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Just back from a very relaxing week on the Isle of Mull in the Hebrides (Scotland). Here are a few of my favourite shots from the trip.

All with the Tamron 17-50/2.8 and developed from raw in E7.

The sandy beach at Calgary


The bay at Calgary


The Rowan trees were full of berries


See the whole set at
http://s293.photobucket.com/albums/mm62 ... =slideshow

All critiques, comments and suggestions gratefully received.

... a few more ...

A small loch at Aros Park showing the autumn colours


Some more trees


A mountain stream

... and a final set of three

Flowers on the shore


Can't resist 'em


I loved these tall elegant trees and tried a B&W conversion

Aha, Birma is back with a set of beautiful images.
Nice set, Birma.

I love them all. Absolutely no exceptions!

It's an isle with unprecedent beauties on every step of the way, which you smartly selected the right angles and views to shoot; good compositions, very sweet available light and the autumn colours of the loch...How I wish I could touch the surface of the water of the loch and felt the cool wind that created the waves across the lighthouse!

Thank you very much for the richness of content Birma, they are excellent.

Yildiz

A very nice series. I like them!

Superb. Every one a winner. Thanks for posting.

You have some cracking shots there Birma, looks like you hit lucky with the weather also (how were the midgies?).

I've seen so many wonderful shots of the Scottish isles, I really must go.

Best wishes

Murph

I like them all, but the small loch should be on a postcard!

Dusty

Birma- All are spectacular. The small loch and the B/W trees are my favorites! Excellent images!

Some lovely scenes there Birma, I like that tidal rip and the lighthouse scene especially.
Greg

We've just been away for a week on Kefalonia, which is an interesting comparison - you had much better light on Mull, and much better colour - to be expected. We had 26-28C But we also had the reverse of a relaxing week, because we were on the road from 10am to 6pm every day covering the island photographically, then again at night as our villa was 10km away from town with no facilities nearby. No autumn colours, though they had just started to appear as we left. I can match beach, lighthouse, sea (much rougher, despite being the Med), and even a small lake as well as mountain scenery.
But the best bit was having a small private pool, and the sea (impossible to reach, shoreline would cut shoes to pieces, let alone feet) 50 yards away with sunset around 7.15-7.30 each night - great after a day twisting round hairpin bends and driving on gravel roads in search of places on the map.

I don't advise Kefalonia as a photographic destination; it's no coincidence that many of the best views in the guidebook were from a helicopter, or from points inaccessible to the public either totally or out of hours/season. Nearly all heritage sites are free admission and no photographic restrictions but with very limited opening times. By far the most photogenic spot we found was a pre-earthquake (1953, destroyed most of the island's buildings completely) ruined village with the ghost-town like old houses preserved between the modern replacements. This is not on the tourist itinerary and the still-standing ruins found in many places never feature in guide books or on cards. It's still too recent a disaster and the losses of life within memory. One day, like the abandoned shielings and crofts of Scotland, the social and human costs will be far enough in the past to change that.

I'll post some Kefalonia pix once I get into the 34GB of raws brought back

David

Ah Scotland. These images make it hard to wait until next spring when I get to go back.
Thanks for sharing.

Thank you all very much for your kind comments.

Murph, the midges were notable by their absence - probably the least "midged" we've ever been, outside of the winter months. I understand that September can be better than August. I have been "eaten alive" in August before but didn't expect September to make such a difference. I have heard that this has been a poor year for the midges, but a good year for their victims .

DK, I can't compete with a private pool and sultry sunset, but there was a lovely view from the window of the cottage we rented. Here it is on the morning we sadly had to start the journey home.


I will have to end "on the beach" which is where we spent much of the time

Birma wrote:... and a final set of three

I like these a lot, particularly the first beach photo and Flowers on the shore.

I have been thinking seriously about going to Harris soon but I'm only as far as looking at the CalMac
timetables at the moment.

Harvey