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Elgol / Skye Trip

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Jerry-astro
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Re: Elgol / Skye Trip

Alan Hewitt Photo wrote:

I've just returned from the Isle of Skye after leading our annual photo tour - 'Highlands & Eagles'. I'm not a landscape photographer but when in Rome....

It was an epic trip with two evenings of amazing Aurora Borealis and some incredible wildlife experiences with white-tailed sea eagles and northern divers / common loons.

In the past I have taken some GFX gear, but this year I decided my goal was to be able to move around as lightweight as possible so I opted for a X-H2 as a second body with the XF10-24mm as my primary wide angle. I used my X-H2S for the wildlife stuff.

I've also been using new tripods and associated accessories, again driven by trying to lighten the load on my back! This made a big difference! I managed to climb up past the Old Man of Storr in record time this year! It's a hard walk in the darkness with head lamps starting around 5.45am to climb up difficult trail up past 600m for sunset. I also felt a huge difference in mobility getting around the rocky shore at Elgol which is also a bit of a scramble at times. We're not getting any younger!

All in all, a succesful trip with a few images to whip through Capture One and a very happy group of photographers!

Cuillin hills looking north from Elgol...

XH2 | XF10-24mm | Firecrest Ultra 3 stop ND grad

Lovely pic, Alan. We were fortunate enough to travel to Skye a couple of years ago and were just gobsmacked by the beauty of the place. Wish we'd had more time there, but it's definitely a photographer's paradise.

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