Abandoned. Isle of Skye, Scotland.
An abandoned cottage sits decaying and un-loved, amongst the flowers and weeds which now encroach upon the front door.
I spotted this while taking a walk through the woodlands behind Armadale castle, on the Sleat of the Isle of Skye. I peered through the open door, and saw that the very narrow, and steep wooden steps leading to the upstairs, were very worn, which indicated that a long time ago, maybe a large family dwelled within, maybe several generations. The rooms were tiny, and very dark within.
My imagination ran riot thinking about the folk of days gone by and how they lived !
Sadly, it is in such a dangerous state of decay that it is not safe to explore the interior.
Maybe my image will help this abandoned home live on a little longer ?
Shot on a Canon EOS 40D, RAW file processed in Photoshop CS3, then I applied the Orton Effect.
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Dragan Petrovic
fantastic!
Barbara Brown
Beautiful shot and neat find!! Love the light and the POV!!
Tom Gomez
Lovely find, well observed …
Karl Williams
The colours in this are gorgeous, Babs .. good compo as well.
Rany Lutz
Lovely little place!!
F.A. Moore
I’ll take it, I’ll take it. What a sweet cottage in a great location. Seems worth saving. Great image.
cooki
Beautiful…makes you want to fix it up, do some landscaping and move it.
John Beamish
Great image.
Mike Oxley
Such a shame. Beautiful image.
Virginia N. Fred
Beautiful capture
Richard George
Very lush and appealing capture.
Susan Dailey
Beautiful shot!
Gina Cormier
Drop dead gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE IT!!!!
AnnieD
Love the light and composition!
richiedean
I cant believe its still got a roof on !!
I have a definite fascination with places like this, as you know and you’re right, the mind does start drifting into who, what, where and why syndrome ….....
I would have to mount the camera on a monopod, set it to selftimer and poke it inside …......
Bunny Clarke
Gorgeous creaiton and work. Such beautiful colors and textures.
clmustin
Beautiful shot! Sad that no one is living in it.
Katrina Freckl...
I lovei it! I’d want to peek inside and wonder too..
David Clarke
Wonderful image, Barbara. I can see how the imagination would run wild in this old, old cottage!
Helene Kippert
Gorgeous composition and light!
Heather Rivet...
perfect
Linda Gregory
Absolutely gorgeous. And I love the Orton effect with it.
Saikat Babin B...
Composition’s doubtlessly superb, with all the hues!...its an amazing piece of work! :)
SylviaHardy
What a beautiful find :-))
ilpo laurila
Brilliant work, so beautiful.
WatscapePhoto
Beautiful but sad. Excellent photography, Barbara.
LYN EVANS
Incredibly beautiful image.
Lucindawind
stunning beauty
Jayme Rutherford
Terrific capture!
Bootkneck
Great work,well done.
Ella Brown
i would live there if i had the money to buy and make it nice. it is beautiful.