Christmas Eve on Loch Lomond

Christmas Eve and at home in Scotland for the first time in nearly 40 years.A short run up Loch Lomond side, light lunch and home. Sun for the first time in days.

Part 3

The last part of Wednesday was an attempt to do some star images. 

I needed to get away from the light pollution from cities. In Kent there is nowhere where I could go to get a clean sky. Even in Scotland I needed to be well away from Glasgow. In the morning I had noticed some possible locations on the banks of Loch Lomond near the Loch Sloy power station. 

This area was about 30 miles from Glasgow and 20 miles from Balloch. Even here the light pollution was greater than I would have liked. In the images here the clouds show lots of light reflecting of them.

The technical details were as follows.:- 

ISO 6400

30s @ F2.8

Autofocus and noise reduction off. Lens focused at infinity

Part 2

As Wednesday was such a fantastic day as far as weather and photography goes, I am going to split the day into sections. 

After getting up early and getting frozen shooting at The Knapps, I returned home and had some breakfast. The weather was good for photography and the north beckoned. 

The southern end of Loch Lomond was nothing special but I could tell that the light was getting better the further north I went. I stopped at The Loch Sloy car park and did a couple of images. The clouds had come over quiet heavy and I was beginning to wonder if the forecast was wrong. 

Driving up Glen Falloch, the snow at the roadside got deeper but still the sun was behind clouds. Turning left at Crianlarich towards Tyndrum and I could see sunlight breaking through the clouds ahead. I stopped at the Black mount to look south across Loch Tulla. There were a few snow flurries but after that the sun came out to give me some of the best photography weather in months.

End of a Road

I had a day out exploring today. Over the years I have been to most places in the area around Loch Lomond except for Inversnaid, and as this was at the end of a 16mile dead end I had yo tick it off my list.

It is nothing special just a pier and a hotel. nearby I found a car park and a walk to 'Rob Roy's View'. the walk was through forests and so not much to see. But the view at the end was special. One of the best panoramas of Loch Lomond I have found. Sadly the weather was not good, so HDR was used.

After I was going to drive the dukes pass but it was closed, so I came back via Lake of Montieth.