morning gems
A precious find on an early morning outing in beautiful Inverie on the remote knoydart penisula on the west coast of the Scottish mainland. It’s a real wilderness area where wild flowers flourish in profusion on the lower slopes of this mountainous area without road access (We got the boat in from Mallaig).
Morning dew in the sun transforms these delicate blue flowers which were growing outside a converted church and are possibly omphalodes, planted there rather than the forgetmenots I originally thought they were… ;)
Cropped but otherwise untouched, and taken with my fujifilm finepix A500 on macro mode with a 4” tripod.
I’m just so amazed and delighted that it’s true to what I had seen… and it’s well worth viewing larger I think too!
:))
For more pics of this stunnnig area click this link:
Crespuscular my talented friend (check out his work too) found this so sad ballad/lament from the 70’s to sit alongside as a reminder of how priceless such mornings are….
Morning dew by tim rose/ bonnie dobson link
Walk me out in the morning dew my honey
Walk me out in the morning dew today;
Can’t walk you out in the morning dew my honey
Can’t walk you out in the morning dew today!
Thought I heard a young girl cry mama,
Thought I heard a young girl cry today-
You didn’t hear no young girl crying mama,
You didn’t hear no young girl cry today!
Thought I heard a young man cry mama-
Thought I heard a young man cry today-
You didn’t hear no young man crying mama
You didn’t hear no young man cry today!
Now, there’s no more morning dew
Now, there’s no more morning dew-
What they’ve been saying all these years is true
Now, there’s no more morning dew!
(warner chappell music)
Thanks so much Cresp….. please pass the tissues…....
;)
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Rickyd
Wow awesome job here my friend :)
Jason Connolly
Beautiful …..
jdmphotography
Stunning and brilliant ! (-:
Tom Gomez
Like jewels, lovely shot …
Sean Farragher
beautiful
Sensiworld
Wow !
pepper08
superb job
LindaR
I see opals and amethyst gems against the sky so blue ~ these truly are gems~!! excellent!
julie08
Fantastic:)
Craig Maguire
Gorgeous, well worth taking time over.
:)
Susan King
Beautiful
Sharon Perrett
Wow, so beautiful, they twinkle like gems
Tainia Finlay
Gorgeous capture ding! Sounds like a beautiful place to visit :D
dinghysailor1 replied
Thanks so much everyone for your lovely comments – It is a wonderful place but also wild and isolated! The Old Forge Inn is Scotlands most remote pub and welcomes those who manage to make it on foot or by sea with wonderful food and informal music sessions and hot showers! :))))
Peter Hill
Wow, that is quite amazing. Well captured ding!
reflector
A great find and a great shot ! Visual effects straight from nature !
Joyce Dickens,...
So lovely Dinghy; beautiful!
debsphotos
Oh my goodness…I did’nt think there was such amazing beauty out there!!!! What a ‘gem’ you have captured!! So wonderful to see!! *-)
Andrew Ness
Brilliant colour and contrast in this….....great macro shot matey.
RichardV
Lovely capture dinger. Looks like fine crystal glass.
John Edwards
As Richard said above, they do look like crystal glass. A great find and a superb capture.
Jodie Elchah
Ding it looks like crystals stunning capture..Jodie
joak
great dinger one of your best did you get this whe tou were washing your face in the morning dew!
Wendella Reeves
Wow, this is a stunning shot! Great Work!
Juilee Pryor
beautiful shot dingy…..
jacqi
So pretty – sapphires, amethysts and aquamarines!
Puffling
So delicate. Beautiful colours too : )
Crespuscular
Here’s the only half decent version of ‘Morning Dew’ I can find on YouTube:
link
I’d let it preload before playing it (let the red line get to the end first.
Clannad also did a lament version of it in 1973.
The best version I have heard so far is the Tim Rose version.
dinghysailor1 replied
thanks so much buddy! thanks so much for taking the trouble and … sniff… its beautiful ;)
handprintz
Wow this is just stunning,so delicate they look like they would snap if touched,great find and picture
brian pendrey
stunning
Mar Silva
This is amazing. It looks like little glass crystals on the vine.
Sue Buckingham
Amazing image. They look so fragile x
Robin Brown
Oh forgive me & my poor spelling Dinghy, Savorski Crystals!! Magnificent xx
kevin smith sk...
The colors you’ve captured here are quite special…...gemlike.
Jen Wahl
great composition. I love the soft colors and textures in this pic…
Thanks for the nice comment and for the visit to my site. ;o)
Kathryn Potempski
I love the comp,color lighting everything what a fantastic find well done,wonderful words congrats
DesImages
The title is so apt. The flowers really do look like gems. So beautiful!
Marinella Owens
very beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!
EdgeOfReality
Truly natures gems and very beautiful.
Kelly J
Hey dont know what happened.. I missed this?? beautiful Maggie :) There must be a glitch somewhere!
Kathryn Potempski
the card arrived and it is even better than this ,Mum loved it.:-)
dinghysailor1 replied
fantastic news kathryn!! thanks for that and best wishes to your mum! cheers
ding
:)))
sallysparkle
Hey this is gorgeous! I just read your piece about knoydart on your mountain pic and linked to this. stunning…We may be going to Knoydart in the autumn so it was great to hear your enthusiasm. ...back to pic…..its a beautiful gem and from a magical place!
dinghysailor1 replied
oh wow! you will love that wild place!! and thankyou heaps for your so lovely comments!
Robin Brown
Wow Dinghy they look more like gems than flowers. Fantastic find. XX
Tina Renaud
wow wow wow!!! It’s almost impossible to tell they are real… beautiful capture
Rhonda Thomassen
This is really pretty Maggie. You have a unique eye for things.
Marilyn Harris
This is stunning!! Wonderful composition!!
LoveMy7Cs
perfect frosty gems
Roddy Atkinson
Beautiful capture Maggie, they do look like gems!
Pat Yager
What a neat shot, my friend! A perfect moment captured!
Lois Bryan
Maggie, Maggie!!! I believe you that these are real … but … to me these look like some incredible, Art Nouveau jewelry pieces from the 1920’s!!!!!!!! Fabulous, fabulous!!! WHAT a find!!!!!!!
dinghysailor1 replied
I know Lois i feel just the same ;)))) and couldnt believe my eyes! this place is magical!
Marilyn Baldey
Deliscious.
Lorena Maria
what a precious shot… like jewels!! wow!!