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Unfortunately while the weather was kind by not raining on us, (camping) and it produced some clear skies during the day, the nights were mostly full cloud.
My objectives were to reconnoiter the Quiraing and the Old Man of Storr, if possible get photo's and star trails.
Also I wanted to complete a visit to the Fairy Pools in Glen Brittle, which I curtailed two years ago due to my son Christophers difficult behaviour.
Another target for the camera was the Etive river bridge on Ranoch Moor, an iconic concrete bridge, one of a pair on Ranoch Moor built in 1931-2.
I also wanted, if possible to visit Logan Botanic Garden, a branch to the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, right on the West coast near Stranraer.
Almost all my photographs were taken with the D3 and the 24-120mm f/4.0 VR lens.
One thing I hadn't planned for was the Eilean Donan Castle which greeted us bathed in a beam of sunlight as we approached the Kyle of Lochalsh early in the morning. I pulled over and we spent all morning photographing the castle. The light was difficult to say the least with only brief gaps in the clouds. I took quite a few exposures and bracketed a lot but I managed to get a couple of reasonable photographs in the end. We called again on our way off the island in better light and grabbed a few more, which were much easier.
This was on the way onto Skye.
And this was on our way back a few days later.
To be continued...
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Robert.