A Highland Photo Trip: Part 5 Ardvreck Castle
Ardvreck Castle - Fujifilm X-T2 + XF10-24mm f4 - 4s @ f22 ISO200 (zoom 10mm) After a good night's sleep in a hotel in Ullapool we headed north at 6:30am to hopefully catch the sunrise over the mountains. However a fairly steady rainfall meant we were not going to be lucky in that respect. But as anyone who has traveled in Scotland knows, you just have to make the best of the Scottish weather because it rains a lot here! We decided to head to Loch Assynt to photograph the ruins of Ardvreck Castle which stand on a small outcrop of land surrounded by water. Ardvreck Castle - Fujifilm X-T2 + XF90mm f2 - 1/500 @ f2 ISO400 Ardvreck Castle was built by the MacLeods of Assynt at the end of the 15th Century and stood until 1795 until it was struck by lightning and largely destroyed. The castle now stands as a ruin on the shores of the loch, surrounded by the Scottish mountains on all sides. As the light started to gather the rain eased off, but didn'...