Hiking the West Highland Way, Scotland

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   In easter this year, I walked the West Highland Way in Scotland along with 5 friends. Of course, I brought my sturdy old a100 with me, and the trip didn't let me down on photo opportunities!
And the tales about the Scottish highlands were true as well; We had weather ranging from brilliant sunshine to snow storm!

#1 Good morning sunshine!

#2 Kinda sheepish feel..

#3 First view of Loch Lomond

#4 Loch Lomond on a sunny day (stitch)

#5 By the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond

#6 Don't wanna get outside

#7 Still standing

#8 Snaking through the landscape

#9 Bridge of Orchy on a cold evening!

#10 Walk on

#11 Steady flow

#12 Whadd'ya doin' here?!

#13 To the rescue

#14 just eat...

#15 evening snack

#16 shoot-off

#17 The crew - ready to go home!

It is a trip I will never forget, with awestriking scenery and great moments along with my friends 

If you're interested in all the photos from the trip, go look here: Google Plus album

...Whoar, long time since last posting photos in here! Comment and critiques are of course more than welcome  All photos shot with either SAL16105 or SAM35F18

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Tjeiken Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 January 2008 Country: Denmark Location: Aarhus Status: Offline Posts: 574	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tjeiken Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Hiking the West Highland Way, Scotland Posted: 07 December 2012 at 14:09
	In easter this year, I walked the West Highland Way in Scotland along with 5 friends. Of course, I brought my sturdy old a100 with me, and the trip didn't let me down on photo opportunities! And the tales about the Scottish highlands were true as well; We had weather ranging from brilliant sunshine to snow storm! #1 Good morning sunshine! #2 Kinda sheepish feel.. #3 First view of Loch Lomond #4 Loch Lomond on a sunny day (stitch) #5 By the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond #6 Don't wanna get outside #7 Still standing #8 Snaking through the landscape #9 Bridge of Orchy on a cold evening! #10 Walk on #11 Steady flow #12 Whadd'ya doin' here?! #13 To the rescue #14 just eat... #15 evening snack #16 shoot-off #17 The crew - ready to go home! It is a trip I will never forget, with awestriking scenery and great moments along with my friends If you're interested in all the photos from the trip, go look here: Google Plus album ...Whoar, long time since last posting photos in here! Comment and critiques are of course more than welcome All photos shot with either SAL16105 or SAM35F18
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MichelvA Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Alpha Eyes group Joined: 26 April 2008 Country: Netherlands Status: Offline Posts: 6805	Post Options Post Reply Quote MichelvA Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 December 2012 at 20:59
	Overall great series. There were great shots and not so great ones. The not so great ones are #1, #2 (only barb wire), #6 and of course #16 . The great ones are #4,5,7,8 and #11 (very good!). Like it you complete the series with shots like the first, the deer and last. Thanks a lot for sharing

GlassEye Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 October 2011 Country: United States Location: Indiana Status: Offline Posts: 732	Post Options Post Reply Quote GlassEye Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 08 December 2012 at 03:27
	Nice series. Thanks for showing me a beautiful countryside. Mike
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	I know I would have spent a few hours on #9 looking for a perfect shot Overall a good series. Seems like it was a blast to do. Great memories last a lifetime. TFS
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svjetlana Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Alpha Eyes group Joined: 05 March 2009 Country: Canada Status: Offline Posts: 2643	Post Options Post Reply Quote svjetlana Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 08 December 2012 at 13:30
	Very versatile set of images. It looks like you had great time. #1 nice idea - I would crop to lower half of the image #5, #9, #14, and #15 are fine images #10 I like very much for its feeling. I would also make a tighter crop here. I love the idea of the last one and it would have been completely crazy with very wide lens having feet in focus and faces OOF. Thank you for sharing.
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	Looks like a fun trip! Love the photography! You did a great job in showing the Highlands. I love them all! Especially #8
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Tjeiken Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 January 2008 Country: Denmark Location: Aarhus Status: Offline Posts: 574	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tjeiken Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 December 2012 at 09:59
	Thank you all for the comments so far! @rickztahone: I probably would as well, if it wasn't for a broken achilles, and a damn cold weather - we were all freezing so much, when we arrived at Bridge of Orchy, where we would sleep.. So i just took the photo, and got on with putting up the tent @svjetlana: Thanks for the in depth comments! really appreciate them concerning #1, I wanted to include the shadow of the guy in the tent.. but yeah, it could be cropped up to the bottom of the tent. I wonder if I should include more photos of the people on the trip? This became sort of a landscape-view..
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