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where the lochs meet
Oh, look! Another castle.
This one is strategically located where three lochs – Loch Long, Loch Dutch, and Loch Ash – meet. It’s been there, in various configurations, since the early 13th century. It was abandoned and fell into disrepair, until this happened: “For the best part of 200 years, the stark ruins of Eilean Donan lay neglected, abandoned and open to the elements, until Lt Colonel John Macrae-Gilstrap bought the island in 1911. Along with his Clerk of Works, Farquar Macrae, he dedicated the next 20 years of his life to the reconstruction of Eilean Donan, restoring her to her former glory. The castle was rebuilt according to the surviving ground plan of earlier phases and was formally completed in the July of 1932.”
Also: is “Farquar Macrae” the best name you’ve ever heard?!
Eilean Donan Castle
Isle of Skye, Scotland
photographed 11.8.2023
snow white
I just can’t help myself: no matter how many abandoned businesses I spot in my travels, I still have to photograph them. I guess when I see a new one and DON’T want to get an photo of it, I’ll know the photography gig is over…
Portales, New Mexico
photographed 8.11.2023
surveillance
I know you are aware that I have a thing for photographing things reflected in windows. I am charmed by the way the camera sees it differently than my eyes do. And I’m enchanted the way reflections layer themselves with the non-reflections, weaving all of it into something that seems *almost* real.
Lometa, Texas
photographed 7.22.2023
where is thy sting?
A grave marked by a barbed-wire cross somehow seems more raw, more tragic than if the marker had been a plain white one.
China Creek Cemetery
near San Saba, Texas
photographed 7.22.2023
breakfast lighting
I have to say that I paid a lot more attention to the light in this place that I did to anything else. I mean, you see my point, right?
San Saba, Texas
photographed 7.23.2023
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