Imagine being buried beside a Scottish loch on a wild windswept hillside. It seems unlikely to be restful after a shepherd's hard life.
St Mary's Kirkyard is
about 1/4 mile, 900ft above sea-level up a steep grassy slope off the A708. It is not visible from the road, so does not attract "snappers" unprepared to leave creature comforts.
One of my students used it as a location for her fill-flash picture in the final week of my beginner's course. This inspired me to spend my first free Wednesday, since the 10-week course ended, motoring out the twenty-five miles or so for a visit.
I was just sorting out the set-up when an RAF jet screamed overhead, grabbing the camera off the tripod I squeezed off a quick shot. Moments later I was not so lucky when two more weaved past in a practice dogfight - the camera snagged on the tripod! This time I even caught a glimpse of the pilot.
My student Mary Veitch was lucky enough to have snow on the distant hills two weeks ago. Today my trainers squelched through mud and bog. Descending back to the car, ever hopeful of another jet passing overhead, I traversed the slope in long diagonals to avoid a wet bum.
My aerial shot is not quite sharp as the grab shot was made at 1/125th f16 the setting for the scene at that time.
St Mary's Kirkyard is
about 1/4 mile, 900ft above sea-level up a steep grassy slope off the A708. It is not visible from the road, so does not attract "snappers" unprepared to leave creature comforts.One of my students used it as a location for her fill-flash picture in the final week of my beginner's course. This inspired me to spend my first free Wednesday, since the 10-week course ended, motoring out the twenty-five miles or so for a visit.
I was just sorting out the set-up when an RAF jet screamed overhead, grabbing the camera off the tripod I squeezed off a quick shot. Moments later I was not so lucky when two more weaved past in a practice dogfight - the camera snagged on the tripod! This time I even caught a glimpse of the pilot.
My student Mary Veitch was lucky enough to have snow on the distant hills two weeks ago. Today my trainers squelched through mud and bog. Descending back to the car, ever hopeful of another jet passing overhead, I traversed the slope in long diagonals to avoid a wet bum.
My aerial shot is not quite sharp as the grab shot was made at 1/125th f16 the setting for the scene at that time.
1 comment:
it's amazing that just seing a photograph can evoke emotions so strong that it actually spurs you to make the effort and visit the place in the picture. I believe we like to associate photographs with memories so just seeing a great photograph sometimes just isn't enough, we need to be able to say "I've been there"
This place looks well worth the climb Mark!
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