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Bealach na Ba


Bealach na Ba
Photo Information
Copyright: David Holliday (hifimusicdai) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 682 W: 348 N: 835] (5275)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 1985-09
Categories: Nature, Transportation
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Scottish Highlands [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-04-18 5:51
Viewed: 302
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Bealach na Ba (Gaelic: Pass of the Cattle, see Cattle droving) is a famous, twisting, single-track mountain road, rising to 626 metres (2053 feet) in the Applecross peninsula, in Wester Ross, Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. It is one of very few roads in the Scottish Highlands which is engineered in a similar fashion to the great mountain passes in the Alps, with very tight hairpin bends which switch back and forth up the hillside, with gradients approaching 20%.

The road was featured in several episodes of the television series Hamish Macbeth (much of which was filmed in nearby Plockton), in which it is pictured as having a roadsign indicating: "Narrow road - no more than three sheep abreast".

Recently a cycling event has been staged in the surrounding region to the Bealach Na Ba - the Bealach Na Ba Challenge - this 90 mile cyclosportive is certainly a challenge although the pass is neither the highest nor the steepest road climb in the UK. A shorter race - the so-called Bealach Beag is staged in May with its big brother, the Mor, being staged in September.
The road can be see running beneath the moountain on the right.
Shot was scanned from Photo taken with Pentax K1000
and then uploaded to TL
information courtesy of TL
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my mental image of Scotland is green, interesting
quality of the composition is fine but the photo seem to have suffered after the compression
jc

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  • milas Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2726 W: 412 N: 2984] (32781)
  • [2009-04-18 7:56]
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Merhaba dear David...
Beautiful shot and comp...selamlar

Hi David,

This is a very lovely scene the colours are great and details are a little less sharp in the fg as they but do not take away from the photo well done.

Regards
Jon

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  • mbrito Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1626 W: 118 N: 2805] (11304)
  • [2009-04-19 15:46]
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Hi David
Excellent landscape; I love the colours and the light.
Great compo and mood.
mb

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  • moli Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1414 W: 275 N: 1965] (12076)
  • [2009-04-26 1:05]
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Hello David.
Interesting place presented.
And has a Gealic name ;)
Beautiful Scotland here.
I wish to go there someday.
Regards
Janek Kloss

Hi! Great colors and good compositions. Just like anather world. Regards. Csabi

Very nice shot,especially colors r very good
Thanks for sharing

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