Uibhist a Tuath - North Uist... an amazing Scottish island

[luigi3858]

This is where my family is from,i'd love to go visit someday

[ShadeTheHedgehog97]

My gran lives there ;-)

[MissPickletoes]

such a beautiful place.....

[isabellanakahara]

Beautiful video! 5*****

[GraemeLongmuir]

Lochmaddy now has a new pier - with sun-deck and Norman's inspired etched windows celebrating "Runrig".

[mkr88lm]

well done! amazing footages and moving music...i loved it!!

[Gimmer3]

Very very nice, I was in North Uist last August and this made me cry.

[Turbohaggis07]

Fine job Ron, nice 1 mate! Makes me feel a bit nostalgic i gotta say and makes me feel proud of home-sweet-home! Great imagery. But oi!...where's ma hoose?! Ha...enjoyed mint's b'day bro, some laugh indeed. Will have to catch up with you again sometime. Hope all is well, Ewen

[GraemeLongmuir]

Don't thing "ma hoose" was there either!

[elektra72]

What music is it?

[ronstirling]

The music is credited at the end of the film. "Two Sunsets (Due Tramonti)" by Ludovico Einaudi.

[sourtoefilms]

Really nice.

[MILFGirlowa69]

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[dcuk9]

*****

[HighlandFilm]

amazing. It makes me proud to be a highlander, and an islander. A good job, well done.

[elektra72]

Can you please tell me what kind of music it is? Its beautiful. Thanks for post.

[WOMCProductions]

Beautiful. Except for that tire.

[ronstirling]

hehe I was trying to be abstract!

Ron :o)

[cajunsweetie4]

Ron...this is absolutely amazing... I have been trying to tell ppl that it's the little things in life that make it so beautiful..and they just don't see it..but you captured it perfectly. Thanks...Dawn

[vback]

Very well done.

[ronstirling]

Thanks!

Ron :o)

[StewedTomato]

How can anyone not be touched by the beauty of this video !

[munemiya]

what's beautiful!

I will go to scottish island, I got confidence from this film scotland is good place!

[mistryel]

It made my heart soar and my eyes well up, from the beauty of place and the music combined.

[riggie1985]

Lovely video, but to REALLY understand how amazing the place actually is..you have to go there!! I'm from Strumore in North Uist and have a sea loch outside the house..there's nothing that compares to a sunset on a still night..it's magic!! I've been studying in Glasgow for nearly 4 years but come home on holiday through summers etc..and every time I come home..I'm reminded of why I love it so much. It's almost like it's own wee world..so different to anywhere else!!

Great video:)

Linsey

[ronstirling]

Oh, don't you worry, I've been to North Uist 8 times in the past three years, and I am planning a much better film to compliment the island with. This current video was very early, basic work for me. Watch The Bull 2 to see what I'm capable of, and keep an eye out for Uinhist a Tuath 2!!!

Thanks for the comment.

[ninguemvj]

...that´s it...I´m packing...my bags...

[RunrigFan]

uist isnt hard to prounounce at all

reason why its unpronounceable is cos its the scots gaelic way of saying it

uibhist is like u bisk a tuath that may be truth

[FalkirkBairn1]

i love living in uist

[shaftdrive]

film?! this is more like a powerpoint preso - you greatly flatter yourself with the misnomer 'Director'.

[ronstirling]

Well I also have hours of footage and hundreds of photos from when I was in India, where I notice you are from. Perhaps I'll do a video of that sometime!

[shaftdrive]

sounds good, but let's see some, um, movement, okay? actually i'm being a bitch. It's a bloody lovely albiet unpronounceable place, you're lucky to get time there. Hope your stay in India was as beautiful, though I somehow doubt it...

[GraemeLongmuir]

Great vid, btw. Captures the essence! Nice music, too. Iunidi? (or however you spell his name!)

[GraemeLongmuir]

AND . . . there are some lucky people (and lucky deerhounds) who have the pleasure of a house there!

[ronstirling]

I would love to live in North Uist, total tranquility! Wonderful place and people. I'll be back there at the beginning of January 2007, but only for ten days! :(

[GraemeLongmuir]

It is! I have a house there, and five years ago spent a whole 18 months there. Otherwise, I'm afraid it is only during holidays. I am EXTREMELY fortunate to have a house looking west through the gap between the north end of Kirkibost Island and the Kyles Paible bay. One year a corncrake nested in my garden! HOWZAT?

[ronstirling]

Hey! I always stay in Paiblsegarry when I'm there! Usually No.1 or No.13, I'll be in No.13 in January. I've always wanted to get a Corncrake on film! Bloody elusive we creatures! I did get some good footage of an otter, an owl, and various other birdlife though.

