The Story Behind the Image - Loch Ewe, Scotland
One of the most enjoyable photography trips in my life was a week spent exploring Wester Ross from a base at Aultbea, near Gairloch.
In the middle of that week, the weather turned absolutely foul, as it can do in the Scottish Highlands, and I was house-bound in the holiday cottage I'd rented for the week.
After a full day cooped up in the cottage waiting for the weather to ease I was starting to go stir crazy. I decided to simply take a drive, just for a change, though I had no expectations at all that the weather would ease.
I drove along the shore of Loch Ewe, heading for the hamlet of Cove. As I reached Cove, I saw an old rowboat drawn up on the loch shore, with bracken growing inside it. I thought it was incredibly picturesque with the loch as a backdrop, but I wasn't about to get out of the car and photograph in a downpour.
No sooner had I had that thought then the rain stopped and the sky cleared.
Within five minutes what had been a fierce rainstorm was transformed into a lovely afternoon, with golden sunlight falling on the weathered boat and lighting the waters of the loch. What an incredible transformation - and what a beautiful scene
Britain Express UK Image Shop
Our online shop offers canvas prints, framed prints, metal prints, acrylic prints, posters, iPhone cases, Galaxy cases, and greeting cards of UK scenes, specialising in historic sites and traditional locations around England, Scotland and Wales.
We've chosen Fine Art America to host our shop. FAA is the largest worldwide print-on-demand service and offers a wide variety of printed image products from 14 fulfilment centres in 5 different countries.
You can order in a wide variety of currencies (euros, Japenese yen, American, Canadian and Australian dollars), and products ship in 2-3 business days.