A small waterfall beneath a bridge at the side of Loch Leven in the Scottish Highlands.

I toyed with the idea of a square crop, but there are nice details in the rocks on either side and I couldn't decide which should go, so I left well alone.

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Glencoe, Scotland

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A small waterfall in a narrow gully catches the sunlight.

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A 5-shot HDR with a 3-stop ND filter for good measure. Taken on a jaunt up to Three Shire Heads with Liz and Kev Palmer.

Three Shire Heads is situated at grid reference 010686 on the border of Cheshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire and is a point where four packhorse routes meet. There is a fabulous high-arched stone packhorse bridge beside which is Panniers Pool where the little ponies with their heavy panniers or saddlebags would have been allowed to drink.

Back in the 19th century, Three Shire Heads was a place where lawbreakers or coiners evaded capture by crossing into a neighbouring county as years ago it was only possible for police to act within their own county limits. The local settlement of Flash takes its name from the trading in counterfeit money by these coiners, the word flash being associated as dishonest or not of genuine quality i.e. flash men (thieves), flash money (counterfeit currency) or flashy (not as good as it looks.)

This was also said to be the setting for illegal prize fights and cock fighting as the perpetrators of such crimes could escape and soon disappear in this wild and rocky scenery. It is reputed that a court was held on this spot in the 14th century by order of the Black Prince, Lord of the nearby Forest of Macclesfield, relating to tenants of the counties of Derby and Stafford who were accused of trespass into the forest.

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Glen Shiel runs approximately 9 miles from south-east to north-west, from the Cluanie Inn (216 metres) at the western end of Loch Cluanie and the start of Glenmoriston to sea level at the village of Shiel Bridge and Loch Duich. The northern side of the glen lies within the Kintail and Morvich estate owned by the National Trust for Scotland. Wikipedia

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