Loch Lomond

Probably everyone knows the song about Loch Lomond...

By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes,
Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond
Where me and my true love were ever wont to gae,
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o’ Loch Lomond.

This loch can be just amazing on a crisp sunny day, as you will see from my photos on this page.
I spent a good hour just taking photo after photo, and I can say I was well pleased with the way they have come out. There was no Photoshop wizardry here. I cropped some and sometimes used a sunset filter, but that was all.

I have tried Photoshop, but I find it very difficult. I have seen what it can do, but it always leaves me wondering if a photo which has been complexly manipulated, is still a photo, or has it become something else?

We watched the dvd of Cats last night. I must say we all much preferred the live stage show. The dvd certainly let you see the close ups you cannot see on stage, but you do lose the total perspective of the dancing and the movement and the energy of the cast.
And the lack of an audience on the dvd means that it can be a bit flat.

It was only after our sons began their acting careers that it suddenly hit me just how much effect and audience has on a production. The actors need the feedback an audience gives. But the audience needs cues from the cast of how to react. It is very much a two -way process.
In one of John's shows, we wanted to clap, but the action did not stop and we could not applaud, which left us uncomfortable. You could see this confusion around the audience.

Visit here for the audio of the song and for some information about the Loch.


http://www.incallander.co.uk/loch_lomond.htm#thesong