Not so much a black Friday as a grey Saturday for today’s image. This photo was taken on a misty, rainy and grey Saturday at Eilean Donan Castle in the Highlands of Scotland. Not exactly the usual sort for weather for good photography. But that was my first atmospheric visit to the iconic Scottish castle back in 2012. The dark weather seemed to add some magic to the occasion. I was staying in Dornie so was able to walk down to the castle that evening. The rain had follow the car up through most of the Highlands and kept up throughout the evening. Walking down to Eilean Donan castle, there was nobody around apart from a couple of wet and tired backpackers looking for a campsite. Sadly i wasn’t able to help them. The image was taken on an iPhone with a little bit of tweaking in Snapseed to add some contrast. The whole Eilean Donan experience really starts at Glen Shiel, some eight or nine miles from Dornie. The […]