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Why leave me standing here
Show me the way!
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Glenbrittle, Isle of Skye
A really cool spot about halfway through Soldier's Pass where water collects in these 7 natural pools, surrounded by towering rock formations. A beautiful (and popular) area and we were fortunate enough to have it to ourselves for a short while.
These pools that, though in forests, still reflect
The total sky almost without defect,
And like the flowers beside them, chill and shiver,
Will like the flowers beside them soon be gone,
And yet not out by any brook or river,
But up by roots to bring dark foliage on.
The trees that have it in their pent-up buds
To darken nature and be summer woods --
Let them think twice before they use their powers
To blot out and drink up and sweep away
These flowery waters and these watery flowers
From snow that melted only yesterday.
Robert Frost
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Shafts of sunlight break through the clouds over the Fairy Pools, Isle of Skye, Scotland.
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The Fairy pools are a string of waterfalls on Sky Isle in Scotland. It is close to a road and the challenge for photographers is to get it without the people. The clouds add to the mysterious mood, but just a little bit of sun would have been nice...
This was our first full day on Skye and the first time seeing it in the light, albeit subdued. I had planned for an overcast day with a trip to the Fairy Pools, an easy walk up the side of the Allt Coir' a' Mhadaidh and a great collection of plunge pools and waterfalls that tumble down from the foothills of the Black Cuillins into Glen Brittle.
I do wish there was a little more separation in the form of some direct light on the foreground, but you can only work with what you have. To try and combat the 'flatness' of the final image I decided to cross process the picture with magenta and teal hues.
As some of you know, I love my country and i feel blessed and privileged to have natural pools like this here!
Taken in Roatán, Bay Islands, Honduras.
By the time I had made a quick flit from The Old Man of Storr to the Fairy Pools on Skye, before my wife noticed what I had done, I was hoping my creative juices would be flowing.
After all the sun was illuminating the snow on the Cuillin peaks and everywhere just looked glorious.
But the Fairy Pools lay in the shadow of the mountains, and recent melted snow meant the river was flowing faster, so the waters were not lazily working their way down from one fall to another. There were no nice still pools from top to bottom, and certainly no fairies about. So as usual, everything I had planned in my mind before, went out the window, no special effects, no artistic flair, no great skill, nothing special ...all fairly poo
Kapoho Gezeiten Pools
Tide pools are rocky pools on the sea shore which are filled with seawater. Many of these pools exist as separate pools only at low tide. Big Island, Hawaii.
Gezeiten Pools sind felsigen Pools an der Küste, die mit Meerwasser gefüllt sind. Viele dieser Pools bilden eigenständige Becken bei Ebbe. Big Island, Hawaii.
Green Pools in Williams Bay National Park, Western Australia. We came here some 12 years ago on a cold rainy day and it was nothing special. This time we could see what all the fuss was about. Beautiful!
The wonders of Mammoth Hot Springs always amaze me. I wondered what the water source was, never knew it traveled that far:
"Terrace Mountain at Mammoth Hot Springs is the largest known carbonate-depositing spring in the world. It was created over thousands of years as hot water from the spring cooled and deposited calcium carbonate (over two tons flow into Mammoth each day in a solution). Because of the huge amount of geothermal vents, travertine flourishes.
The hot water that feeds Mammoth comes from Norris Geyser Basin after traveling underground via a fault line that runs through limestone and roughly parallel to the Norris-to-Mammoth road."
Have a most wonderful weekend!
This is a colour version taken just after the other shot I have posted, I like the Black & White version but i am swinging more to this colour one now
Just got home from Beaumaris in Anglesey Wales so late with my photo this week. We visited Penmon Lighthouse on a very sunny but cold afternoon, in the lead up to the lighthouse there were very many interesting rock pools so I thought this would be a good idea for a water element. I have cropped the photo down to fit in with the 3" limit.
The Fairy Pools is a series of picturesque waterfalls and crystal-clear pools in the heart of scenic Glen Brittle, in the western foothills of the Black Cuillins. The Pools offer stunning views of the Cuillin Hills.
The Fairy Pools is a series of picturesque waterfalls and crystal-clear pools in the heart of scenic Glen Brittle, in the western foothills of the Black Cuillins. The Pools offer stunning views of the Cuillin Hills.
Whenever I see a shot of this classic viewpoint, it makes me smile. It's so over packed and iin your face. Glad to have my own shot of it.
The famous Fairy Pools on Skye after a bit of rain, not much swimming going on due to the inclement weather and strong current. Used my waterproof Olympus Tough TG4 for most shots taken here.
The name Pamukkale means “cotton castles” in Turkish. From a distance it looks like snow but as you get close you realize it’s hardened bright white calcium. The mineral rich waters collect in terraces, spilling over cascades of stalactites into sparkling blue pools of water.
Fairy Pools - Isle of Skye, been here once before so wanted a slightly different angle and a chance to explore the few remaining falls slightly further up, which in my opinion are better than the lower falls