KILT ROCK
ISLE OF SKYE, SCOTLAND
IMAGE NUMBER 1129
Kilt Rock is a sea cliff in north east Trotternish in Northern Skye. It is said to resemble a kilt, with vertical basalt columns to form the pleats and intruded sills of dolerite forming the pattern. You have to look north up the coast to see the Kilt Rock. Closer by is the Mealt Waterfall, which freefalls off the cliff for 60m into the Sound of Raasay below. Sometimes, when the wind is strong, the water is blown away and it doesn't reach the bottom at all. Kilt Rock is dark, cold, grim and wet. Very Scottish.
TECHNICAL NOTES
The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 200. Exposure of 1/640th of a second and an aperture of F8. Schneider Kreuznach 45 mm lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back. It was raining…