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| Photo Stop Map |
I have been back from Scotland for two weeks now and have
finally finished editing all my photos from the trip. (You can see all the photos
here.) Overall, I
took 1,748 photos spread across our two week trip, which included 35 photo
stops spread amongst the seven towns we stayed in. (see map). Of those 1,748 photos,
I edited 736 photos, which is approximately 42 percent. Now that number could be slightly higher if I did
not take/delete duplicates and if I did not take photos to stich into a panorama
photo. Of the 736 photos, I edited my
ISO ranged between 100 – 800 ISO with 40 percent taken at 200 ISO. My aperture varied between F3.5 and F20 with 36
percent of the photos taken at F9. My shutter
speed varied between 1/6 seconds and 1/2000 at the extremes with 12 percent of
the photos taken at 1/320 seconds. However,
my shutter speed stayed mostly between 1/100 seconds to 1/800 seconds. Finally,
my focal length varied between 18mm and 200mm with 51 percent of the photos taken
at 18mm.
Overall, the trip was good, but there were a few things I would
change, if I were to do it again. I
would not do Edinburgh again, I feel as though I have covered it. I think I would just fly into Glasgow and
focus on the west coast and the islands of Scotland. Personally, I wanted to get rocky coast
photos with crashing waves. I would also
spend possibly another day in Orkney so I could go over to some of the other
islands. While Skye is nice, it is definitely
reach peak tourist capacity, so I would rather head out to the Hebrides, which
are a bit wilder and have significantly fewer tourists. Finally, the major thing I would change is the
time of year; I either need to go in early April or late September or October. The change in date is because in May sunrise
is at 4:30 AM and sunset is at 10:30 PM, which do not fit my normal sleep patterns. While the long days are great to get things
done, midday sun does not usually lend itself to interesting skies for
landscape photos.
Below are a few of my favorite photos:
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| Old Man of Storre on Skye |
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| Standing Stones of Stennis on Orkney |
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| Castle in a loch on way to Skye |
I edited a few shots in black in white to get that moody feel.
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| Castle ruins in a lock on way to Skye |
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| Old Man of Storre on Skye |
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