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My grandfather's real name was Norman, but everybody in the family called him Poopdeck (after Popeye the Sailor's father -- Poopdeck Pappy). He's been dead a long time, but I still have one of his fiddles. It's a Maggini style violin, made by Sebastian Götz around 1900. The Götz family has been making violins since the 1880s.
At some point in the instrument's history, a rattlesnake's rattle was slipped inside. I can only assume when my father was a boy he (or one of his brothers) was goofing around with the rattle and slid it inside. Who knows why boys do anything?
So I decided to take in some of the sights on the east coast of Scotland. There are some spectacular locations before continuing on the Northwest 500 where I enjoyed fantastic sunshine. Unfortunately the fantastic weather didn't quite continue into the highlands and certain shots there still elude me as skies were too overcast and dull to get anything I'd be happy with. Still it was a productive trip and I'll be returning soon. This is of Bow Fiddle Rock at Portknockie to the East of Inverness.
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First of a few from this amazing place, a 70 second exposure taken just before sunset. I had hoped for better light but the sun was behind huge rain and snow clouds to the west.
The Bow Rock is huge and is covered in gulls, you can see that better large On Black
This violin is a true Stratocarius, not a copy. I got it for 8 bucks at an antique mall in Stratford, Ontario. The sound it makes is unbelievable. Unbelievable, because it's just a little metal toy with plastic strings. I'm presently looking for a real, used fiddle for some shots I'd like to do, based on a three part song/poem I've written, and have been sitting on for about a year. More about that, and my reasons for doing it, if and when I ever find the proper fiddle. This fiddle is perched on a large driftwood log on the beach, at Port Bruce, on Lake Erie. I found a tonne of beach glass on this evening. Every piece was white/clear, except two that were amber. I did run into Finian O'Flipflop while scanning the beach from the water side.
The Cat and Fiddle can be found on the Macclesfield to Buxton road. Alas no longer in use , the views from the parking are stunning , as is the building , seen here in the setting sun on 3rd July 2023
Took a trip up to the Moray Coast on Sunday to get some coastal shots and play around with ND filters.
The first location visited was Bow Fiddle Rock in the hope of a lovely sunrise, similar to the ones we had the 2 previous mornings. Also being a geologist this was an interesting site and my first time visiting this location. It is an impressive arch that has formed over millions of years with the sediments originally being deposited around 750 million year ago. Over time the sandstone has been metamorphosed into quartzite due to pressure and heat and the weaker layers have weathered away to give the appearance of the top of a bow.
A classic scene - down at the beach at Portknockie, well, lying flat-out precariously on a rocky boulder to keep my shadow out of the shot, with the water lapping around, waves coming in breaking in front of me...
For just these two minutes the light and clouds were in just the right places.
Also in shiny colour.
Just as the sun was started to set the sky started to shade into so many colours and the tide coming in... just a lucky shot!
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Just before the ferns unfurl.
Thank you!
Shot with Kiron 105 mm f/2.8 macro 1.1 - manual lens
The always stunning Bow Fiddle Rock at Portknockie on the Moray Firth. This is the view from sea level
Bow Fiddle Rock, Portknockie, at sunset.
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the scot commemorative passes winsford behind 46100 royal scot ---this is my own effort -- compared with my wife's picture uploaded previously and taken at the same time I think that on that day I was very much playing second fiddle
Great sunrise this morning, although very very fleeting, the light on the rock lasted all of 30 seconds!
2nd visit to this place and find it tough to get a decent clean image due to all the rocks but actually relatively pleased with this one. Thanks and comments welcome.
One of my reasons for heading to the Bow Fiddle yesterday was to hopefully have the sun rise through the arch. It seemed to line up on TPE but as the sky started to brighten it became obvious I was a few degrees out. Worried it might rise behind the rock from my beach location I decided to build some seperation by scrambling onto a cliff forming the left side of a horseshoe. I don't have a great head for heights and with the strong wind I settled as far forwards as I was comfortable with - only just about gaining seperation between cliff and 'Fiddle'. The sun was only visible for a couple of minutes before being lost in the cloud but I liked the 'sun-star' here and the orange beam cast onto the water.
Spring has officially arrived when the fiddle-heads appear!
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Strobist : A single hand held wirelessly fired SB-28 triggered from the left with a white envelope held on theright for fill. The camera was set on M at ASA 100 f16 and many stops under exposed to make the natural lighting go away.
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Amazing how dangerous those bows are when they get in the swing of things. You certainly could easily lose an eye if you tried to squeeze past them.
Spent the afternoon yesterday driving along the Moray Coast an in particular wanted to photograph the Bow Fiddle Rock at Portknockie. After clambering along some paths (after going down the wrong 1 to start!) I found what I was looking for,the Natural Arch of the rock and the tide coming in meant a couple of hours enjoyment!
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JUST when you think Blythe Fifth Avenue is "Gone With the Wind" ...
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IVIS INGENUE as Scarlett O'Hara (with a tan ... oops ... totally not cool in the Old South) ... but little Ivis insisted she could pull this off ~
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First time at the Rock, light was very flat and it started raining just after this shot, was hoping for a sunset. I will be back!
What a great name for a boat, perfectly describes the process of messing about in boats. Helford village with the tide in...it's nearly always out when we cross this bridge so it was good to see it like this. The pub pontoon can be seen on the left, nice to row over for a pint when moored on the river.
HTMT!
ow Fiddle Rock is a natural sea arch near Portknockie on the north-eastern coast of Scotland. It is so called because it resembles the tip of a fiddle bow.
It is composed of Quartzite, a metamorphic rock which was originally quartz sandstone.This rock is part of the Cullen Quartzite formation which is seen along the coast between Buckie and Cullen and is some 2,400m thick and dates from the Neoproterozoic Era, 1,000 to 541 million years ago.
These rocks were folded when the ancient continents of Laurentia and Avalonia collided during the Caledonian orogeny. They later became exposed at the surface where sea and weather eroded the structure seen today.
The rock formation is both a tourist attraction and nesting place for sea birds including herring gulls, great black-backed gulls and lesser black-backed gulls.