Another great video John. Some amazing woodland shots and the shots showing the reflections on the loch are stunning.Especially loved the background vocals from the local wildlife .
Beautiful spot, John, the Background Bird calls were amazing, you got some nice dark, Lush Moody shots. Always love the Rob Roy Tales, our History is just Magical.
There are a lot of very nice images in this video. There are 4 that I particularly like. 1) The color contrast photo at 7:58 is a great example of creating an interesting image from the simplest of elements. This is something I will have to try. 2) The lake reflection photo with boathouse at 13:26. 3) The winding trail at 14:48. I don't know how many times I've tried to take such trail photos and failed. Maybe it's the lack of depth. 4) The cave photo at 16:12. I love the moss covered boulders. Keep up the good work!
Thanks! The original idea of the trip was to just make square crop images. I only remembered that the cave was in the area halfway through the walk so that became the emphasis for the video
Beautiful woodland compositions that I find particularly difficult to photograph together with some useful tips. Do you shoot the square format “in camera” or at the post production stage ? Norman R.
I believe Rob Roy was specifically outlawed because he, or one of his cronies, ran off with a loan from the Marquis of Montrose and didn't repay it, not specifically anything to do with the stramash in Glen Fruin. Out of his own territory he did go by the name Campbell (he was 'employed' by the Duke of Argyle to collect blackmail), I;m guessing the accent was pretty much the same, as did many MacGregors, or even the name Smith in the lowlands (maybe Scott made that bit up). There was an ongoing feud with Graham of Killearn as he was the magistrate who had found Rob Roy's son Robin guilty of kidnapping a lassie and forcing her to marry him, apparently 'marriage by abduction' was quite common; there's possibly an element of this in the tradition of 'running away' to Gretna Green. Getting back to Graham of Killearn I think he did hang the son. Rob Roy, allegedly, one early misty morning hid behind our village hundred tree intending to kill the magistrate, stepping out he struck down the man who was walking by unawares... unfortunately it was a case of mistaken identity and it was a passing Colhoun that was fatally chibbed. There's also an old scorched wooden door in one of the farmhouses on the Carse (now a kitchen door, but it used to be the front door) that Rob Roy tried to burn down to get at Graham of Killearn ... failed again. Rob Roy was suspiciously late to any Jacobite battle as well, always arriving just in time to be seen taking part in the retreat, playing both ends towards the middle I'd guess. He managed to die in his bed at a ripe old age .... It was a crow, or more likely a raven. Nice shots by the way 😊
@@JohnMcKennaPhotography It took me ten minutes to write and half an hour to reduce it down to something that made sense ... all without the aid of Grammarly I might add. Then I noticed the rogue semi-colon instead of the apostrophe after I posted the comment... bugger it !
@@iainmc9859 if it's any help my from-memory monologue at the loch side lasted over 20 minutes in real life! I was still editing it down at 4am this morning!
Beautiful location photography with stunning background sounds of flowing water and lovely birds in song. Thank you for sharing this with us all Sir.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it
Another great video John. Some amazing woodland shots and the shots showing the reflections on the loch are stunning.Especially loved the background vocals from the local wildlife .
Thanks Tom! I'm expecting a copyright claim from the local stags any day now!
Beautiful spot, John, the Background Bird calls were amazing, you got some nice dark, Lush Moody shots. Always love the Rob Roy Tales, our History is just Magical.
@@douglasritchie2836 thanks Douglas. The deer rutting added a bit of a surreal feel to it all
Well put together video and images really show off the location John. Another pleasure to watch and listen to. 👍
Thanks Garry!
Thanks again John for some lovely images and compositions - with a bit of Scottish history thrown in. Superb!👍
@@colinmackenziephotography9009 thanks Colin!
Gorgeous images. Thank you.👃
Thank you! :)
There are a lot of very nice images in this video. There are 4 that I particularly like. 1) The color contrast photo at 7:58 is a great example of creating an interesting image from the simplest of elements. This is something I will have to try. 2) The lake reflection photo with boathouse at 13:26. 3) The winding trail at 14:48. I don't know how many times I've tried to take such trail photos and failed. Maybe it's the lack of depth. 4) The cave photo at 16:12. I love the moss covered boulders. Keep up the good work!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video
Superb John 👍
Thanks mate!
Lots of pretty details, thanks!
thanks!
Fantastic John! Lovely video and wonderful images. What a beautiful area ☺️🙏🏼💚
Thanks! Yeh, it's a lovely area. I need to get back there soon!
Super job mate enjoyed that. Cracking images 👍👍
Thanks Simon! another rushed edit... only finished it at 4am this morning!
@@JohnMcKennaPhotography haha that’s crazy!! I’ve been there myself especially when things don’t render properly and it’s a rush to sort it out!!
As always love the post processing
Thank you!
Thanks for the camera settings, as a very amateur photographer it is most helpful
Thanks Margaret. Glad you find it helps!
Top Drawer ...
thanks!
Liked seeing all the square format compositions. Was it a predetermined square comp day, or did it just turn out that way?
Thanks! The original idea of the trip was to just make square crop images. I only remembered that the cave was in the area halfway through the walk so that became the emphasis for the video
Beautiful woodland compositions that I find particularly difficult to photograph together with some useful tips. Do you shoot the square format “in camera” or at the post production stage ?
Norman R.
thanks Norman! All of the shots were cropped to square format in post production
By the way, that sound at 8:43, it’s a magpie in an argument.
Thanks! I'm terrible at identifying wildlife!
I believe Rob Roy was specifically outlawed because he, or one of his cronies, ran off with a loan from the Marquis of Montrose and didn't repay it, not specifically anything to do with the stramash in Glen Fruin. Out of his own territory he did go by the name Campbell (he was 'employed' by the Duke of Argyle to collect blackmail), I;m guessing the accent was pretty much the same, as did many MacGregors, or even the name Smith in the lowlands (maybe Scott made that bit up).
There was an ongoing feud with Graham of Killearn as he was the magistrate who had found Rob Roy's son Robin guilty of kidnapping a lassie and forcing her to marry him, apparently 'marriage by abduction' was quite common; there's possibly an element of this in the tradition of 'running away' to Gretna Green. Getting back to Graham of Killearn I think he did hang the son. Rob Roy, allegedly, one early misty morning hid behind our village hundred tree intending to kill the magistrate, stepping out he struck down the man who was walking by unawares... unfortunately it was a case of mistaken identity and it was a passing Colhoun that was fatally chibbed. There's also an old scorched wooden door in one of the farmhouses on the Carse (now a kitchen door, but it used to be the front door) that Rob Roy tried to burn down to get at Graham of Killearn ... failed again.
Rob Roy was suspiciously late to any Jacobite battle as well, always arriving just in time to be seen taking part in the retreat, playing both ends towards the middle I'd guess. He managed to die in his bed at a ripe old age ....
It was a crow, or more likely a raven.
Nice shots by the way 😊
@@iainmc9859 thanks for the info!
@@JohnMcKennaPhotography That was the edited down version 😆
@@iainmc9859 I thought it might be!
@@JohnMcKennaPhotography It took me ten minutes to write and half an hour to reduce it down to something that made sense ... all without the aid of Grammarly I might add. Then I noticed the rogue semi-colon instead of the apostrophe after I posted the comment... bugger it !
@@iainmc9859 if it's any help my from-memory monologue at the loch side lasted over 20 minutes in real life! I was still editing it down at 4am this morning!