Alistair Keddie Photography

Between Heaven and Earth, Loch Katrine reflects

Fog lifts to reveal a mirror smooth Loch Katrine with the summit of Ben Venue behind

I never thought to be photographing this landscape floating so serenely between heaven and earth.  The day had started so different with a heavy blanket of fog shrouding the loch I explored in an earlier post.  The last thing I expected was this, almost exactly the conditions I’d hoped for as I set out before dawn.  Fog lifts to reveal a scene of stunning clarity and calm.  Streamers of mist floating up, burned off by strong sun breaking through to light the autumn colour of forest, island and mountain.  White cloud speckled blue skies clear and reflect infinitely in the still mirror of Loch Katrine.  A magical landscape transformed and soon gone with the slightest breath of wind to ripple the waters surface and the spell is broken.

Mountain tops peak from the shifting fog

Pristine, still and calm, the mirrored loch reflects the autumn landscape

A particular favourite, the island sits reflected between heaven and earth

Another surreal landscape, the clouds echo the land above and below

Earlier the same day, I shot a series of photographs of the steamship Sir Walter Scott making ready to sail in heavy fog amongst these islands.  The contrast is quite incredible and I’m still blown away that conditions can change so dramatically in the space of a few hours.

Fog clears the Walter Scott, Loch Katrine

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