Evolution of a Morning

07.45 - Looking just to the south of east from Ormsaigbeg towards the hills of Morvern, with the Tobermory-Kilchoan ferry at bottom right.  Also visible are two local creel boats.  There's a slight breeze from the north which might explain why, although the overnight temperature dropped to 2C, there was no ground frost.

08.14 - The same view as at 07.45, but wider angle.  Maclean's Nose is at the left.  In half-an-hour the colours on the undersides of the clouds have changed from deep yellows through to ruby pink.  The air temperature is 3C.

08.31 - Another change in the colours, with gold predominating.  The view is to the southeast, with the Sound of Mull at the right and the island of Mull just visible at far right.  Sunrise is seconds away.

08.33 - A coal tit is silhouetted against the dawn sky.  The birds are already active at the bird table.

09.06 - Even though it's winter, once it's above the horizon the sun seems to climb very quickly.  The patchy cloud cover leaves windows through which rays of sunlight form which are most clearly visible against the dark hills of Mull.

09.29 - Almost the same view as at 09.06, but the sun has lost itself behind increasing cloud, so its rays are now projected upwards.

10.16 - By this time we've walked around Kilchoan Bay to the CalMac pier.  The picture looks across the Sound of Mull to Tobermory Bay, which is immediately behind the dark headland.  The breeze has dropped.

11.24 - The view across the Sound from near The Ferry Stores.  A thin drizzle has started, though it looks heavier over Mull.  Later, the hills towards the left have a thin cap of snow.  The air temperature is 6C, the highest it reaches all day.

12.47 - Almost dead calm, but the rain has cleared.  This view looks straight down the Sound of Mull from the western end of Ormsaigbeg, with the creel boat Dawn Treader, which has been laying creels in and around Kilchoan Bay for some days, in the foreground.  The air temperature has already begun to drop - it's 5C.