.

 

This loch extends for 21 miles from Dalmally in the North to Torran in the South plus a long 4 mile finger-like extension from Trevine to Bridge of Awe.

It looks very calm here but when the wind is blowing down it it can be very unforgiving, there have been many tragedies caused by boats being capsized by the unwary. I lost a good friend to it when his rowing boat overturned with 4 others on board, all perished.

 

A gentle light on woodland floor,

Surely life must need of more,

To grow through leaves with trees so tall,

A long way down this light must fall,

But natures knows her plants can cope,

It’s from our feet she'll trust and hope.

Robin

   

I was very excited when I spotted this last week on our hike in Dundas & was able to catch the awe of forest light

To stand at the end of a glacier, to see it’s massive power, and to think of the years it’s taken for it to flow to this point…well…it’s truly awe inspiring.

If you look to the center of this shot you’ll see seagulls flying. They give you a sense of just how incredible the scale of this place is. And this was just a small section. It was overwhelmingly beautiful.

 

Tapping my neglected archives from a 2016 trip to Rocky Mountain National Park

In front of powerful Skogafoss waterfall at south Iceland.

Hoenderdaell … Anna Paulowna … Nederland

 

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Path through scenic Banff, Canada

With grateful thanks to KPttnuts for suggestions on editing this image

I would say that 95% of the photos taken of this post have a boat moored to it. It was out on the water that morning.

I like the grasses and the scabious growing around it and the jaunty angle it has assumed.

sculpture by Pieter W Postma

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