Sunset in the Glen - a photo on Flickriver

Sunset in the Glen

            Glencoe isn't everyone's cup of tea. The first time I passed down this famous road my guide told me that the place gives her mother the shivers and she refuses to stop there. When you pull up at one of the thoughtfully placed parking areas and gaze up at the Three Sisters to the south and the Aonach Eagach Ridge to the north, it is a bit imposing; forbidding even. Quite a few poor souls have come to a tragic end in these mountains in fact. 

So while I understand how a place like this can instill a sense of fear, those feelings are tempered by the fact that it's one of the most stunning places I've ever seen. If you're coming from the south, which almost all of us are, then you've just driven along the road that runs parallel to Rannoch Moor, with the imperious conical bulk of Buachaille Etive Mor gradually increasing in size and dominating the scene. If you haven't been here, chances are you've seen it on film or in a TV advert. And then you make your way to the top of the pass that runs through Glencoe and into the village of Ballachulish where the shores of Loch Leven come to greet you. the whole thing is a feast for the senses (as are the cracked black pepper and haggis flavoured crisps you can buy in the local Co-op). For this visit we stayed at the nearby Youth Hostel (apparently you don't have to be young), which was only a mile of two from this spot and within walking distance of the famous Clachaig Inn, a reason to visit in itself.

We came to this spot above the road because one of us had had the idea of photographing traffic trails in the fading light. When we returned from our adventure that was the shot I'd concentrated on from this episode, but one of the few advantages of the place we're all in right now is that there seems to be a bit more time available to revisit and rediscover the images you'd previously ignored, and in this case wonder why you'd overlooked it in the first place.

Keep well, Flickr friends.

Taken in: UK / Scotland / Kinlochleven (show map)

Taken on: February 3, 2018

Tags:

Glencoe

Glen

Eagach

Scotland

Highland

highlands

Scottish Highlands

West Highland Way

Caledonia

Canon EOS 70d

Canon

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landscape photography

landscape

Mountain

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Camera: Canon EOS 70D, f/11.0, 1/13 sec, 12mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 70D
Lens:	Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX II 11-16mm F2.8
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.077 sec (1/13)
Focal Length:	12mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	+1 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 21.1 (Windows)
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