Glen Affric centres a still blue loch beneath a lone Scots pine, setting the Highland glen against a dramatic sweep of wooded mountains in clear northern light.

A rocky shore leads into Glen Affric beneath layered ridges, their pale faces broken by deep gullies and strips of dark conifer. Reflections make horizontal bands across the water, while a small headland and scattered boulders give the near bank a sense of shelter.

Anyone returning to Glen Affric may recognise the change from close woodland to open mountain country along its water's edge. The picture holds that shift in one view: rough stone underfoot, forest rising from the slope and a long corridor of high ground receding beyond the far shore.