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Not the best time of year to visit the Fairy Pools. This reflection was the best light I could get on any of my shots. The majority of the shots including the usual vista were rather flat as everything was in shadows all day.
What speaks most against visiting these pools during that time of year was the way there. I was more lucky than anything else that I didn't end up off the road as others I passed. The passing places were so deep in snow that you just had to push through at speed and hope for the best. Esprecially you had to hope that you encountered other cars only at a passing place when heading up.
Why leave me standing here
Show me the way!
(If you want to see the fairy pools, check out my Scotland Album)
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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.
Pools of heavily concentrated halophilic bacteria have dried up under the intense summer heat - they will stay dormant until water arrives and then kick back to life.
While this area looks dry, it's not. As I was shooting this, I moved slightly to the right, and my leg sank to my calf. No swimming or wading in these pools.
The Great Salt Lake - GPS is not the exact spot of the shot.
No comments today – just enjoy :-)
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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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...
Shafts of sunlight break through the clouds over the Fairy Pools, Isle of Skye, Scotland.
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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.
Precipitation has been good this winter, resulting in some very wet conditions in many areas of Arizona. Benefits from the precipitation include opportunities to capture scenes in different ways, with interesting compositions. One example here, features rainwater flowing through Soldiers Pass, filling the Seven Sacred Pools, beneath Coffee Pot Rock.
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
This is what Mana Pools is all about.
Great landscape with animals.
You don´t visit Mana Pools for close ups of animals.
All animals in Africa bite, but the safari bug is the worst.
The world is like a book and those, who do not travel, only read the first page.
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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!
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.
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.
Again the visit here wasn't without incident. Upon arrival I found both car parks were closed. The top one for an unknown reason and the main one closest to the path up for resurfacing work. They are currently resurfacing the path too with diggers and JCB's dotted along it's length with wagons going back and forth dropping off materials, more about this later.
I got out and walked over to a stern looking man in a hi-vis jacket. He spoke with a broad Geordie accent and informed me the car park was closed and that the path up whilst open (it's a public footpath,) was treacherous and I'd be knee deep in mud if I attempted it.
After having a little chat where we spoke about Newcastle United's resurgence and mentioning how tough the weather had been for photography his demeanour softened and he told me to swing the van in next to his car by the welfare container being used for the workers but they couldn't be responsible for any damage. 'Can't charge you mate, there's no facilities open.'
I thanked him and put my wellies on in preparation for the knee deep mud. It wasn't as bad as he claimed with only a small section that was muddy but easy enough to negotiate.
The wind was just as strong as it had been in previous days and with the pools being in a valley it was funneled up like a venturi and was even stronger than lower down. Thankfully it was blowing from directly behind me so I knew I wouldn't have any issues with spray which by this point was becoming my nemesis. I only saw two other people in the couple of hours I spent here which for The Fairy Pools is probably unheard of.
After trying various compositions, as and when the wind would allow and happy that I'd have a few shots I could work with I returned to the car park and had another little chat over a cup of tea I made for us both in the van. More football talk and the relative merits of foreign owners etc. I thanked him again for his kindness and as I didn't have to pay the £8 for the car park I gave him a fiver and told him to buy himself a beer.
On the drive back I had to pull over in the passing places a number of times to let a wagon through and the fourth wagon I saw flashed me to go first. Except he pulled over on a small strip of uneven concrete that wasn't anywhere near as wide as the passing places. It seemed to happen in slow motion. The strip of surface began to crumble under the the weight and slowly the wagon started to tip over until it finally came to rest at about 30 degrees. Thankfully the driver was unhurt but he was particularly sweary and very angry. I've never heard the 'f word' used so many times in one sentence before. Think Begbie from Trainspotting levels of anger and square it and you'd still not be close.
I spent three days on Skye. I fell over, slipped or was blown over eight times. I got a parking ticket despite being the only vehicle parked at The Quiraing after a council worker dropping off fence poles told me to park in any of the roadside bays ( the main car park doesn't allow motorhomes or vans to park in it, ) but neglected to tell me the closest one to the path was allocated for minibuses only, I got a puncture shortly after the ticket on the awful road just by Loch Fada and The Storr because of the potholes and I had to change the wheel in 40mph winds and driving rain after knocking on the door of a house to see if I could use his phone to ring the recovery company because I had no reception, unless he had a scaffold bar handy for additional leverage because the wheel brace wasn't for budging the wheel nuts. Amazingly he did. I saw a wagon tip over, spent countless hours huddled behind boulders and had to dive on concrete in the car park at Elgol to save the camera after the tripod blew over. Oh and a waterfall flowing in the wrong direction.
I absolutely loved it though, but would quite like my next trip to not have so many incidents.
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.
A clear sky afternoon at the beach always makes me look harder for something to catch my eye. Reflections of the cliffs are always an obvious favourite. These shallow pools on a smooth limestone surface one last a few hours as they dry out, They are Gossamer Thin by Conor Oberst.
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.
Sunrise skies over the North sea reflected in the tidal pools, low tide at Seahouses in Northumberland
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.
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
Located near the village of Carbost on the Isle of Skye, visitors can embark on a stunning walk from Glen Brittle towards the Fairy Pools.
The Fairy Pools is a popular hotspot for photographers and walkers, and is one of the most magical places in Scotland.
She's back in the water again.
Cali loves the beach as her sister Mili did too.
They used to run & play together now sadly she is alone and makes her own fun
guided by us.
Llandanwg Beach sits between the towns of Barmouth and Harlech on the southern side of Tremadog Bay. It is also part of the wider Snowdonia National Park and situated close to the pretty Afon Dwyryd estuary.
The sand dunes to the back of the beach conceal the tiny church of Saint Tanwg which dates from the 13th century. A small path winds through the dunes and leads you to the beach from the central car park area or you can take a trail from Cardigan Bay. As you sit on the pristine sands you will also be able to enjoy vistas of the rugged Rhinog Mountains in the distance.
The beach here shelves gently into the sea making this a good place to swim, although there is no lifeguard so care should be taken. When the tide is low, it reveals a causeway out to pretty Mochras which is also known by its local nickname of Shell Island due to the plethora of different hued shells found on the its beach.
Due to its strategic position, Llandanwg Beach is shielded from the well known Welsh winds which can be a little fresh at times meaning that you can enjoy this area even in the off-season. The beach is also well-loved by locals including fisherman who come here for the plentiful supplies of bass, mackerel, flatfish, and dogfish. With that in mind keen anglers will find plenty to do here, or you can explore dainty rock pools or simply go for a stroll on the soft, pristine sand.
Amenities at Traeth Llandanwg include disabled access and the village is also home to the quaint Y Maes Cafe close to the beach which operates from June to October.
The Fairy Pools waterfall at a very rainy day. The mountain behind was covered by clouds. Handling photo equipment wasn't easy at all while standing in the water. Glenbrittle, Isle of Skye, 2018.
In the week of March 4-9, 2018, I participated in a Photo Workshop/Tour on the Isle of Skye. It was quite an experience! Three out of four and a half days it rained, so it was a struggle to keep everything dry. We crossed the isle several times. Just under bad weather conditions the isle is marvelous.
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