Very great pictures indeed.
Just in case people didn't recognise it, the castle in the shots
labelled "Castle" and "Surrounded" is Eilean Donan Castle (did I spell
that right ?). I have some pics like these somewhere of a trip I took
up the West Coast of Scotland a good few years ago. I really must dig
them out ... all on OM gear, of course.
Trivia moment: The castle was used in several Films & TV programmes.
1) It was used extensively in "Highlander". They used to sell
Highlander Swords in the gift shop. Somewhere there's a picture of a
friend of mine running over the bridge shouting "There can be only one"
and a lot of very scared Japanese tourists running for cover ;-) That
was one coach tour they won't forget in a hurry ...
2) It was used in the James Bond film "The World Is Not Enough". They
used a lot of footage of the inside of the castle, as part of M's
control centre I think.
3) It was used in the BBC trailers that were shown between programmes
for a year or 2 - the one with the hot-air balloons.
It was probably used in many others, it is a thoroughly beautiful
location.
Jon (source of all totally useless information !)
-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Wijsmuller [mailto:Frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 19 March 2009 23:10
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] 35-80 for reasonable price
Thanx all. I live in Zeist, near Utrecht in the middle of the
Netherlands.
These pictures are within 1 km from my home.
The pictures in Scotland were with the e-1, and it's me indeed. Great
view,
and a fantastic country. Summer 2006 was very good, that sure helped
;-).
Regards, Frank.
PS I replaced 'White trees' with a 80% compressed one (was 50%). Hope
it
doesn't hurt your eyes
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