I’ve been watching a Buzzard around the house for a few days now and on this occasion I managed to photograph this fine bird, along with a pleasant surprise.

A rain shower passes the Black Cuillin.

Gars-Bheinn in the cloud.

A fine looking Buzzard.

Gars-Bheinn with interesting clouds blowing off the ridge.

Gars-Bheinn. Beautiful.

Gars-Bheinn towering above Loch Scavaig.

Then out of nowhere appears…..

A magnificent Sea Eagle. The largest bird in the UK I believe. What an amazing animal. Look at the size compared to the Buzzard.

Not my sharpest image, not being prepared and hand holding my camera at 400mm hasn’t helped. Higher ISO and a faster shutter speed may have resulted in a sharper image. Nonetheless a beautiful White Tailed Sea Eagle. What a treat it was to see such a fine bird.

Meanwhile in the other direction.

I headed down to the Beach later i the day as the conditions looked promising for the last hour of the day.

This was great. The Black Cuillin over Loch Scavaig and fantastic warm afternoon light. Perfect.

Ideas on a theme of composition with the dynamic element of the Tide coming in. Something I don’t get to experience in the Lake District.

Probably my favourite evening in Elgol this year and certainly one I am proud of. this trip has given a rich variety of weather to experiment and create Landscape Images form this beautiful place.

I’ve put together a collection of my favourite Landscape Photographs from the Isle of Skye which you can see here, framed prints and stretched canvas prints are available to purchase online.

]]> https://www.jamesbellphotography.co.uk/blog/shoots/isle-of-skye-elgol-beach-day-6/feed 0 https://www.jamesbellphotography.co.uk/blog/shoots/isle-of-skye-elgol-sligachan-neist-point-day-4 https://www.jamesbellphotography.co.uk/blog/shoots/isle-of-skye-elgol-sligachan-neist-point-day-4#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2015 10:49:27 +0000 https://www.jamesbellphotography.co.uk/blog/?p=10396 After taking it easy the last 2 days day 4 allowed me to venture a little further around Skye. Today’s plan was to take a relaxing boat trip from Elgol over Loch Scavaig to Loch Coruisk directly below the Black Cuillin. Things, unfortunately didn’t work out to plan which gave me an opportunity to leave Elgol and head up Skye to Neist Point.

Thomas and I headed down to Elgol Beach for what I had hoped would be my first morning Landscape Photography shoot on Elgol Beach.

My first proper morning view of the Cuillin Mountains this week on a clear morning.

Details on the rocks at Elgol Beach.

The interesting cliff on the Beach.

Gars-bheinn

Sgùrr na Stri

Gars-bheinn a fine looking mountain.

Lewis waiting for our Boat.

Eventually it arrives, however….

It’s broke, and despite the assistance of this kind JCB driver Tourist it stayed broke, which was a real shame as I was really keen to see Loch Coruisk on this trip. Nevermind, I decided to head up to Neist Point instead, hopefully I’d make it in time to catch sunset.

Sligachan and the River Sligachan with Sgùrr nan Gillean above.

Around the other side of the Cuillin now at Sligachan.

En Route to Neist Point. The Outer Hebrides on the Horizon.

I made it just before Sunset, however I could have done with being half an hour earlier. I was hoping to catch the face of the cliffs below illuminated with the glow of the setting sun as I did on my previous visit earlier this year.

Nest Point is always a popular location for Landscape Photography.

I made this short video below form my time at Neist Point. Make sure you watch in 4K for the best quality.

You can see more of my Photographs from this Trip to Skye here. And a collection of my Isle of Skye Prints here.