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A view that has proved irresistible to countless photographers and painters, this is one of the most photographed scenes in the Scottish West Highlands. It is too easy to ignore this particular view of Plockton village just because I already have photographed it so many times before, and I have ignored it at times in the past, but not on this occasion.
The sea mist on Loch Carron added considerable interest to the scene, and enabled the foreground peninsula with its attractive jumble of buildings to stand out nicely against the background hills. In fact I took a considerable number of shots of this scene because the sea mist was always changing shape, and the boats drifted and changed position on Loch Carron.
It gave me quite a bit of choosing to do when I got round to making a selection a few months later, a pleasant task as I stepped through the images in Adobe Bridge. Step through quickly and it is the same as watching a time-lapse movie.
I rarely work on a personal image close to the point of taking it, so my mind is free and not encumbered by memories of reality. Another photographer I spoke to earlier this year worked in a similar way, and said he treated the captured image as a blank canvas. That's an extreme way to put it, but I understand what he means, a lot of personal interpretation of a scene is added during the long process of editing the image to get it 'perfect' for printing.
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.
Loch Carron; Named after the River Carron which enters this sea loch after a course through Glen-carron and Strath-carron. In Gaelic it is Loch Carran, Carrann meaning ‘rough’. The root is kars-, rough, as seen in
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