Faces in stone (with the GXR A12 50)

[Blow-in]

Three faces lightly carved in to Caithness slabs - they are characters from Neil Gunn novels and adorn his memorial above Dingwall.



This is the main part of the memorial - a large lump of mica schist.



Richard

 

[Gab]

Hi Richard, interesting set, where are they located?

 

[Blow-in]

Hi Gab,

Nice to hear from you again and I like your X100 work.

The Neil Gunn monument is on a hill side above Dingwall and Strathpeffer and below Mount Wyvis in the Scottish Highlands (about 20 miles north of Inverness).

Richard

 

[thelps]

Hi Richard, nice captures of some very enigmatic carvings.
You have some interesting artifacts about. Are the carvings more recent?

 

[Blow-in]

Thanks Tim. The monument dates from 1987 so is quite recent. Glad it's of interest.

Richard

 

[amarverma]

Well done Richard, nice collection! Why did you have to underexpose the shots, might have been a bit more detail and texture, if you didn't?
BW
Amar

 

[Blow-in]

Thanks Amar. I tend to set the EV compensation to minus 0.3 with the GXR as to my eyes left alone I think it over exposes. In this case the light was quite awkward - a misty day but with some bright sunlight so while I think the received wisdom is to over expose dark objects it didn't look right to me. I did use some flash though on one of them! Richard