A trip to Skye

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Heading up to Skye in a few weeks time and wanted some advice on locations to try and get some good landscape shots.

Travelling up from Edinburgh to Fort William for a night and from there to Skye for a few night before heading back via Newtonmore for a night.

Have a reasonable idea of the route up through Glen Coe but not on the rest of the route, or any little detours worth doing.

Thanks in advance!
 
Eilean Donan Castle is always worth a stop ( Weather Depending ), and if you have a spare couple of hours head up to Applecross before heading across to skye. I am heading up next month for a couple of nights , looking forward to seeing your results. :thumbs:
 
Thanks for the great pictures! Looks like some great photo ops, just need to work out where they are on the map :D
 
Loch Cill Chroisd AKA The Hairy Loch
Elgol (Cuillin Views)
Ord (Cuillin Views)
Tokavaig (Cuillin Views)
Loch Slapin nr Torrin (Bla Bheinn Views)
Claigan Coral Beaches
The Quirang
The Storr
Neist Point
Fairy Pools (Glen Brittle)
Camasunary (walk over)

Loads of places really but the above are all well known without undertaking an expedition. Small as it may be - like much of the Highlands - Skye can take longer to get around than you may think so whilst there's loads of amazing locations - you can soon find yourself dashing around like a headless chicken getting the light and time of day all wrong.

Plenty of advice in the 'Skye Suggestions' thread here......

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=353200&highlight=hairy+loch
 
I've just (yesterday) got back from Skye, my main recommendation for this time of year is to bring something to do on the rained off days :bang:

Phil above has listed the main points of interest, it depends if you want to go up and recreate the classic shots that everyone does or try some more interesting stuff. The views of the Cuillins from Ord and Tokavaig are much preferable to me to the classic Elgol shot, and it's hard to do anything new with Quiraing, although it's incredibly impressive when you get up there. Also Eilean Donan castle has some scaffolding up atm which was annoying, but its probably clone-out-able if you want to try.

My main advice would be to keep your eyes open, be always looking for possibilities, and take a map
 
I've booked a week with great weather :D

Thanks for the suggestions!
 
Only one thing to add.

Take every opportunity, no matter how small it appears.

While you can have bad weather that lasts, like the 23 hours of continuous rain I had while camping at Edinbane, the weather can change very rapidly and you need grab every chance that comes along, particularly if your time is limited.

It does mean there is a good chance of getting soaked, but even in bad weather Skye is a wonderful place.

Dave
 
The linked threads look interesting, I'll be heading up that way later in the year.
 
As mentioned previously, I would definitely recommend taking the road over to Applecross if you have the time, it's a stunning drive and there are some fantastic views.
 
I'd leave Applecross for another time. I'm sure there's a massive detour on the road back to skye from there. Some landslide that closed the road. Amazing drive though.
 
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Keith is correct. The A890 is still closed at Stromeferry. This means going to Applecross - great as it would be - on the way back from Syke would only be possible with huge detour. This is from the NADICS website -

"Update Monday 27th February 2012 @ 17:40hrs - The A890 remains closed in both directions at Stromeferry due to a land slide. The Local Council have commissioned TRAC Engineering Ltd to make safe the unstable rock face 100 yards west of the avalanche shelter. Work continues and no date is given for re-opening. A car and a passenger ferry are providing emergency links between Lochcarron and Stromeferry. Priority is given to local traffic due to the limited capacity of the car ferry (6 cars). The advised diversion for all other traffic is via Inverness. Unfortunately this involves a journey of approximately 140 miles. The diversion route is signposted along its length."

Dave
 
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