Loch Indaal unfolds beside a line of white harbour houses, where their dark roofs and a small turret give the blue water a settled, sunlit coastal character.

Across Loch Indaal, a mountain ridge rises behind green fields and a row of pale gables. A red-roofed turret punctuates the larger waterside building, while rocky shelves meet the shore and broken cloud bands stretch across the blue above. Reflections of the houses fall in uneven vertical strokes over the sheltered water.

People arriving on Islay or returning along this coast may recognise the close relation between village frontage and open loch. The picture keeps the shore's white buildings in view as the hills recede behind them, ending at the dark rocks and grass beside the water.