Where Joak Lives
The view looking North from the top of Cairnpapple Hill in West Lothian, Scotland. At 310m or just over 1000ft in height the hill offers one of the best viewpoints in central Scotland.
In the centre of the shot on the southern banks of the River Forth is the town of Grangemouth (where joak of RB fame resides). Grangemouth would be a pleasant place to live except that the town is dominated by the extremely large Grangemouth Oil Refinery with its numerous gas flares and cooling towers visible across a wide area of the Scottish Lowlands (look on joak’s page for examples).
Cairnpapple Hill is situated in the Hilderston Hills within the western range of the Bathgate Hills in the parish of Torphichen, West Lothian, in south-east Scotland. Cairnpapple Hill also contains one of the most significant prehistoric monuments in Scotland (look here).
Camera: Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi in the USA)
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Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix.
Related shots can be found at: Lowland Scotland.
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kathy s gillen...
beautiful capture
Catherine Veal
Great shot Tom and narrative Did you get to meet up with Joak? x
Tom Gomez replied
I have never me him, but I hope to soon. There is talk of a meet up with a few RB members, joak, Chris Clark, Maggie (dinghysailor1), myself and hopefully some others.
cherylc1
Incredible view!! awesome colors and depth!!
joak
ha ha ta for that tom it disny look toooo bad frae far awa!!!!!..och yev spoiled it i hud everone kidded oan i stayed in a castle!...ma hoose is richt in line wi the middle o yer shot!..an ta for the exposure mate!
Tom Gomez replied
Glad you like it mate, If they click on the link, it may lead some of the 14 people on RB who do not have you on their Watchlist to your Profile page – hehehe
Chris Clark
brilliant view point, excellent capture…...................but naughty you for telling everyone where joak lives….lol
joak
aye im nearly as popular as you mate!!!!
BarbaraManis
Wonderful capture, Tom. Too bad that pond of water is between us. Would love to hook up with everyone on the other side!
Tom Gomez replied
You would be most welcome Barbara …
Joanne Bradley
Visually stunning and so interesting, so many different layers to focus on!
MaeBelle
Beautiful scenic shot! Just awesome!!:o)) God Bless,Mae
Heavenandus777
Absolutely Gorgeous
dogfish
Haw hey! a’ kin see joaks hoose!!!
SharonD
Beautiful photo Tom. Now get a close up of Joak’s house for us.LOL
ltruskett
stunning view…..........
MichelleR
This is outstanding. You should be extremely proud of this image.
Irene Burdell
A great shoty and beautiful scenery.
handprintz
Ahhh yes theres one of the dugs running up the hill ! beautiful capture and view Tom
DonDavisUK
What a stunning view from way up there. Love it! Regards, Don.
Marjorie Wallace
Oh yes, I have Joak on my watch-page as well. I do hope you can all meet up. Maggie (dinghysailor1) has some beautiful photos of the Tweed River. This is wonderful and an instant fav for me.
debsphotos
Wonderful views…wonderful capture!!! *-)
Cheri Perry
Beautiful scene.
Mayina
Superb Tom….....
Lucindawind
oh wow thats wonderful ! its so beautiful there
rodsfotos
Wonderful clarity Tom, a beautiful view from that well chosen elevated viewpoint, little sign of the industrial refinery or of Joak either in the scene, many congratulations on the feature, well captured and presented,
Regards, Rod.
Elizabeth Bravo
You’ve been FEATURED!!! Congratulations!! 3APR09
Tom Gomez replied
Thanks Elizabeth, very much appreciated.
Tom
Martina Fagan
Beautiful scene Tom
Tom Gomez replied
Thank you Tina …
Finbarr Reilly
Awesome capture Tom, while we were staying in edinburgh we took a day trip out to roselyn chapel then on to stirling castle. we travelled along the M9 from sterling back to edinburgh and i could see the oil refinery and the gas flames burning and seen the sign along the way for grangemouth then i just rememberd joak was from this area. Stunning view a fave.. ;)
Tom Gomez replied
Thank you Fino. I was born and brought up in this area of Scotland, so, as we all do, I took our wonderful country for granted. As I have got older, I have a new appreciation for the beauty all around me, so now I try to capture a little bit to share with the world.
Thanks so much for looking and for the fave, always appreciated …
Tom
Jackie Wilson
Fabulous shot of my home town too. Joak and I both hale from Grangemouth!! lol
Tom Gomez replied
Thank you so much for the kind comment Jackie …
Maureen Maliha
beautiful, Tom! Lovely colors and treatment
Tom Gomez replied
Thank you so much Maureen, very much appreciated …