Last Photographic Trip of 2014 - Part 2

Sunset in Glen Lyon

Yesterday's blog was about climbing Ben A'ag to capture the pre dawn light over the Trossachs National Park.  We arrived back at the car park at the bottom of Loch Achray around lunchtime and after a coffee and a bite to eat we set off for the next stop at Loch Lubnaig on the A84.

Loch Lubnaig is around 5 km long, and has depths of up to 44.5 metres. The loch nestles in the space between Ben Ledi and Ben Vorlich. The name is derived from the Gaelic Lùbnaig, meaning crooked.

When we arrived we noticed the near shore was frozen while the hills on the opposite bank was still covered in snow.  We pulled into the car park opposite a boat house on the far shore and used the frozen reeds on the bank as foreground interest.

After 30 minutes we carried on heading north up the A84 before turning west on the A827 through the village of Killin and the famous Falls of Dochart.  We decided not to stop to capture the falls as there was no ice or snow and, to be honest, the falls have been photographed so many times that I wasn't interested in capturing another similar image.  So we carried on before turning north on a small track towards Glen Lyon.

A couple of miles up the icy road we stopped at the Lawers Dam at the bottom of Lochan na Lairinge, which provide hydro electricity to the national grid. The dam sits below Ben Lawers, which at 1214m is the 10th highest mountain in the UK.

The next stop was a couple of miles up the frozen road as we stopped next to a small burn that fed the main river.  The sun was setting behind the mountain range in front of us, back lighting the clouds.  The water in the burn was still flowing but there was a lot of ice and icicles on the banks.

The shot below was of a small corrugated iron hut next to the road that had been built next to an old ruined stone croft building.  I just had to stop and take a shot, which works better in black and white. 

As the sun began to set at 15:45 the clouds above the snow covered mountains began to turn pink and orange and these colours were reflected off the snow on the peaks.

The final stop was after sunset as we came across an old stone bridge on the opposite bank of the River Lyon.  The sun had already set and the light was fading fast so with the X-T1 on the tripod fitted with the 56mm lens I took the shot with a 30s exposure which blurred the river and the waterfall. 

We then headed home via the fish and chip shop in Dunkeld, having seen and photographed another beautiful part of Scotland.  More trips to the Highlands are being planned for the New Year. 

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