Double First for Below the Skye Line

No we are not talking about grade inflation and the current situation with exam results!

Yesterday saw a dive at location number 31 around the Isle of Skye and some more great underwater photography to add to the project's growing archive.  You have already come to expect vibrant colour from Below the Skye Line but we also try to catalogue and create images from a variety of the underwater life that we find.  So from our new location at Braes we also have added a new species for us.  Which is?  Well keep following our blog, Facebook and Instagram to find out.

Colourful rock at Braes

Moon Jellyfish - an old favourite

Dragonet Fish

Five More Images Available To Purchase as Prints- Premium Paper, Acrylic or Aluminium

We are very pleased to announce that five more images have been released and are available to purchase as prints.  The prints are available as premium paper in either a Lustre or Gloss finish.  They can also be purchased printed on  acrylic or aluminium.

These additions bring our print offering up to ten and we hope to add some more soon.  To view the images available to purchase as prints please click here.

Crabs

Detail of crab eye 2020 Image from the Below the Skye Line project. Photographer: Gill Williams Post Production: Geraint Ashton Jones https://www.belowtheskyeline.com (Below the Skye Line / © Gill Williams & © Geraint Ashton Jones)

The close up image of the crab eye has proved to be one of hte most popular recent image.  Perhaps it is because we are all used to seeing crabs in rock pools along the sea shore.  There is fabulous detail in these creatures which only a still image allows you to really appreciate.

Hermit Crab 2020 Image from the Below the Skye Line project. Photographer: Gill Williams Post Production: Geraint Ashton Jones https://www.belowtheskyeline.com (Below the Skye Line / © Gill Williams & © Geraint Ashton Jones)

The original campervan!!  On the Isle of Skye we see our fair share of campervans and motorhomes.  Having a mobile home always with you is nothing new.  However, unlike a snail, the hermit crab doesn't produce its shell it borrows one.  Another image that brings out the detail of the scene and how the sand on the crab's shell helps it be camoflaged on the sea floor.  The image was created on the first divie visit to Waterloo, just East of Broadford.

Dragonet and Mussels

Female dragonet fish. 2020 Image from the Below the Skye Line project. Photographer: Gill Williams Post Production: Geraint Ashton Jones https://www.belowtheskyeline.com More information on this fish can be found at: https://britishseafishing.co.uk/common-dragonet/ (Below the Skye Line / © Gill Williams & © Geraint Ashton Jones)

If the hermit crab uses sand for camoflage how well does the colour scheme of this dragonet fish act as camoflage against the stony loch floor at Sconser?  Sconser is probably best know for producing some of the Isle of Skye's best scallops which are farmed by moving young scallops in to managed waters to mature.  However we have found it to be productive for underwater photography with a wide range of different sea life being found in the loch's clear waters.

The final images are two more of the young mussels at Carbost.  It may seem a lot of images of the same subject but they do print up very well with their vibrant shells and almost tartan checks!  Could be a design for a kilt lurking there somewhere!

Mytilus edulis (common mussels) have the most wonderful colour when young.  As they mature the vibrancy is lost as they take on the more traditional blue shell. 2020 Image from the Below the Skye Line project. Photographer: Gill Williams Post Production: Geraint Ashton Jones https://www.belowtheskyeline.com (Below the Skye Line / © Gill Williams & © Geraint Ashton Jones)

Mytilus edulis (common mussels) have the most wonderful colour when young.  As they mature the vibrancy is lost as they take on the more traditional blue shell. 2020 Image from the Below the Skye Line project. Photographer: Gill Williams Post Production: Geraint Ashton Jones https://www.belowtheskyeline.com (Below the Skye Line / © Gill Williams & © Geraint Ashton Jones)