Stills

I want to give this a little more time, but right away I am struck by how the trees stop in a near perfectly straight line in the background -- somehow the road and rocks are not as jolting of a reminder of how men have influenced this landscape.
 

If one tries hard enough one can make an 'X' out of the various hill/rock/tree/road lines. Very nicely put together and capturing a lot of the components of such a glen.

The tree line leads one to speculate about the nature of the land ownership in this particular place.

For a shot on an (apparently) overcast day, there are some subtle colours and sufficient contrast but, at this spot, my gaze would be returning to the sky line. But not before checking that there wasn't a platoon of soldiers advancing up the glen.
 

This was taken a few moment later:

http://www.auspiciousdragon.net/today/index.php?showimage=609

(to answer the questions about overcast and the skyline).

The foreground and valley bottom land is all, as far as I know, part of a single croft. There is estate land going up the other side (hence the sharp edge to the tree line). The valley trees follow the river. A mixture of steepness and extreme bogginess mean that the trees regenerate and don't get eaten by the sheep.
 

Christina's comment of the straight line made me recall the inappropriate tree planting that occurred due to tax benefits. I saw a plantation on Mull where the trees were nearly 50 year sold, two to three metres high and worthless due to being planted in the wrong place for tax reasons.

However that was not the thought that crossed my mind when I saw this, it was, I wonder how long it will take to walk to that track and does the tuffty grass mean boggy ground.

The simplicity of these belies the story they tell, have I said that before?
 

For all the detail and classic landscape composition (i.e. something big upfront) I still cannot escape from the giant snake slithering off over yonder hills. This seems a little brighter than the other walks - perhaps the greys in the front rocks create this illusion.
 

Ah - that one: I saw it earlier. Forget the soldiers, that's where I'd be!
 

I have to say that your Friday picture is preferred:

http://www.auspiciousdragon.net/today/index.php?showimage=611
 

John,

interesting. 611 nearly didn't make the cut either in long listing for processing or for posting after processing.
 

Giving it time has not hurt my opinion of it -- in fact I like it better now. It seems to be made up of a number varied pieces/triangles that fit together like in a puzzle --the "fern piece", the "trees piece", the "rocks piece" and so on. Showing all these varied landscape segments together tells a lot about the place.

The road (snake!) does not bother me -- it does not seem too bright, adds to the "story", and I think it also helps with the sense of scale.
 

the bright rocks up front really set the entry point for the picture. The lack of sky in this landscape makes this a pattern of shapes in different tones of green, I think if I was set infront of this scene I may of tried the same composition.
 

I enjoy the way this image pushes me to actively participate. Several have mentioned the dynamics of the bright rocks up front and the lure of the road in the distance and it certainly works for me. What a feast of textures and, at first, I have the sense that I have been treated to many colors in spite of the limited palette. A lovely place to rest a bit while looking forward to the remainder of the exploration.

On the silly side, I am not big on faces, etc in images, but did anyone else see a lamb curled up on the rocks in the lower left hand corner? I know I am a little punchy with these final weeks of moving, but that's what my eyes are seeing.
 

The more of these you post, the more difficult I'm finding it to comment on them individually. They beg to be collected into a series.
 

The more of these you post, the more difficult I'm finding it to comment on them individually. They beg to be collected into a series.

Patience, patience ;-)

I'm back to the glen again soon. More wtg shots the week after next?