{"id":67145,"date":"2026-09-09T23:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=67145"},"modified":"2026-09-25T22:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:44:18","slug":"a-journey-with-a-keen-photographic-eye-through-the-wild-side-of-the-scottish-highlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/09\/09\/a-journey-with-a-keen-photographic-eye-through-the-wild-side-of-the-scottish-highlands\/","title":{"rendered":"A journey with a keen photographic eye through the wild side of the Scottish Highlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my opinion, a great virtue of a good photographer is the ability to draw beauty from everyday situations and scenes.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/01\/17\/a-silent-ascent-to-a-mountain-without-name-in-the-scottish-highlands\/\">A silent ascent to a mountain without name in the Scottish Highlands<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/04\/23\/the-beautiful-landscapes-of-the-isle-of-skye-in-northern-scotland-from-a-birds-eye-view\/\">The beautiful landscapes of the Isle of Skye in northern Scotland, from a bird's eye view<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>There are places we may have seen hundreds of times that suddenly appear completely different and truly beautiful<\/strong> when a skilled photographer manages to present them in a unique way. As a photography enthusiast, I feel a sense of healthy envy for this ability. <strong>One photographer who possesses this gift is the American<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTHYY67h1uyqL5TN5CB957g\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Kotajarvi<\/a>; I am increasingly enjoying his videos, not only for his excellent photography but also for his great taste in music and even his skilled voiceover work.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC1FdvQG5MFwzv0PY6dMsaFg\" target=\"_blank\">VisitScotland<\/a>\u2014Scotland\u2019s official tourism organization\u2014<strong>released a magnificent video created by Kyle Kotajarvi, showcasing beautiful locations across the Scottish Highlands<\/strong>, such as Torridon, Assynt, Loch Coruisk, and the Bealach na B\u00e0 road:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Wild Side of the Scottish Highlands\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gHbnOzsR2rM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can see some screenshots from this lovely video here. <strong>We start with an old red telephone box<\/strong>\u2014an essential element of a classic British landscape. I believe this one is located near Sanna, on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55518714234_480a0cb4ac_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55518714234_ba48b52323_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A classic Clydesdale draft horse<\/strong>, a breed typical of Scotland and originating from the Clyde River valley.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55518714224_c9087c13b5_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55518714224_e4041e7425_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Loch Coruisk, on the Isle of Skye.<\/strong> This location, boasting some of Scotland's wildest scenery, is the birthplace of a creature from Scottish mythology: the kelpie\u2014a shape-shifting water horse said to inhabit lochs just like this one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55517548377_ecbab81472_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55517548377_10a1483994_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Bealach na B\u00e0 is a winding road that crosses the mountains of the Applecross Peninsula.<\/strong> It is located in the Wester Ross area of \u200b\u200bthe northwestern Highlands. It is the third-highest mountain pass in Scotland, reaching an elevation of 630 meters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55518668468_ee629383f3_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55518668468_d05827b30d_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my opinion, a great virtue of a good photographer is the ability to draw beauty from everyday situations and scenes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[24169,19075,19535],"tags":[27838,27837,27834,27835,19206,27378,27839,12796,19204,27833,10678],"class_list":["post-67145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","category-routes","category-exploring-portada-eng","tag-applecross","tag-ardnamurchan","tag-assynt","tag-bealach-na-ba","tag-isle-of-skye","tag-kyle-kotajarvi","tag-loch-coruisk","tag-scotland","tag-scottish-highlands","tag-torridon","tag-united-kingdom"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-11-11 21:41:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}