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Strathisla Distillery


Strathisla Distillery
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Copyright: Niek Bouwen (SunToucher) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1277 W: 157 N: 1294] (6855)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-07-13
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Canon EOS 350D, Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 EX DG Macro, Tiffen 82mm UV
Exposure: f/8, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Travelogue: Summer vacation 2007: Scotland
Date Submitted: 2007-09-07 8:10
Viewed: 1129
Points: 44
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
What else can you do in beautiful Scotland besides enjoying nature? You can go visited a distillery. This is the second one we visted and again we did this on a early morning. Nothing better than a good glass of whisky just after breakfast.

The Strathisla distillery was founded by George Taylor and Alexander Milne under the name of Milltown Distillery in 1786.
The distillery was acquired in 1828 by William Lonmore, after having been the property of McDonalds, Ingram & Co.
A fire destroyed it in 1879.
Between 1870 and 1890, the distillery was temporarily called Strathisla, but it has been renamed Milton.
Its definitive "Strathisla" name dates from 1949, when it was taken over by James Barclay, from the Chivas Brothers group, which in 1949 was part of Seagrams, owned by Sam Bronfman.
Chivas Brothers came into being in 1858 as a provisions shop in King Street, Aberdeen, founded by brothers James and John Chivas from Overtown of Dudwick in Ellon, Aberdeenshire.
The distillery doubled its production capacity in 1965.
Strathisla is one of the most picturesque distilleries from Scotland.
On 15 June 1993, an unexpected visitor arrived from Louisville, Kentucky: a black and white cat who fell asleep between some bourbon casks traveling to Scotland. When the container was opened 4 weeks later, the cat came out, weaken by hunger and drunken by the hints of bourbon in the container. People at the distillery adopted it after the legal quarantine, and named it Dizzy. The cat got the job of mice hunter.
The distilleries from "The Chivas and Glenlivet Group", belonging to Seagram were acquired by the French group "Pernod-Ricard" on 19 December 2001.
The main part of the single malt is used in the blends Chivas Regal and Royal Salute.

The thing is that we only visited one distillery per day, but many other touritst folled the Speyside distillery tour and visited around four a day. I curious to how those people were still able to drive back home.

I know you will mention the odd angle of the Chimney. The low POV and the odd angle of my sensor to the horizon caused the higher chimney to cruve. The wide angle of the lens helped out as well. No skew option will help, since it will cause the other buildings to bend in the other direction.

This is a merge of two exposures created by two different RAW conversion. One was the original, the other was adjusted for the sky. I am sure that you can still see some evidence in the trees.

Sorry, a bit short of time...field hockey season started again, which means training of friday.

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After posting note. I really like the WS Hans did on my photo. I hope he will explain it to how he did it. This ofcourse makes my POV and lens to horizon story out of order.

I also noticed I missed a spot in merging the two exposure. I really hate when that happens.
paweljg, kbeall, lilimih33, GreenBaron, kokos101, JohnTulip, Royaldevon, hester, go2stones, Refugee, thor68 has marked this note useful
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Witaj Niek,

Beautiful photo! Great colours and building's architecture, well composed and framed, very interesting note... What can I say? Cheers! ;]

Pozdrowienia z Polski,
(Greetings from Poland)
Pawel

Hi Niek - you certainly did your miles around Scotland :-)


An interesting note, especially around the pp work involved. And I like the shot, it has an indefinable Scottish flavour for me - and there are many points of interest such as the odd shaped buildings, lovely stonework and odd roofs! Good shot, well presented.

Hello Niek,
Beautiful architecture, and I was finding the chimney stack very interesting . . . your note is very informative as well. The grey roofs and sky emphasize the lush green of the foliage.
All the best,
Karen

Nice place.
Good compostión and POV.
Well done.
Congratulations.

