#hillockhead

[seamusdemora]

What’s this about, and why should I spend 4 minutes on this post?

This was filmed in Scotland in 2019 from the Black Isle at a place called Hillockhead - just north of Fortrose. From this point one is about 8 miles (across the Moray Firth) from Culloden, the site of a decisive battle fought on April 16, 1746 between the English army and the Jacobites - mostly Scottish Highlanders - 280 years ago today.

For lack of anything more interesting to do, I was filming the surf and daydreaming on this soggy day in the Scottish Highlands. While idly staring across the Moray Firth, I saw a rainbow form in a column of rainfall - across the Firth, in the distance above Culloden. The significance of this escaped me until later when I reviewed the video.

I edited the video sequence (“Ken Burns Effect”), added the Culloden Symphony by Julie Giroux as a soundtrack, and added a still photo of a small monument erected at the battle site.

[seamusdemora]

What's this all about?

I spent a few years in Scotland - just knocking about. This sequence was filmed near Inverness on the Black Isle, on the beach at a place called Hillockhead. From this point one is about 8 miles (across the Moray Firth) from Culloden, the site of a decisive battle fought in 1746 between the English army and the Jacobites - mostly Scottish Highlanders.

It was a soggy, windy day; I was filming the surf and daydreaming. Then a rainbow appeared on a column of rainfall above Culloden in the distance. The significance of this escaped me until that evening when I reviewed the video. I edited the sequence using the “Ken Burns Effect” to focus on the rainbow formation, and added the soundtrack from the Culloden symphony by Julie Giroux.