Some photos including Applecross Panorama views

[skyenet]

Went away camping up North with Skye last weekend and took a few photos on the trip. Weather was good on Saturday and roads were surprisingly traffic free.

Managed to come across one of C.G.'s favourite viewpoints and can see why.

First time I have photographed Eilean Donan castle from this side.

Some shots of the Castle from the other side

Came across a wee river/waterfall on the way up to Applecross

The view from the top of the pass over to Applecross

Some nice views on the coastal road north from Applecross

Don't have a wide angle lens for my camera so took a series of photos and stitched them together using Canon Photostitch (which came bundled with a Canon Video Camera I have) and here are some examples of what can be achieved. All were shot hand held and using the focus points on my Nikon D40 to line up consecutive shots. I have now found out some more about using Photostitch and looking forward to trying some more shots out. http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/photostitch.htm

We stayed at Sands Holiday Centre which is a Caravan/Camping site with great access to a long stretch of sandy beach a couple of miles West of Gairloch.

Higher Res Version here http://idisk.mac.com/Skyeweb-Public/Applecross060708Pan-2.jpg

Here is a 360 degree view at the Top of the Pass to Applecross

Higher Res Version here http://idisk.mac.com/Skyeweb-Public/Applecross060708Pan-3.jpg

and a couple more panorama shots from the weekend

Higher Res Version here http://idisk.mac.com/Skyeweb-Public/Applecross060708Pan-4.jpg

Higher Res Version here http://idisk.mac.com/Skyeweb-Public/Applecross060708Pan-5.jpg

The Canon Photostitch software also allows you to output Panorama views as Quicktime movies which you can pan round and gives a sort of 3D view of the subject.

Quicktime Panorama Movie of Applecross here http://idisk.mac.com/Skyeweb-Public/ApplecrossTopPan.MOV

Quicktime Panorama Movie of Sands Holiday Centre here http://idisk.mac.com/Skyeweb-Public/Sandybay.MOV

 

[Alte Wolf]

Great photos there Skyenet. Panoramas are amazing

 

[Davel]

Oh WOW!

Great shots

 

[jims adventure]

Fantastic pictures there skyenet, its also DRY,

 

[Dave56]

Great set of photos skyenet, especially the panoramic ones.
Travelling up myself in September on the GS, can`t wait, hope the weathers as good.

 

[Jazbee]

Great Foties

 

[NA1959]

Nice pic's!

 

[wully]

Great foaties- wish the weather was like that here...

 

[skyenet]

Cheers for feedback folks

Looking forward to some more experimenting with panoramas in the near future. Would be nice to get similar weather again but that's probably pushing my luck too much.

Great set of photos skyenet, especially the panoramic ones.
Travelling up myself in September on the GS, can`t wait, hope the weathers as good.

Hope the weather is as good and the roads as clear for you in September. Still don't understand why the roads were so clear of tourtists on such a lovely day. Maybe we were just miles ahead of them as we headed North through Glasgow about 6am on the Saturday morning.