Via The Old Man of Storr (XIII), a photo from Western Isles, Scotland

Photographer's Note

Via via XIII: From our latest holidays in the UK:

Underway to the Quiraing on the Trotternish peninsular, via road A 855, we had a stop at Loch Leathan, to have a good view on the "Old Man of Storr".

VisitScotland says:
The Storr is a distinctive part of the Trotternish landslip, see The Quiraing, where the breaking away of the edge of an ancient cliff has created pinnacles and highly unusual landforms. The Old Man of Storr is the largest of these pinnacles, and is especially conspicuous from the main road north of Portree.

* Do you want to know where the Old Man of Storr and Loch Leathan are located? Click then on the button "map:view" here on the right under the photo.

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Indrasish (2943) 2013-06-08 9:29

Hi Viviane..
Great shot of a good location.. Like the sharpness and the water's color, composition is also well.. perfect light..
Great job..
Regards,
Indrasish

mirosu (16313) 2013-12-01 5:05

Bonjour Viviane,
Excellent landscape photo. The perfectly lit mountains are the main focal point of this photo. There is a great use of depth of field to hold the viewer in the foreground blue water and small island as well as mountains in BG, and the excellent lighting conditions have allowed for very good color saturation. The overall impact is very strong. Very well done.
Greetings
Miro

delpeoples (60342) 2015-05-29 23:06

Bonsoir chere Viviane

An iconic viewpoint, in fact I have a similar POV in my gallery, although the quality of mine is no good. Lovely vivid colours and great depth. The Isle of Skye is one of my favourite places in the world. I hope you loved it as much as I did.

Bonne amities
Lisa

mcmtanyel (68647) 2015-05-31 21:23

Hello Viviane,
I saw a critique by you on someone's photo and thought, "Oh, she is not just an admin, she participates, too." I followed you name's link to check your gallery out. I find this photo interesting because I would expect Scotland to be less arid-looking. This is almost like a scene from Salt Lake in Utah. I love the color of the water, though.
Regards,
MT

fotka (9007) 2015-08-05 6:01

Hi Viviane,
Nice landscape from Scotland. Good combination of the blue water and rocky mountains. Well done with great colors, light and sharpness.
Kind regards,
Zbigniew

ikeharel (113453) 2018-10-25 5:20

Merci Viviane for your kind critique earlier today.
The "Old man of Storr" shown marvelously under the unusual clear day. When my daughter and myself visited that place exactly 2 years ago, I had to find the right fog on a chanfging weather moment to have a fair sight of... Neverteless, it is an awesome rock formation on the intriguing Isle-of-Skye.
Beautiful picture posted her, good memries for me.
My best regards,
Ike