Port Bannatyne's wooden pier a low down shot of the pier from the pebbly beach, given it a dramatic stance against the mountains  on the mainland across the Kyles and to Loch Striven.
This is the second in a series of three images of the pier. Its dereliction provides us with subject and intrigue, romanticising its past.

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Port Bannatyne reside  about 2 miles  north of Rothesay on the Isle of Bute.
It is small port with a marina. However this wooden pier is a reminder of its glorious past when the Isle of Bute was a prime holiday destination for the Victorian peoples.
The mountains are a stunning backdrop from Cowal and Argyll peninsulas.  and understandably why this island was popular.
Not long after i set up the cormorants took their resident posts at the end of the pier.

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The Isle of Bute is a small island of the Cowal peninsular in Scotland. This remarkable beach is home to a colony of common seals. They are so happy to bask without fear and are curious to your presence, they pose and blow raspberries, specially to another seal that wants to take over the rivals rock. I am sure it is for our amusement.
I use my wide angle lens EF 17-40mm L USM for this shot as I wanted to express the tranquility of the scene and the drama of the clouds, along with the Isle of Arran's obscurity behind clouds. The sunbeam just bathing the water just adds to the scene

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