Photo of the Month: December 2013

The Cobbler from the Allt a' Bhalachain

17th December 2013, The Cobble, Arrochar Alps

The Cobbler.  On OS maps it is also called Ben Arthur which is really the anglicised form of the gaelic ‘Beinn Artair’.  At 884m / 2900ft it falls short of Munro status by 100ft but what it lacks in height it makes up for in character.  It is one of the most impressive peaks in Scotland with three distinct and craggy summits which take on the shape of a cobbler at his last when seen from the A82 road above Arrochar at the head of Loch Long. A constructed path zig-zags up the hillside through an area of forestry, by-passing the original tramway route. Above the forest the path joins the old tramway path and continues from there, following the Allt a' Bhalachain to reach the Narnain Boulders. 

Technical Info:

Taken with a Canon EOS 5D mkII
Zeiss Distagon T* 21/2.8 ZE lens

EXIF: ISO-100 / 6 sec @ f/11 
Lee filters: 0.9 Hard GND

RAW File converted to TIFF in Canon DPP, developed in Adobe PSE9

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