Keills from the old chapel, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a small village, seen from the local cemetery and chapelA panoramic view of the village of Keills in the north of Islay, taken from the old chapel to the north east of the village. On the left the Paps of Jura, towards the right you can catch a glimpse of the Sound of Islay between the houses.

MV Hebridean Isles approaching Port Askaig, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a ferry approaching along a sound between two islands, a lighthouse in the distanceA view of the Calmac ferry MV Hebridean Isles approaching Port Askaig along the Sound of Islay. In the distance McArthur’s Head lighthouse at the southern end of the sound.

Jura and Mull from the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a small lighthouse on an island, another island with a mountain in the distance behindA view north from the ferry leaving Port Askaig on Islay. The lighthouse is at Carragh an t-Sruith on Jura with the Isle of Mull in the distance. The big mountain is Ben More on Mull, the only island Munro outside the Isle of Skye.

Admittedly this is not a view you’ll get with the bare eye, this was taken with my 80-400mm lens fully extended to 400mm.