Spherical Object at Hushinish.

[ST1]

I spotted this spherical object whilst scouting for photo opportunities around Hushinish on the Isle of Harris. To reach Hushinish it's about a twelve mile drive along a single track B road. Wonderful scenery along the road and of course you get to see it again on the return journey.

As always your thoughts and comments are welcome.

PS. I chose to leave the people on the beach in the image, as at this size they are quite small in the image.

[John 2]

Gorgeous beach. The spherical object nicely placed as well. Looks like it might be an old Buoy or perhaps a WWII mine casing.

[Geoff F]

Depending on the size and weight, that rusty object could be a bobbin from a trawl footrope. The composition works fine with me. Nice bit of sky.

[Shadowman]

Nicely seen and captured.

[ST1]

Thanks for the comments gentlemen. I can't remember there being any explanation of the placing of this object, so I'm not able to help with identifying it's previous purpose.
From memory I seem to think that there was two of them. The other would be to the right side but I excluded it from the composition.

[Donald]

That was what the ancient Gaelic heroes used as a golf ball in times of yore. They were so huge and so strong, anything less was cast aside.

[James G]

Being somewhat contentious I would opine that the ancient heroes where playing cricket, though given my 'Ulster' ancestry it could just be Hurly/Shinty

[FootLoose]

You chose a good perspective, Peter, this is a well composed image. I like the way the horizon of the sky repeats the foreground horizon