I went to the Isle of Skye two weeks ago, and I finally developed, edited, and sorted my photos from the trip. I just mailed the roll of slide film to be processed on Friday, so it won’t be ready for a while, but I’ve got two rolls of C-41. I found a way to map my photos with the app I use to keep track of them all. So here are maps of the first two rolls I shot on the trip:

The countryside here is absolutely breathtaking, so if I could redo the trip myself, I would take a car instead of a bus, and I’d stop way more often to take photos. I took a few from the bus, but as you can see, the bus window makes for a less-than-ideal filter.

One of the first stops was Loch Tulla, a smaller loch which contains salmon.

Next was Glencoe, home of the Three Sisters mountains, and known for the Massacre of Glencoe which happened after the Jacobite uprising. I took a few photos of the mountains and scenery there.

Here’s one I took from the bus of the Ballachulish bridge over Loch Leven. Another downside of being on the bus was that I could have had a much better shot of the bridge, but by the time I turned on the camera, I had missed it.

Also around the Glencoe area is Ben Nevis, another large mountain.

After Glencoe, we stopped at Loch Lochy. The lighting was difficult there, but I took a few photos that I was able to edit. I really had to turn down the highlights in these images. I plan to do a little more research on how to fix that when taking photos instead of relying on editing, but for now, Darktable works alright.

The first photos that I’m really happy with on the roll of Portra 400 that I took were at Glen Shiel. I think these two turned out really well.

My lighting difficulties returned for our last stop of the day—Eilean Donan Castle, which belongs to Clan MacRae.

The castle was closed when we got there, but there was a nice view from the grounds around it.

After visiting the castle, we drove over the bridge onto the Isle of Skye, then went straight to our hostel in Broadfort, which with about 600 people is the second largest town in Skye. I woke up early in the morning and put a roll of Gold 200 in my camera and took some photos from the shore. My new portrait in the left sidebar was taken on the dock in Broadfort by my friend Emily. Here are some of the photos I took in the morning:

On the way home, we made fewer stops, but they were very nice and I got some good photos from them. The first stop was Sligachan Bridge, where there is a small river and a good view of mountains known as the Cuillins. I’m especially proud of the first one. I’ll be having it printed when I get home.

I’m usually not a fan of vertical orientation photos. I usually just crop them to be square, but I couldn’t figure out a better way to present this one. I hope it displays alright in my blog, it might get stretched too big. You can click it to open it by itself.

The last stop on this roll was the Old Man of Storr—a rock formation famous for it’s use in movies and music videos. We spent about a half hour hiking up to a viewpoint of the rock. I took a few photos along the way.

When we got to the viewpoint, it was extremely windy and cold, so it was difficult to keep my camera on. I ended up holding a lighter below the battery enclosure for a second or two to warm them up, but with the clouds shifting, this made it really difficult to take a photo at a time with good lighting. I took one with my phone in which the rock is more distinguished from the background, but neither are great. I’m hoping when my slide film comes back it will have a better one.

That was the end of the Gold 200. On the slide film (Velvia 50), I have a few more of the Old Man of Storr, and some of waterfalls, cliffs, and the town of Portree. Hopefully they turn out to be nice, the cold made it difficult to meter correctly, and slide film needs to be metered well. I should get it back sometime next week. I should have my photos from my mum’s visit next week as well.