Ben Ledi - Trossachs - Scotland

Weather forecast today was for sunny spells so off I hopped in the Bug up to the trossachs, my origional intentions were to have a go shooting a few waterfalls I knew the location off.

I was surprised by the amount of snow in the area which led me into a muddy field to get a few shots of Ben Ledi.

It always opens up my heart to see pictures of bony Scotland and you`ve done a great job there.
Never mind about the waterfalls,it will come to you in time.
Enjoy your shooting.

Thanks Dimitri

Yeah today wasn't the best of days to be out shooting but to be honest I haven't been out since last Novemeber And the inspiration I get from folks like yourself inspires me to the point I become desperate for some action.

In #1 the tree works nicely as foreground detail, Buggbairn!

Thanks Buddy

It's one of the few things I've leared about landscape composition, my moto now is "If it's in it's all or nothing" !!!

Ahem....please ignore the half tree in this shot

Buggbairn wrote:
Thanks Dimitri

Yeah today wasn't the best of days to be out shooting but to be honest I haven't been out since last Novemeber And the inspiration I get from folks like yourself inspires me to the point I become desperate for some action.

Its very weird because when i was out last saturday i got a shot of Loch Venachar with ben ledi in the bg (thats funny isn`t it?,).
I`ll post it in the future some time.
From witch point did you get the shot?and you were luckyer than me,(snow covered ben ledi?).
You need to go out more often man,the beauty of nature cann`t be bought with all the money in the world.

dv2004 wrote:
You need to go out more often man,the beauty of nature cann`t be bought with all the money in the world.

I'm hearing Ya mate

I took that shot of Ben Ledi from a field about half a mile from Callander coming in on the Stirling Road.

I'm only 20 odd miles away and the last few days we've had heavy rain, I did not expect a snow capped Ben Ledi.

As an eager 18 year old I camped on the top of Ben Ledi one summer , I'm not sure if you've been up there but the views of the Trossachs breathtaking.

Love the Trossachs, but think I will wait until the Spring to go back. Once all the snow is gone. Know what you mean about the rushing water. I need to practice that. But I just want to get a very slight smoothness to it. Still like to see some turmoil in the water. I like all 3 shots, but #1 is really nice.

Buggbairn wrote:
I'm hearing Ya mate

Good stuff

Oh,right,know where you are.

Well,you need to remember,its quite high.

When was that?

Now,thats what i call friendly information,you`ve got my attention now.

dv2004 wrote:
When was that?

Ahem..........That was 13 years ago, I'm now a not so fit 31 year old

dv2004 wrote:
Now,thats what i call friendly information,you`ve got my attention now.

I think You'd love it up there, the views of Loch's Lubnaig, Katrine and Venechar are superb, if I remember correctly you can see over to Loch Lomond too.

And the silence up there is something I've never witnessed before.

I'm thinkin of heading up again this summer as I have no shots of my experience

Nice shots, i'm always surprised by how much Scotland looks like NZ.

Funny that, I've always thought the same of New Zealand.

You just have to look at the amount of sheep scattered over our countries to realise that they are of similar terrain.

Buggbairn wrote:
Ahem..........That was 13 years ago, I'm now a not so fit 31 year old

Ah,you`re only a young lodi.

I think You'd love it up there, the views of Loch's Lubnaig, Katrine and Venechar are superb, if I remember correctly you can see over to Loch Lomond too.

And the silence up there is something I've never witnessed before.

I'm thinkin of heading up again this summer as I have no shots of my experience

Thats allready in my agenda now,where would you start from?
Where is the easyest place to start? (i am not 31 any more,that was 15 winters ago)

dv2004 wrote:
Thats allready in my agenda now,where would you start from?
Where is the easyest place to start? (i am not 31 any more,that was 15 winters ago)

If you head through Callander heading towards Loch Lubnaig there's a bridge crossing the River Teith just before you reach the loch (I'm sure it's sign-posted for Holiday Log cabins).

Just across that bridge is a car park to the left, the trail up starts there and I'm sure it's also sign posted, the 1st part of the hike is through forest with paths that are laid on top of Branches (it's a weird but very enjoyable bouncy feeling).

We should have a Scottish PTON excursion up there.

Buggbairn wrote:
If you head through Callander heading towards Loch Lubnaig there's a bridge crossing the River Teith just before you reach the loch (I'm sure it's sign-posted for Holiday Log cabins).

Just across that bridge is a car park to the left, the trail up starts there and I'm sure it's also sign posted, the 1st part of the hike is through forest with paths that are laid on top of Branches (it's a weird but very enjoyable bouncy feeling).

We should have a Scottish PTON excursion up there.

Oh yes Scottie from Scotland , i know where it is (crossed the bridge to check the other day) , as soon as the days are a bit longer , i`m off for the top (if i make it all the way to the top.).