The alpha poses a serious problem!
....Insomnia.
Somehow the messed up Panos were bugging me last night and I was pondering that something just has to be in there. I think I found something...
The rugged landscapes of NW Ireland and Sotland are typical post glacial landscapes, V-shaped Glens cut into mountains, big bolders scattered over the landscapes, and of course bog land and meadows. The predominantly subtrpoical wet clima is ideal breeding ground for midges. Scotland delacred war on them, because they are causing great losses for the tourist industry in certain areas. I did the same and invested in a mosquito-magnet, a maschine that chemically attracts the females, as they are the ones who bite, and sucks them into a net by significant numbers. A full net can have 1/4 million midges. Considering that one female lays around 600 egs every 6-8 weeks, catching these numbers you cut into the breeding cycle and after using the maschine for one year, we are midge free in an area round about one acre of size. Of course, this has to be done every year during the season.
This is a great lesson to me. Shooting handheld Panos with a high resolution camera provides material that is easily overlooked by judging only the full size panorama. On careful inspection interesting material might be found and isolated.