Hag of Corryvreckan centres on a blue-green whirlpool beneath dark coastal rocks, giving this exposed channel an arresting sense of tidal movement and open sea.

White-edged currents circle a deep centre in the foreground, then spread towards jagged shelves of dark stone. Across the channel, low grey crags rise into green slopes, while distant hills lie beneath layered cream clouds. The broad water changes from inky blue to turquoise around the turning tide, setting the rocky shore against an unexpectedly spacious horizon.

For people who have watched the sea around Hag of Corryvreckan, the pull of the view lies in that meeting of current and coast. It follows the eye from the foaming water past the headlands to the far hills, retaining the memorable scale of the channel.