"Blue deep Barra waves are calling.." (Trad. Hebridean) by Dohmnuill

Dohmnuill

"Blue deep Barra waves are calling.." (Trad. Hebridean) by

A view to Barra from Ludag on the southern tip of South Uist, Outer Hebrides.

The ferry terminal was made redundant in 2001 by the new causeway to Eriskay.

Autumn

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south, barra, uist, ludag

Comments

  • Stephen Thomas
    Stephen Thomasabout 3 years ago

    Beautiful! Excellent!

  • Many thanks again, Stephen. I had thought this one was destined for no comments! Quite overcast as you can see, and later I heard the pipes playing a lament as a funeral wound its way from the church on nearby Eriskay.

    – Dohmnuill

  • Richard Ion
    Richard Ionalmost 3 years ago

    Superb Hebridean scene Dohmnuill, captures it so well. I love this part of the World – we are off to Harris in a fortnight!
    Richard

  • Many thanks, Richard. I’m very envious of your forthcoming trip – Harris is a lovely place – I think I prefer the western side with its magnificent beaches, but Rodel and the rocky inlets of the east are terrific too. I’ll look forward to seeing some pics on RB!

    – Dohmnuill

  • Kasia-D
    Kasia-Dalmost 3 years ago

    Wonderful! I thought this had to be the Hebrides not Australia!! I love the way that cloud formation – so typical of the Isles – stretches out diagonally across the sky. I was there a year past June and had fantastic weather. The light and contrasts in this shot are great! If you’ve got a link to that traditional song I’d love to hear it! And you could add this shot to the Musically Inspired Art group.

  • Many thanks, Kasia. Of late, the skies here have resembled those in the shot, as winter gales rage. But there is no Poltalloch Inn here (not far to the right in the scene)!

    I don’t have a particular link to the song (“Sea Longing”), but an old rendition by Kenneth McKellar is hard to beat. Still available on CD.

    – Dohmnuill

  • Kasia-D
    Kasia-Dalmost 3 years ago

    Thanks for the information about the song – I found a clip with the introduction so it gave me a wee taste of it:-)

  • van049
    van049over 2 years ago

    What a beautiful place!! It looks like the sky just hangs onto the land~~
    Great capture my friend!!!xx

  • Van, many thanks for the lovely comment. As another song says,
    “..and we in dreams behold the Hebrides.”

    – Dohmnuill

  • EchoNorth
    EchoNorthover 2 years ago

    Beautiful light and tones in this one!

  • Thank you, EN.

    – Dohmnuill