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Just for Fun No C&C will be given: Scotland

fahim mohammed

Well-known member
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fahim mohammed

Well-known member
Doug, Asher, Murray...

Embarrassingly, I know very little of this place.

A coach tour stop on the Isle of Skye. A museum of pre-historic settlements. It was closed.
The weather was bitterly cold, I was the only one who got out and walked up a small hill to reach this place.

Asher, yes it was an M8 with the Zeiss C Biogon 21/4.5, uncoded and hence the cyan cast.
Shot in jpg. The data was stripped when I saved for the web.

I shall upload the few remaining ones, resized only, to the hosting site and provide a link.

Thank you all for stopping by.
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Excellent snaps. They also have a look I remember from my Father-in-Law's Hasselblad SWC, Also with a Zeiss Biogen.

You can correct the colors or make B& version, well worthwhile.

I wonder if the Vikings had red paint or such perfect wheels?

Asher
 

Andrew Stannard

pro member
Hi Fahim,

What a lovely and interesting image.

Are these definitely reconstructions of viking settlements? They are also very similar to examples of thatched Crofters Cottages. Cottages used by local crofters and often constructed from local stone. From wiki...

Crofting is a form of land tenure and small-scale food production unique to the Scottish Highlands and the Islands of Scotland. Within crofting townships, individual crofts are established on the better land, and a large area of poor quality hill ground is shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing.

And more info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crofting


Crofting still continues in Scotland today - with and without thatched roofs.


Regards,
 

fahim mohammed

Well-known member
Andrew, thank you for the kind words and for the information provided. I did not have any idea about such cottages.

Regards.
 

Mark Hampton

New member
fahim,

these look like images of Falkirk. they have no electricy there... all the water comes from a river...

thanks for sharing - if your over the east coast gee me a shout - we can go fo a beer !

cheers
 

fahim mohammed

Well-known member
fahim,

these look like images of Falkirk. they have no electricy there... all the water comes from a river...

thanks for sharing - if your over the east coast gee me a shout - we can go fo a beer !

cheers

Mark, that's very generous of you. Let's make mine the non-alcoholic kind!

To your good health lad.
 
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