My very first Islay startrails picture. This was from just outside one of the cottages at Kilchoman House Cottages, the view is towards the Kilchoman Crags and Kilchoman House. Friends unknowingly (at the time, they know now) helped me with this picture: They had been out for the evening and when they returned their car lights illuminated the crags and the house, making it look much better in the finished picture.
A summer view on Islay, the machair near Machir Bay. While not as extensive as in the Outer Hebrides there are areas of machair on Islay, mainly around the Machir Bay and Saligo Bay areas. A machair is a fertile low-lying grassy plain, usually very colourful during the spring and summer.
Even on a wet day on Islay it is possible to enjoy the beach. This dog (and its owners) were playing at the southern end of Machir Bay. While the owners were building dams to redirect the burn the dog was mainly running around, jumping the burn and occasionally doing some digging.