About the Image(s)

The Ring of Brodgar is a Neolithic stone circle in Orkney, Scotland, its 27 standing stones tracing a near-perfect ring over 100 meters wide. Raised around 2500??“2000 BCE, it speaks in silence of ritual and sky, aligned with the stars and seasons. Like Stonehenge and Avebury far to the south, it forms part of an ancient chorus of sacred places??”echoes of a time when stone, earth, and cosmos were bound by human hands and imagination.

I aimed to capture the broader environment of the Ring of Brodgar: the distant loch, the ever-changing sky, and the varied textures of the surrounding grasses. By choosing a wide shot, I wanted to convey the scale of the site while keeping the composition timeless and undisturbed. I waited until all visitors were hidden behind a rock, allowing only the standing stones to remain in view.

Taken with my iPhone 15 Pro Max. I performed a BW conversion in Nik Silver Efex Pro with other adjustments in Lightroom.