Queen' View, Loch Tummel - D700, 24-70mm

This is one of the iconic views in Scotland, The Queen’s View looking westward along Loch Tummel near Pitlochry. Seems to be some question which queen this is named for, Queen Victoria in 1866 or my preference, Queen Isabella of Scotland, wife of King Robert the Bruce, 550 years earlier.

The light was quite good on the day we were there, a little later in the day than you might want to shoot it. I did not have the luxury of choosing a time of day for most of the locations we visited. Just went with what I was presented with…

Queen' View 100% crop

Here’s a 100% crop of the image above. It’s the island on the middle right. That’s a house out there and another way back at the end of the loch, just to give you some sense of scale of this place. Hard to project the real majesty of the landscape, no matter how hard you try…