..Tree, Trotternish, Isle of Skye.

With late evening light clipping Cleat.

Rowan Tree & Cleat, The Quiraing

Yes I know this iconic Rowan tree has been shot to death but I really don't care!

I shot it in 2022 see www.flickr.com/photos/184798091@N07/52053385765/in/album-... but this time I had in mind a couple of slight variations. These involved getting lower in the gulley which closes off some of the rock face on the right but gives you the opportunity to make the tree more prominent.

I'm still not sure I've found my ideal composition here but this one (and a portrait one I'll post soon) did give me shots I didn't have before. This image is the result of 6 sets of 3 bracketed/focus stacked images. The sunrise was fairly dull and unfortunately the snow from earlier in the week had mostly been washed away by rain but whilst I was taking this set the eastern face of Cleat started to catch some soft light which I liked.

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A cleat Along the Philadelphia waterfront, helping to hold the Moshulu in place.

My last photo at Girvan on the way to Portpatrick for the weekend.....

Spotted this very fine bench while window shopping in Coupeville a few years ago. HBM and HTT.

A female Mallard duck, left slightly out of focus, while the main focus goes to the blue, boat rope that is attached to a dock cleat.

Lady Duck appeared to have missed her boat, or possibly, she's waiting for her ship to come in. ;)

Waterfowl

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Taken near the Quiraing.

Newport, Oregon: Hanging around a neat marina.

Seen in Newport Beach, CA

Newport, Oregon: Hanging around a neat marina.

A cleat for tying up boats to a floating boat ramp in Snowden Beach, Largs North. Not sure what the string is doing there, as it is doesn't seem to be attached to anything.

not the same waterfall as the previous 2 photos.

I couldn't get a better angle as my hiking shoes were not good on ice. :)... falling all over the place.....need to buy ice cleats!

Cowichan Bay, B.C.

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Rope wound onto cleats for a couple of flagpoles at the Underdale Bowling Club.

Double O Arch on Christmas day in Arches NP. Note the two hikers (blood relatives of mine, including moment's notice), emerging from the lower O arch and starting to ascend the ramp. On this day "slick rock" took on a whole new meaning- thankfully we had our ice cleats along. The Book Cliffs and Uinta Plateau are framed by the upper window.

Fishermans Wharf,

Victoria, B.C.

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fence reflections as water lilies begin to bloom on Loch Cleat, Duntulm, Isle of Skye. Happy Fence Friday to you all!

#HFF

The peak standing by itself is Cleat, part of the Trotternish, with Loch Cleat at its foot. I was at the pass looking away from The Quiraing when I took this photo.

After a fascinating exploration and sunrise shoot up at the Needle on Quiraing I made my way back along this enchanting escarpment with this wonderful vista of the arching Cnoc a Mheirlich in the foreground with Cleat and Dun Dubh in the distance beyond the waters of Loch Leum na Luirginn and Loch Cleat.

The light was fabulous on this breezy fresh November morning at the tip of the Trotternish Peninsula of Skye.

A landscape like no other! The Trotternish Peninsula is the North East land mass of the Island of Skye. The distinctive landscape is caused by a large landslip leaving a long escarpment and fascinating features such as rock pinnacles and towers. This shot of the isolated tree was taken on my first dawn trip up to the Quiraing.

This spot is one of the first interesting points you reach on the walk from the Car Park and is therefore very popular with photographers. You can see the winding road up to the car park in the upper right of the frame with the Loch's of Leum na Luirginn and Cleat beyond the tree.

The hill: Cleat is bordered by Loch Cleat. The Quiraing, part of the Trotternish Ridge on the Isle of Skye, Scotland

Olympus Em1.3 and Voigtlander Nokton 60mm f0.95

These aluminium cleats hold the corners of a window frame together

8-10 mm. Completely reddish brown colored blowhead fly with yellow head. The different species from this genus are difficult to distinguish. Only the females can be determined with certainty, based on the shape of the cleat. The ordinary crooked body has a light that is flattened and barely protruding.

Similar species

Looks a lot like the mystical crook body, but can be distinguished by the flattened cleat. Species from the genus Myopa are also colored red-brown, but have a white head.

Biotope

The species parasitizes on bumblebees and can therefore be found everywhere where bumblebees can be found: from gardens and city parks to moors and bogs.

Appearance

A general species that is spread all over the Netherlands. Flight time late May to early September.

Herkenning

8-10 mm. Geheel roodbruin gekleurde blaaskopvlieg met gele kop. De verschillende soorten uit dit genus zijn moeilijk van elkaar te onderscheiden. Alleen de vrouwtjes zijn met zekerheid te determineren, aan de hand van de vorm van het klampje. De gewone kromlijf heeft een klampje dat afgeplat is en nauwelijks uitsteekt.

Gelijkende soorten

Lijkt veel op de mystieke kromlijf maar is aan de hand van het afgeplatte klampje te onderscheiden. Soorten uit het genus Myopa zijn ook roodbruin gekleurd, maar hebben een witte kop.

Biotoop

De soort parasiteert op hommels en is daarom overal te vinden waar hommels te vinden zijn: van tuinen en stadsparken tot heide en hoogveen.

Voorkomen

Een algemene soort die verspreid over heel Nederland voorkomt. Vliegtijd eind mei tot begin september.

The Lake District National Park boundary is just over the bridge.

Dockside at the Vero Beach Marina. Alternate: flic.kr/p/2oatmPG

Near Cleator Moor, west Cumbria.

Great Skua's are commonly known as 'Bonxies' These two are probably watching their Chicks which will be on the ground nearby, and will make vicious attacks on any passer by who strays to close.

The Cleats were shelters made by St Kildan's who mostly used them for storing their catch of Guga and other sea birds as drying stores to preserve the meat for when it was needed.

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M is for Minimalism- 2022 Alphabet Challenge

OK so this might not be a true minialistic image ... but ... all it is, is a cleat on a pontoon with some water, so not much there, but there are loads of textures, which could be it's downfall, but it'll do :)

OlympusOmZuiko 55mmF1.2

Johnson Pier, Pillar Point, Half Moon Bay, California

Defying Pestilence , Gravity and Time since 1901.

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Ingonish, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.

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Provincetown, Massechusetts

One of the hundreds of Cleats on St Kilda in which the inhabitants used to store their supplies of dried guga (Salted and dried Gannet chicks).