Just back from Scotland (7)

A few photos from our hols in Scotland. All have had a whizz through PSE8, but no major surgery.

Do they still hang folks at Ardgartan??



Rest and Be Thankful



As rust seems quite popular round here, I thought I'd post a bit. Despite its appearance, this Suzuki is used every day for launching a boat from the beach at Muasdale on Kintyre



A rock monster(?) on Macrihanish beach



A bit more rust and a load of old rope



This is the chapel at A'Chleit near Muasdale. I was rather disappointed that they had recently painted it. When I last saw it about 5 years back, it was a drab grey and looked a bit like something from a Stephen King novel



A curious rock formation at Drimnin - a volcanic dyke known as "The Wishing Stone"




Any thoughts, comments & criticism will be gratefully received.

Andrew

That is the most awesome view from the bench, and loving the rust on the landrover and rocks, some great compositions there.

Very nice, I like them all. The light looks of very good
quality even on the shots when it was cloudy.

For some of them, yes. I've several of the chapel and the rusty Suzuki.




I'd love to be able to take longer in planning a shot, but family hols rarely seem to allow that.

Andrew

Are these all with the kit lens Andrew?.... if so
there's absolutely nothing wrong with the kit lens

The first photo and those of the chapel were taken with a Pentax 18-55mm ALII kit lens. The others were taken with a manual focus Sigma 24mm f2.8 Super-wide II.

Some more rust - towing a boat!! (note the rock on the bonnet, to keep it closed)



I doubt that any difference would have been detectable if they had all been taken with the kit lens. In my view, it is a great lens.

Whilst I'm here, have a sunset. The island is Gigha. If memory serves, I took that with a Pentax-M 75-150mm zoom with *TWO* ND grad filters.



Andrew

It was the chapel pictures that caught my eye with regard to
sharpness, but the others are sharp as well. A lot will also
be down to the photographer

Nice set

I also noticed the sharpness (in a good way), for me it was the rope shot.

Love the rock on the bonnet

Splendid images. Simply wonderful. I love the rusty Suzuki.

Regards

Love the rust and rope. And the Suzuki!

has anyone noticed that the rot box of a Suzuki does not have a 'tax disk' on it ?

I would infer that it's not being used on public roads so they can avoid taxing it .

I've a feeling that the rust is holding it together

Nope, the rock stops the bonnet from flying away in the slightest breeze. It's only the rock and gravity that keep it in place.

I think the Suzi is permanently parked on the beach, just beyond the perimeter of its owner's garden. Unless the Suzi owner also owns the bit of land he drives over to get from dry land to the high water mark then he commits an offence under s34 of the Road Traffic Act (Scotland) 1988 by driving somewhere other than on a road. He definitely commits an offence by not having a valid tax disk and insurance when he drives on the foreshore (the bit between average high and low tides) as he cannot possibly own that. The foreshore is an area that the public have a right to use (often belongs to the Crown Estate) - but on land you do not own yourself, the vehicle has to be street legal.

On the other hand, he's a local lad and you can bet that no one gives a tinkers .....

Andrew

From a Health and Safety plus public liability insurance point of view if it's not road worthy he shouldn't be using it. Somebody could steal it and get killed

Lovely set of images from a lovely part of Scotland. I particularly liked the symetrical presentation you made of the chapel - and I think the new paint gives it a lot of appeal.

I am glad that we have managed to encompass both health and safety and vehicle legislation all in the same post!

Richard

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