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On this misty morning at Plockton I stood at this viewpoint for some time. Although the scene looks calm and unchanging at this particular moment, it was in fact changing gradually as the time passed.
The main change was the position of the boats, always moving with the currents in the loch. The other change was more gradual, and this was the thinning of the mist.
While I waited on the boats arranging themselves into a nice composition I was becoming concerned that the mist was thinning too much. I wanted the houses in the background to remain 'washed out' so as not to compete with the boats in the image.
I took a sequence of images over time, and this particular one came in about the middle of the sequence, after that the houses became too prominent. I love the tranquility and sense of calmness that mist adds to scenes.
North-west Highland Place Names
The landscape of the North-west Highlands and the Gaelic language are intimately connected. Other languages have contributed to the richness of our place names, notably Norse, but the North-west Highlands have for centuries been a Gaelic landscape. In listing the meanings of place names I have relied on authoritative sources wherever possible. For further information about sources please refer to North-west Highland Place Names in the main menu.
Plockton; The Gaelic name is Ploc Loch Aillse meaning ‘the lump of Lochalsh’ this due to the humpy promontory which ends in Rudha-mór.
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