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James Deane and myself went out to Saligo Bay tonight to try and capture a sunset. Although it was rather cloudy we decided to give it a try anyway. As you can see from the title we didn't actually see a proper sunset but we did manage to capture beautiful waves and clouds, below is one of the results of our photoshoot.

Saligo-bay

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Thu, 05 May 2011 04:43:00 -0700 Beautiful Islay Sunset http://isleofislay.posterous.com/beautiful-islay-sunset http://isleofislay.posterous.com/beautiful-islay-sunset

On the same day as we visited the Isle of Jura I went out in the evening to capture a good old Islay Sunset. I parked at a passing place on the Kilchoman Road next to Loch Gorm to get undisturbed views of the setting sun. At that same time I met Gordon Yates again, he was going for the same sunset albeit from a different angle. As you can see from the images below it was a "perfect" sunset and the ship that passed at sea was a nice added bonus.

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Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:08:52 -0800 Evening Colours at Loch Indaal Islay http://isleofislay.posterous.com/evening-colours-at-loch-indaal-islay http://isleofislay.posterous.com/evening-colours-at-loch-indaal-islay
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Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:25:00 -0700 Mixed day on Islay http://isleofislay.posterous.com/mixed-day-on-islay http://isleofislay.posterous.com/mixed-day-on-islay

It was a bit of a mixed day on Islay but generally it was a real autumn day. There were quite a few rain showers, although not heavy, there was mist, some wind and an occasional clear spell later on the day. We even had some moments when we saw the sun. And there were the geese, thousands of them roosting at the head of Loch Indaal and more were arriving when we passed Bridgend at dusk. Donald from Persabus told me that the weather tomorrow will be really bad so we probably go to Portnahaven to see some wave action. Whatever happens, I’ll keep you posted on our whereabouts!

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Sun, 17 Oct 2010 06:31:52 -0700 Cracking Evening seen from Islay ferry http://isleofislay.posterous.com/cracking-evening-seen-from-islay-ferry http://isleofislay.posterous.com/cracking-evening-seen-from-islay-ferry

We arrived yesterday evening at Port Ellen and while we left Kennacraig the sun was setting and the sky was crystal clear. As soon as we arrived in the Sound of Jura I saw beautiful colours on the horizon above the isle of Islay and Jura. It was great to sail on the ferry during this time of the evening. One of the images shows the three islands together, Gigha, Islay and Jura.

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Tue, 18 May 2010 01:42:16 -0700 Evening at Loch Indaal Islay http://isleofislay.posterous.com/evening-at-loch-indaal-islay http://isleofislay.posterous.com/evening-at-loch-indaal-islay
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Last evening didn’t see a beautiful sunset, there was a big cloud blocking the sun. The subtle colours reflecting on Loch Indaal however made well up for that.

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Fri, 14 May 2010 11:50:00 -0700 Islay Sunset http://isleofislay.posterous.com/islay-sunset http://isleofislay.posterous.com/islay-sunset

After yesterday’s rain the evening showed it’s friendly face with a lovely sunset and beautiful colours over Loch Indaal.

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Mon, 10 May 2010 00:26:48 -0700 An Islay Sunset and Jura Sunrise http://isleofislay.posterous.com/an-islay-sunset-and-jura-sunrise http://isleofislay.posterous.com/an-islay-sunset-and-jura-sunrise

As promised yesterday here is the sunset I went out for last night. It wasn’t a spectacular sunset but beautiful nevertheless. When I woke up this morning to photograph the sunrise over the Paps of Jura and went outside it was feeling bitterly cold. The temperature was 4 degr Celsius and a strong and very chilly north-westerly wind came in over the Sound of Islay but the views and sunrise were excellent again!

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