Barrisdale Bay after sunset again, a bit more zoomed than the previous picture (199_0625_223000NLH) – note the cotton grass “fluttering in the breeze”. It's so late now that we can't do without the tripod. But the wind's so strong the tripod head wont stay in the right position, and to set the camera correctly you repeatedly have to unscrew the head a bit. Not all that simple in these warm gusts – with cotton grass fluff whirling around our ears.

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