Stills

if you want a highly rated flickr picture you will just have to amp up those subtle colours.
A gently quiet spot just waiting to be enjoyed by some model aircraft slope soarers.
 

"if you want a highly rated flickr picture you will just have to amp up those subtle colours."

Sad, but probably true.
 

Very nice, I would like to be sitting on those rocks enjoying that view. My only niggle is the touching of the middle rock to the backgound road, that point where they touch is almost dead center and it is unsettling. I would like to see that S curve of the road unobstructed and clear. It may then be more of a cliche, but it would also potential 'flow' better for me. Still, I want to be there;- )
 

I have been enjoying this series on your blog. It may be slightly pernicious to say so but I prefer the previous one: although the road adds content to the picture there is enough in the earlier version and I go along with Doug about the rock 'kissing' the road. Again, in the previous one the tree is more subtly placed in the composition.

Without seeing the earlier version, I would have been very happy with this one but the comparison is interesting.
 

The road is unfortunate (I was concentrating too much on the shadow from the passing cloud), but doesn't look so bad in a larger scale as you don't lose the full width of the road and that is easier to see. However, I'm with John in that the preceding pic on my blog is more to my taste. That's why you guys got this one. I wanted to see how much the road dominated the early comments.

Doug - I sat on the wall to eat lunch later :-)

It isn't a boundary wall, but a house wall. This is the third, and much less visited broch, in the glen. That was somebody's everyday view two thousand years ago. The wikipedia entry mentions Dun Telve and Dun Troddan. They both have a tarred road leading to them and are more complete. There is a picture of Dun Telve.

I haven't tried printing this yet, but my feeling it that it will work on matte paper. A project for next week is to fire up the neglected printer (last used in November) and assess the damage in terms of dried print heads and so on.
 

'I sat on the wall to eat lunch later :-)'

A perfect spot for a tasty sandwich and a bottle of good beer.



'I was concentrating too much on the shadow from the passing cloud'

I didn't even notice the road until I started reading the comments. My eyes were focussed on the cloud shadow and that patch of lovely light in the top left corner of the frame. Having read the comments, I still can't get that worked up about the road.
 

A quick google of Dun Telve and Dun Troddan turned up these:

http://www.ancient-scotland.co.uk/site.php?a=79

http://www.ancient-scotland.co.uk/site.php?a=80

Looks like a fun place for a walk.
 

Matt - yes those are the brochs. Complete with yet another variant spelling of the village name. It seemed odd living somewhere that nobody can agree how to spell.

The one in my photo is Dun Grugaig.

There is more info about Dun Troddan here:

http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/pls/portal/newcanmore.newcandig_details_gis?inumlink=11797

An informative, but awkward site.
 

Umm I had an oh wow moment too. This is the kind of countryside i love walking through, so I find this a very evocative image, I can almost smell it!

For me this is the epitome of Scottish weather, if you don't like it, wait 5 minutes.

The road is transparent for me, it neither contributes nor detracts; the beauty is in the mossy wall and the sunlit hillside.
 

I could have sworn this was you wall you rested on after you'd Dun Roamin.

The shadow on that back hill is sublime as is the arc of that tree branch with the roll of the landscape it frames. The build-up of stone on the right is a strong anchor with everything leading to the brightness top left. But so much of interest on your visual journey keeps you from straying out. What's not to like? Well seen.
 

if it wasn't for the fact that area looks so peaceful you could think it was Down Troddin.

I did not realise there was so much banter on this site, glad to be here and having everyone share their photography around. Thanks again for the invite Colin.
 

When I first drove up this valley - prior to moving to the area - I saw a tourist rental house called 'dun troddan' and thought how naff. It was only on reading the map later that day that I realised that the name came with a history :-)
 

'I could have sworn this was you wall you rested on after you'd Dun Roamin'

Ha!