Broken Heart of Harris

Exif

Aperture	f/13
Shutter	1/640s
Focal	34mm
ISO	200

This stone heart is embedded into a wall just outside of the St Clements Church, at Rodal

The story of the heart

The local story goes that the stonemason placed the heart in the wall in honour of the woman from Harris who he fell in love with. The woman in question turned him down, and so he came back and cracked the heart.

Location

GPS	57.741334,-6.963171
Grid Reference	NG 04768 83228
What3Words	///dumpling.tabloid.jump

Photography

When to shoot

When the weather permits, this is a wall, and is mostly indifferent to the weather, sunshine may help bring out the texture in the image, making it less necessary in post proccessing..

Tips

A Circular polarizer can be useful to remove glare as the weather is Harris of often a little wet, otherwise crop the heart tight, this is a wall so you dont need any special kit

What to Capture on Camera

There is the heart in the stone wall just to the left of the phone pole. If you want something else, the church itself is just through the gate, and has several interesting items in the main church as well as some impressive burials in the grave yard around the church

Facilities

Food and Drink

Not a lot of food or drink here its the wall outside a church. There are public toilets at just along to the west

Transport

There is a bus stop just outside the church, but the main method of getting there will be driving, and this is on the golden road around the island.