Glen Etive

Posted by Alex Nichol in Photography ~ 15 Jun 2019

I spent the first night of my roadtrip up the west coast of Scotland by the banks of Loch Etive, a tidal loch in Argyll & Bute. I found a great parking spot at the end of the beautiful Glen Etive to park my van.

The valley looked gorgeous; lush and green with a smattering of pink and white foxglove and purple heather.

The midges were out in force, but my Smidge spray did its job and I managed to cook up some supper on my trusty Wolf & Grizzly grill.

In the morning, as I washed my pans in the loch, a family of swans came over and started pecking the chilli con carne from my plates. It's moments like this that remind me why I love roadtrips so much.

Photograph of Glen Etive, Scotland

These photographs were taken with my Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and the extraordinary Canon 35 mm f/1.4 L II USM .

About the photographer

Alex Nichol is an amateur photographer based in the UK dabbling with landscape, travel and documentary. Alex has shot with pretty much everything, from classic 35mm and medium format film cameras from Zenit, Leica, Hasselblad, Mamiya and Rolleiflex, to digital SLR and mirrorless systems from Leica, Sony, Canon, Panasonic and Olympus. He is currently shooting with the Fujifilm X System.