This first image shows the busy road down to the pier. The horse and cart is passing the General Stores now a cafe:
Quay Brae, Portree (1902) – Image from Last Ferry to Skye by Christopher Uncles (1995)
This image proved relatively easy to rephotograph:
Road to the Pier, Portree – Alison Price. June 2019
I took a number of images down at the pier:
Beaumont Crescent (1905) – Image from Last Ferry to Skye by Christopher Uncles (1995)
Beaumont Crescent – Alison Price, June 2019
Herring Fishing at Portree (1902) – Image from Last Ferry to Skye by Christopher Uncles (1995)
This image created some difficulties as I was struggling to get an angle with the pier wall. However, I realised that I needed to go down a slipway to take the image. When I returned to do so, a queue of tourists were waiting to board a boat – so that retake is for another day!
Portree Pier – Alison Price, June 2019
MacBrayne’s SS Claymore – Image from Last Ferry to Skye by Christopher Uncles (1995)
Pier from Bosville Terrace – Alison Price, June 2019
MacBrayne’s PS Gael – Image from Last Ferry to Skye by Christopher Uncles (1995)
Another image I struggled with in terms of getting the right perspective and same angle of view. I think I may need to go back and rephotograph my rephotograph and find a lower viewpoint:
The Pier, Portree – Alison Price, June 2019
In the original image there were no leaves on the trees that gave a view through to Quay Brae. However, having said that I think I managed to achieve a good rephotograph in terms of replicating the original image:
View along Bank Street, Portree – Image from Last Ferry to Skye by Christopher Uncles (1995)
Bank Street, Portree – Alison Price, June 2019
Tomorrow I will continue my rephotography in and around Broadford.
References
UNCLES, C. 1995. Last Ferry to Skye. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing.
