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The iconic Eilean Donan Castle stands on it’s small islet in Loch Duich and has featured in many films and TV shows over the years.  The castle itself is quite a feat of determination, it was a ruin prior to the 1940s when a dedicated wartime pilot took it on himself to rebuild it stone by stone until it was standing gloriously over the loch again.

I love this photograph, the castle takes the role of background to the lobster kreels on the slip way, it’s a timeless view with the patterns of daily life echoing through the eons on the loch.  The weather adds to that sense of place, a blue sky would give an entirely different feel to the piece.

This is somewhere I love to photograph, but finding a unique take on such an iconic view is a challenge.  I don’t like taking a photograph that others have done many times before, I always want to find a take on the view that is imbued with meaning.  That has something to say, that has something for me to say….