Hi Niek,
Nice shot of an interesting building, good colours and details, I like the roofline as it's different.
Tfs ANdy

Hello Niek!
Interesting architecture!
Nice colours and perfect clarity!
Lovely perspective!
Excellent done!
Best regards!
Lili

Hi Niek,
A very special image, particular the houses are an interesting subject. Although I must say the tilt leaning chimney is for me abit disturbing even like the other verticals which are more or less slant. I would have chosen for a panoramic crop to straighten the verticals. Regarding sharpness, colour and contrast, excellent! Even the dull sky has some contrast in it and I know how hard that is :-)
Well Niels ehhh.... Niek, I still like this picture very much. Together with the excellent interesting note a fine posting my friend!
TFS
Hans

hello niek!
beautiful!!
excellent sharpness, composition and colors.
tfs
zoran

Niek.. Wonderfull work here and also I admire Hand in his sucsesfull work to straighten the chimney.
A problem we all face working in the field.

Then..like you I am also a great lover of l'Ecosse
like the French say.
Enjoy your 'haggish' food and thanks
*__*
John

Hello Niek,

I am pleased with this for more than one reason! Firstly, I think this is an excellent shot, showing sharpness, clarity and natural colours (you couldn't expect a bright blue sky this year).
Secondly, I am pleased to hear that you are a hockey player! I played for many years and still yearn for those happy days of camaraderie when we toured the county challenging all-comers!

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

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  • Janone Gold Star Critiquer [C: 3409 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-09-07 13:45]

Hallo Niek.
Wat bij ons de molens zijn is bij hun de whisky stokerijen. haha
Prachtig plaatje, ook als de perspective een beetje strange.
Groeten, Jan

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  • Beger Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3287 W: 785 N: 4402] (19782)
  • [2007-09-07 17:55]

Hi Niek,
Interesting composition with this old distillery. I like the fine detail of textures textures on the roofs. The gray clouds in BG make a good counterpoint at the vivid colors in foreground. Very well done! Annie

Hi Niek! What a piece of architecture you showed here. I like the low POV and perspective. The tone of the sky is mostly gray. I like how you included the foliage as natural border. A very well composed shot.
TFS,
Freddie :)

Hai Niek,
Ik hoop dat de whisky smaakte zo vroeg in de morgen,
moet er niet aan denken,
aparte architectuur van deze stokerij, erg mooi,
Gr, Jacqueline

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  • jawa Gold Star Critiquer [C: 1372 W: 0 N: 1] (12003)
  • [2007-09-08 1:41]

Hallo Niek
wat heb je dit mooi weergegeven.
Gr Jos
P**

what a beautiful roof. very nice shot and well detailed good composition.

Hello Niek,
Interesting architecture, doesn't look very industry like but then why should it? Much better this way...
A picturesque place in a fine capture, excellent details!
Greetings,
Pablo -

Hi Niek

A whisky after breakfast? I'm suprised your photos came out straight after that. Nice capture of the unusual building and good pp work here

TFS

Karan

Good morning Niek

What a delightful posting. Lovely sharp image with plently of detail and good colour. Superb POV

Love it

TFS regards Helen

Interesting place. A wind vane and a lightning rod. Much great history in single malt whisky. I wrote an article about it years ago. My wife may be related to Helen Comyn the founder of Cardhu. Good sharp image with warm colors despite the sky. Well done.

TFS!
Reid

Somehow I cannot imagine you with a shot of whiskey just after breakfast... but then again, I don't know you all that well!!
I just realized I have never had a shot of whiskey for breakfast or any other time for that matter.... : P

This is a lovely shot; sharp, well composed with wonderful natural color. The distortion of the verticals distracts me however. I think it can be adjusted in Photoshop.

Evelynn : )

Hi Niek, had you not mentioned the fact I would not have picked this as two exposures. I love the seemingly dull colours and the detail. Nice work and the workshop Hans did is very good. My favourite tipple but not for breakfast :). TFS,
David

Many thanks for your comment on ‘Laughing Kookaburra’

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  • thor68 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 412 W: 117 N: 762] (4534)
  • [2007-11-24 14:59]

yeah, the "home" of chivas regal, isn´t it? went there in 1990,
looks still the pretty same. excellent shot, well composed with
the fresh strong green as kind of natural border round the wonderful stones buildings with their amazing roofs.
did you do the whisky trail? terrific job & best wishes, thor.

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