The Location
Not many people visit the moors on the Touch Hills. There is a not bad view of the entire Forth Valley up on the Moor. It is worth saying that though it is a nice view it doesn’t make for a particularly photogenic view.
In early spring I took a wander up onto the Moor. There was still snow on the ground after our rather severe late winter. I noticed that the Touch Hills Number 2 reservoir was full. (There are three reservoirs up here, numbers 1,2 and 4). No, I don’t know where number 3 is either.
Anytime previously that I have been to Touch Hills, and bear in mind I hadn’t been up there in a number of years, the reservoir has been half empty. I noticed though that a promontory on the far side with some rather windswept trees. It looked like it might make a nice sunset shot later in the summer when the sun was more in the northern sky. It might look a bit like an island. It was a place to return to perhaps.
The Photograph
Late spring and early summer 2018 have been kind to us with long sunny days and warm evenings with some nice sunsets. Time to make good on my idea. I went for a hike up onto Touch Moor with my camera gear and reaching Touch Hills Number 2, you have maybe guessed what is coming already? The reservoir had again, been partially drained and
However, I did a bit wandering about and found one spot where I felt it provided an interesting composition. With some interest in the trees and exposed rocks….. oh, and that sunset.
Settings for this shot were ISO100 at 23mm, f/8,0 and 1/30th sec, taken on a tripod with a 2 stop soft grad ND filter.