Trout boats on Loch Rusky during a windy Scottish morning, The Trossachs, Scotland

The Trossachs, Scotland

Drifting

An image of tethered, but drifting, trout boats in Loch Rusky, Scotland.

There is a Japanese concept, called Mono no aware, which translates to "a sensitivity to ephemera”. The concept incapsulates an awareness of impermanence, or transience of things, and both a transient gentle sadness (or wistfulness) at their passing as well as a longer, deeper gentle sadness about this state being the reality of life. For me, that’s the feeling I get when I look at this image as the boats gently drift in the pre-dawn twilight.

Nikon D7200 · Nikkor 18-200mm · 65mm · f/9 · 10 sec · ISO 100

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