I've just got back from my week long holiday to Mull, on the west coast of scotland. We were in this area last year but on the mainland opposite Mull and to be honest it was a very dull location for photography. This year however was very different indeed as Mull is full of potential. Literally every direction you look there is a photo opportunity and if there isn't, you only have to wait 10 minutes for the weather and lighting to change and the chances are what wasn't a photo opp will soon become one!
Mull itself is an island apprx 20 x 30 miles in size although driving around it can be long and hard work as most of it is single track, twisty and sometimes bumpy road. The only down side to that is you'll often want to stop and take a photo but you won't be able too as there is nowhere to stop or there is something obstructing the view when you can. Its defiantly worth either riding around (which would be a killer with all the hills/mountains etc) or going with a few people and having a non-photographer type drop you off at places so you can explore on foot. Having said about the bikes though, we did drive 300 miles in total during the time we were there so it would be a very hard slog on bike with camera equipment!!
We had to take a ferry from the mainland and did so from Oban, getting to Oban was a lovely drive through some mountain roads and along several lochs. We had to be at the ferry by a certian time as it was pre-booked so no time to stop. I did however take a few pictures from the window as we drive along:
This loch was so still it was like a mirror, I wish I had a chance to get out and take this one properly rather than at 40mph from a car window! lol. I thought it was a bit wonky but its the small bit of land that comes out in front of the house making it look so as I zoomed in and the house appears to be straight...
We also went past a few castles, again I wish I could have stopped rather than taken this from a moving car!
(not a pano, I just cropped to remove a blurred hedge at the bottom)
You go past Duart Castle and this light house on the ferry, unfortunately the weather wasn't very good on the left side of the boat so my castle shots were pretty naff - yep the weather was bad one side of the boat and reasonable the other side lol
Wildlife is everywhere in Mull, its superb. However...trying to get shots of the things you see can be very difficult. You see all kinds of birds and sometimes hare and even deer in the fields, in the mountains or on fence posts and tree's as you drive down the roads (only the birds are on fences and trees of course...lol) but as soon as you stop or slow right down they scarper so its very challenging. But to be honest the fact you can even see all this activity and the surroundings your in mean most of the time your just pleased to be there and to see it full stop. A photo is sometimes just a nice bonus. There are sheep and cattle all over the place, by the road and IN the road:
We had to sit for 10 minutes watching this big old fella chew some grass until he eventually got bored and moved over lol
Mull itself is an island apprx 20 x 30 miles in size although driving around it can be long and hard work as most of it is single track, twisty and sometimes bumpy road. The only down side to that is you'll often want to stop and take a photo but you won't be able too as there is nowhere to stop or there is something obstructing the view when you can. Its defiantly worth either riding around (which would be a killer with all the hills/mountains etc) or going with a few people and having a non-photographer type drop you off at places so you can explore on foot. Having said about the bikes though, we did drive 300 miles in total during the time we were there so it would be a very hard slog on bike with camera equipment!!
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We had to take a ferry from the mainland and did so from Oban, getting to Oban was a lovely drive through some mountain roads and along several lochs. We had to be at the ferry by a certian time as it was pre-booked so no time to stop. I did however take a few pictures from the window as we drive along:
This loch was so still it was like a mirror, I wish I had a chance to get out and take this one properly rather than at 40mph from a car window! lol. I thought it was a bit wonky but its the small bit of land that comes out in front of the house making it look so as I zoomed in and the house appears to be straight...
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We also went past a few castles, again I wish I could have stopped rather than taken this from a moving car!
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(not a pano, I just cropped to remove a blurred hedge at the bottom)
You go past Duart Castle and this light house on the ferry, unfortunately the weather wasn't very good on the left side of the boat so my castle shots were pretty naff - yep the weather was bad one side of the boat and reasonable the other side lol
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Wildlife is everywhere in Mull, its superb. However...trying to get shots of the things you see can be very difficult. You see all kinds of birds and sometimes hare and even deer in the fields, in the mountains or on fence posts and tree's as you drive down the roads (only the birds are on fences and trees of course...lol) but as soon as you stop or slow right down they scarper so its very challenging. But to be honest the fact you can even see all this activity and the surroundings your in mean most of the time your just pleased to be there and to see it full stop. A photo is sometimes just a nice bonus. There are sheep and cattle all over the place, by the road and IN the road:
We had to sit for 10 minutes watching this big old fella chew some grass until he eventually got bored and moved over lol
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