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Isle of Harris + Lewis

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Posted by Barry Bland on August 17, 2007 at 3:40 PM
I have a job for a few days next week and then 3 weeks in September on the Isle of Harris and will have time to fit in some photography....

Has anyone been there to shoot anything??

Any help with locations and what I might encounter would be helpful.

Cheers

Barry
Posted by Tom_W on August 18, 2007 at 5:28 AM
Harris and Lewis are pretty good for Golden Eagle and Otter so I would suggest a long lens and an early start.
Harris (esp. north) is mountanious and which means access off the road is hard.

Lewis will have some birdlife on the machair and waders on the beach, again a long lens would be required. What might be worth looking for is Artic Skua along the open ground just west of Stornaway.

T
Posted by Pete Etheridge on August 18, 2007 at 8:50 AM
The Callanish Stone circle on Lewis is somewhere quite photogenic that I've wanted to visit for a while.
http://www.prehistoric.org.uk/lewis/callanish.html

(Mods please feel free to remove this post as it's not really wildlife photography!)
Posted by Tristan Campbell on August 18, 2007 at 8:54 AM
For landscapes you just can't go wrong here - almost everywhere is oozing with potential. Tristan
Posted by John Arthur on August 18, 2007 at 12:14 PM
coastal walks on the south of Harris are pretty dramatic, lots of seals and gannets, potential for dolphins but didnt see any, although we passed a Minke whale while on the ferry over from Ullapool but my long lens was down in the car deck :mad:

Beautiful scenery especially on drive down to Harris :smile:

John