I'll get around to posting all of my pictures from my Scottish adventure in a few weeks (still in Scotland!), but I wanted to post this image.

Taken two days ago, I was hiking around and after coming back to the B&B I was staying at, I noticed a beautiful strip of green cutting through the rather drab undergrowth as viewed from above during my descent back. Upon closer inspection, it seemed to be a road covered entirely in moss. I have no way of knowing if it is actually an old Roman road (in actuality I suspect not ), but I was determined to get a shot of it. I started from the opposite shore, but it did nothing to capture the essence of it being a road and more dramatically, an old bridge over a stream.

By the time I made it to the other bank, it was getting dark. Really dark, especially for a camera (by the time I left I was arguing with myself whether I should bring out the headlamp I had in my bag as I still had a little while to go back to the B&B through the forest).

I set up my framing, mounted the camera on the tripod, activated the 2s delay (no remote), and went straight for 30 seconds on the exposure. At one point while leaning back to see the LCD better (tripod was at its lowest level), I rolled backward, which scared the ever living crap out of me because had I continued to roll even so much as another foot (1/3 meter) further, I would have gone over the small cliff/ledge I was standing on.

I couldn't be more pleased with the result, and I wanted to share it with you here as well.

Raw --> Lightroom 4.4 --> Topaz Clarity



Hope you enjoy this image as much as I do. And I can't believe how beautiful this country is and how nice its people are

-Heie

[cupic]

Just a sneak peak is watery my senses looking forward for more TFS

cheers

[PJ1]

Great shot, full of interest. It really has a timeless quality that makes you feel there just could be the ghost of long gone legions marching past.

[CreationBear]

That's a great capture...I really was surprised by how much the Roman footprint remains visible in the UK, though no doubt it's a bit sketchy north of Hadrian's Wall.

FWIW, here's a link to a website on Agricola's campaigns: definitely an eminent Roman (though having Tacitus as your son-in-law was a good career move, PR-wise.)

CAMPAIGNS OF AGRICOLA

[Sailor]

What a remarkable piece of history, beautifully photographed. I'm looking forward to more!

Jer

[jac]

A wonderful, moody shot reflective of so much history.

[OnTheWeb]

Came out very nice. Well-captured and love the water effect.

[Cee Cee]

beautiful shot, I want to see more.
cheers

[KevinR]

Lovely part of the world Scotland. Keen to see more from your hikes and walk-abouts.

Unlikely that the road is Roman as the Romans never conquered the Scots and probably never controlled territory that far north.. The logistics supply line was just a little too long for them perhaps. The famous defence line was Hadrians wall which I think was actually to protect the Romans from the Scots, and ran from Walls-End (Newcastle-on-Tyne) to Carlisle.

My brother lived just north of Edinburgh for about 10yrs, and while visiting him, we came across a guy in a field with a metal detector hunting for old artifacts. My brother made the mistake of asking if he was hunting for old Roman artifacts to which he growled that the Romans never made it that far...

There was the more rudimentory Antonine wall protecting the Romans near to Edinburgh/Falkirk that seems to represent the furtherest northern extent of the Roman empire.

[CreationBear]

he growled that the Romans never made it that far...

What a great story--too bad you apparently didn't ask him what he though about the tale that Pontius Pilate was born in Fortingall...no doubt you would have gotten an ear-full! FWIW, there was a pretty big Roman presence along the so-called "Gask Line" to the "Glenblocker forts" that roughly followed the Highland Line. In the OP's case, there was a fort at Drumquhassle--present day Drymen--which is only a mile and bittock from the southern end of Loch Lomond. (Though of course, the successors to the famous General Wade also pushed a road up on the western side of the Loch--no doubt working with equal Roman efficiency.)

[old4570]

Nice , a good share ..

[waterfall]

I'll get around to posting all of my pictures from my Scottish adventure in a few weeks (still in Scotland!), but I wanted to post this image.

Taken two days ago, I was hiking around and after coming back to the B&B I was staying at, I noticed a beautiful strip of green cutting through the rather drab undergrowth as viewed from above during my descent back. Upon closer inspection, it seemed to be a road covered entirely in moss. I have no way of knowing if it is actually an old Roman road (in actuality I suspect not ), but I was determined to get a shot of it. I started from the opposite shore, but it did nothing to capture the essence of it being a road and more dramatically, an old bridge over a stream.

By the time I made it to the other bank, it was getting dark. Really dark, especially for a camera (by the time I left I was arguing with myself whether I should bring out the headlamp I had in my bag as I still had a little while to go back to the B&B through the forest).

I set up my framing, mounted the camera on the tripod, activated the 2s delay (no remote), and went straight for 30 seconds on the exposure. At one point while leaning back to see the LCD better (tripod was at its lowest level), I rolled backward, which scared the ever living crap out of me because had I continued to roll even so much as another foot (1/3 meter) further, I would have gone over the small cliff/ledge I was standing on.

I couldn't be more pleased with the result, and I wanted to share it with you here as well.

Raw --> Lightroom 4.4 --> Topaz Clarity

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Hope you enjoy this image as much as I do. And I can't believe how beautiful this country is and how nice its people are

-Heie

I keep returning to this image since you first posted it. A haunting history for Scotland. And a haunting image for me, that I will not forget. Thanks and very happy you did not tumble into the "crick" while shooting.