[GraemeLongmuir]

Well, I'm at the end of the committee road - and in the summer the girls get their first walk of the day on Paiblesgarry beach. I drive down past Calum Iain's. I was there during fireworks week - escaping the whizz bangs that upset the dogs - I've been there in January. Good luck!

[ronstirling]

Yeah I know the MacCorquodales very well! Especially Iain. I'll be back in Uist next week; 3rd - 13th to be precise, so I'll wave at you as I pile down the Committee road towards the Co-op hehe watch out for my wee silver Fiesta with the North Uist bumber sticker!

[Bodach789]

Tha sin dìrech àlainn, sin thu fhèin

[ronstirling]

What

[StonewallStudios]

Ron, got to your site through bigwallypants. Breathtaking composite of stunning images. Looking forward to your next video project.

Thanks again

Teejaysang

[jonnoram]

I forgot to ask. Which album is the Ludoviko Einaudi piece from ?

thanks

J

[ronstirling]

Hi, all the images were actually stills photographed with my Fujifilm Finepix A340 Digital Camera. I used Sony Vegas to edit the video. As for the effects, it was simply a matter of rotating the photos and matching the shots together. The Ludovico Einaudi track was "Due Tramonti: Two Sunsets" and is from the "Eden Roc" Album. Hope this helps! Ron.

[jonnoram]

I forgot to ask. Which album is the Ludoviko Einaudi piece from ?

thanks

J

[jonnoram]

Lovely video. I have just returned from a week on the inner Hebridean island of Shuna. I would be interested to know what camera you use and how you created the special effects such as the turning sky and wheel ?

all the best J

[adrianallan]

great video and music. check mine out of Lewis and north uist athttp://www.youtube.com/watch­?v=jkq3vI8sYmI

[ronstirling]

Very nice!!! I shall be returning to North Uist 9th - 16th September, so I'll be doing a lot more filming, specifically for editing another video about the island. I'll also be filming a sequel to "The Bull". Look out also for my upcoming video about the Isle of Arran!

[Samlambert1]

why didnt you get a picture of Johny Lock and Jack and herly?

[ronstirling]

What program, the editing program? I use Sony Vegas 6. And who the hell are Johny Lock and herly? lol :o/

[Samlambert1]

yeh is Sony Vegas 6 a free programe to download? and they are from the tv programe Lost( the ones stuck on a island) ,lol

[ronstirling]

Oh right, I don't watch TV you see, that one went right over my head hehe

You can download a trial version of Sony Vegas from here;

http://www.sonymediasoftware.c­om/products/vegasfamily.asp

[senbaleshare]

Well what can i say, I live in north uist! On baleshare to be more precised. I am sorry to tell you that this video cant express enough how beautiful this island is. Wether its snowing and every thing is white, the clear blue seas and yellow/white beaches or in summer when everything is green of the grass and yellow of all the flowers.

[ronstirling]

WOW! Someone from North Uist finally got to see this, that's great! Thanks for the comment mate. I've been to North Uist 6 times in the past 2 years, and I love the place to bits. I usually stay with the Murrays in Paiblesgarry, here's a website I did for them, which compliments the island further... http://www.paibeilcottages.co.­uk

I'll be doing another Uist film soon! Thanks for your comment!!!

[GraemeLongmuir]

Give my regards to Mary Matheson!!!

[SarahJParent]

Wow! That was wonderful.

-SJP

[ronstirling]

Thank you!!! It really is a beautiful island. I'll certainly be making another film about it very soon!

[uktheatre]

Lovely vid Ron.

[ronstirling]

Thank you! It's one of those places in Scotland where you could quite literally point a camera in any direction, and take a beautiful photo. I'll be doing another of these films very soon, keep an eye out for it!!!

[sredniok]

i don't know what to say,,, it's very beautiful

just awesome!

~sredniok~

[habu90]

Lovely. I think I'll have to add this to a growing list of places I want to visit after I graduate.

[janemcwhir]

Its put together beautifully

[ronstirling]

I use Sony Vegas 6.0d for editing, and Particle Illusion for digital effects! :)

[Samlambert1]

Hey Ronny ,Is that programe free? and whats that music called? thanks...

[MsGeek703]

That is beautiful. Done with iMovie?

[Dexterboy124]

aw that is so cool! 5/5 mate! oh and what program do u use 2 make this and stuf cuz i rewally wonna improve the effex and shit when i make new videos :D....Dex

[Cassul]

This looks like something a tourist company would use. I like it.