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This is really just a snapshot I took for my father on a visit last Sunday, It is Lochgoilhead an area he loved in his youth. He had many family holidays here with his mother and father and two older brothers. During the war when both his brothers were on leave they came up to do a bit of climbing and walking and It turned out to be the last time, both left shortly after and both were killed.
So It holds many memories for him.
Lochgoilhead Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Loch Goibhle) is a small village of some 300-400 people and is in the Scottish Highlands in Argyll, Scotland.
Situated at the head of Loch Goil, where the Goil river, which rises on nearby Ben Donich and Beinn Bheula, flows into the loch (Scottish word for Lake), it is surrounded by mountains rising as high as 3 000 feet and is part of the Arrochar Alps. The village itself sits underneath the southside mountains of Glen Croe, as which Beinn an Lochain, Stob an Eas, Ben Donich and The Brack, stand. Lochgoilhead is situated in one of the most picturesque, remote, mountainous and wilderness parts of the truly highland area of the southern highlands, exhibiting a fine example of the Argyll Highlands. For a few years now Lochgoilhead has been in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. The surrounding area has a mountainous, coastal and forestry landscape. The main employment spheres include tourism, agriculture (mainly sheep farming), and forestry. There are two outdoor education centres in the village, The Lochgoilhead National Activity Centre and Ardroy Outdoor Education Centre. Tourism more than doubles the village population during the summer months. Two single-track roads both lead in and out of the village. It has a Post Office, village store, a medical and dental practice, two hotels, two pubs, and an inn |
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good job mate
Beautiful Douglas! Love the color saturation here! The little bits of blue and red are really nice there in the water! What a pretty place!
B-)
Linda
excellent shot Douglas realy nice colourfull shot of a lovely area
- Janice
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(33178) - [2008-10-08 12:33]
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The colours here stand out immediately you see this image. It's quite golden.
What a nice view of the village on the loch with the boats on the water.
The colour of the blue boats stand out - plus the red one too.
Well captured
TFS
Janice
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- boonie
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- [2008-10-08 13:04]
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Douglas the saturation of this image is right at the top of the scale. WOW what colors. Did you have the D300 set on Vivid?
Dan
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- Jonela
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(2779) - [2008-10-08 14:34]
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Hi Douglas,
Great shot with brilliant colours and the reflection on the water is just great. Great notes.Well done and tfs.
Jon
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- korbee
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- [2008-10-10 12:41]
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Outstanding work,concerning compo and color,could be a fraction more sharp.
jan
Hello Douglas ,
Very warm colors giving great reflectons on the water enhancing futhermore the red and blue colors of the crafts and boats.
Pretty sad story in your note. Indeed some locations are meaningful for a wide variety of reasons. This one is certainly a very emotional one. I can understand your father's reaction.
Well done,
Robert
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