Ring of Brodgar

Artist: kalaryder
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Ring of Brodgar

My favourite of all of the photos I took of this fabulous stone circle on the Orkney Isles. Also known as the Orcadian Stones..
The Ring has an area of 90,790 square feet (8,435 sq.m.). It is situated on a neck of land between the lochs Stenness and Harray. The circle has 36 stones remaining of an original 60 and the tallest still standing is approx. 15ft in height. There are carvings on some of the stones. We found the whole area quite fascinating as depending on which way we faced, the view was either very dark and broody or full of light.
Taken on film and scanned.
Camera:Minolta 101 zoom – partial zoom

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handprintz

Awesome capture,great light and shadows,and thanks too for the narrative very interesting
kalaryder

Thanks Trudi.
hilarydougill

wonderful comp and perspective, fatastic capture and imagery, beautiful colours and reflections. hugsxxx
Tom Gomez

Nicely composed shot of this fascinating place …
kalaryder

Thank you Hilary, much appreciated
kalaryder

Now then Tom, if you take a tour bus, you can see this and the Ring of Brodgar, they don’t give a lot of time at the ring though. Well worth the visit and I would go back in a shot.
kalaryder

That was meant ot be Skara Brae and this Tom :)
SharonAHenson

Well done with the perspective in this beautiful shot !
jbouzou

Wow ! Impressive !... Great shot !!!
failingjune

Lovely shot!
kalaryder

Thanks you all for the lovely comments
NordicBlackbird

great shot, K! :)))
wicked angle and perspective!
kalaryder

Thanks again Nat. Love the comment
Béla Török

Fabulous composition!
kalaryder

Thank you again Bela
soulphoto

I wish FL looked like that… I would never want to leave.
Wanna trade? :-)
kalaryder

Not at all, I’m in Australia! This was on a beautiful day in August in the Orkneys.
NoraFraser

would love to see this in real life someday-love the light and shadows
kalaryder

Nora, this and the Callanish Stones are mind blowing in their beuatiful starkness.
David Lade

Excellent composition K. Lovely shapes, shadows and sky!
kalaryder replied

Thank you David, much appreciated
Rachel Stickney

Fabulous composition with nice light and shadows. Very interesting commentary too.
kalaryder replied

Thank you again Rachel :)