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The Arrochar Alps across Loch Lomond, from Inversnaid.
That leading line of submerged boulders was just too tempting...
Sun setting in the west; to the east, the last hints of red light capping Schiehallion in a warm glow as the shadow moved upwards. In the distance, pinks and orange hues blend in the sky.
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Perhaps the most conventional view of a bluebells woods - certainly the kind of image I had in mind before setting off. A handful of trees in a sea of grass and deep purple bluebells.
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Quite a discovery: a lovely place in Angus, a secluded den below the main road through Arbirlot. Verdant trees casting dappled patterns of sunlight on the viaduct bridge brickwork; a waterfall (23ft in total) flowing merrily over andesite into sandstone rocks.
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Situated on the southern shores of Loch Rannoch, the Black Woods are one of two Caledonian Forest reserves in Perthshire.
Being paler green, the mid-distant rowan tree catches the eye; it stands at a corner of what used to be a farm building, now nothing but a pile of rubble.
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Early morning at Dunnottar castle: ominous dark blue-grey clouds casting a cool light on the headland.
First time of flying the drone above an inversion layer (and getting a usable photo as well). An awesome morning - beautiful light, lovely warm clouds catching the sun and blue sky reflecting deep in the loch. Perfection.
The North America nebula, NGC7000, Altair Astro 26C, Optolong l-eNhance filter, 3*30min subs plus calibrations.
The well-known lone ash tree at Frandy Fisheries, Glendevon - a composite of multiple 30s-long exposures with flash to illuminate the tree against the white snow and distant remaining twilight.
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An amazing moment in the landscape: as the sun rose behind the hill in the distance, brilliant light illuminated the foreground fog, the tree casting rays of light and shadow in the mist.
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Patterns of light and shade in Kinclaven bluebell woods: low golden-hour evening sunlight casting tree shadows on the bluebells and illuminating a cluster of leaves.
Separating the districts of Morar (north) and Moidart (south), the freshwater Loch Eilt is to be found between the villages of Glenfinnan and Lochailort. The A830 (Rathad nan Eilean) runs along the north shore, while the West Highland Line railway follows the south shore.
Shame about the midges...
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After further scrabbling around the rocky gorge, we made it as close to the base of the falls as anyone would reasonably want: right beside the splash-down onto the chunky peat-stained reddish rocks at the bottom.
There's something pleasantly aethereal about the glowing curtain of water shimmering in the dull light; it was not easy making a long exposure as the lens filter kept fogging-up with all the spray.
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I stopped to admire some vibrant trees on the other side of the road - but found the view back along the glen quite appealing too, especially with the passing cloud-shadows and dappled sunlight.
The well-known Ash tree at Frandy Fisheries, Glen Devon, in the last few moments of pre-dawn twilight as the sunlight started to make its way down the surrounding hillsides, fog in the distance.
A moody atmospheric winter scene: snow-covered landscape, all cool and blue apart from a hint of sunlight on the railway tracks leading into the distance.
Taken on a bridge over the Perth/Gleneagles/Stirling/Glasgow train line outside Auchterarder.
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a single figure suspended between form and light — paused in the hush of an architectural interlude. i waited for the silence to shape itself, for the shadow to become a sentence. in this moment, the weight of the world seems to dissolve into the pure abstraction of space. lisbon offered not just a scene, but a rhythm — carved in concrete and illuminated by grace.
Elements of Assynt: beautiful undulating landscape, impressive mountains and lots and lots of clouds and precipitation blowing around.
Glorious evening golden sunlight on Beinn Chorranach and Beinn Ime from across Loch Fyne opposite Ardkinglas.
A variety of types of cloud billowing gently over the distinctive outlines of Eigg and Rum on the horizon.
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It was too good an opportunity to miss: with covid restrictions suggested keeping within Perthshire, but weather forecast suggesting oodles of thick fog around the time of sunrise around Rannoch, I just had to get up and go.
For once, the weather didn't disappoint. The fog was indeed thick, the sunlight came with a first flush of red to the east and pink to the west, then faded obscured by mist, returning golden around sunrise itself.
The low cloud was so thick and consistent I never even saw the favoured mountain, Schiehallion, all morning; but the views across the loch to the trees on the opposite shore were awesomely atmospheric.
I'm particularly impressed at how still the trees stayed despite it being 25*4 = 100s exposure (thanks to pixel-shift).
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Simple things: waves lapping around an outcrop of hard rock surviving erosion by the sea
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i was walking the sun-split streets of palma at noon, when this man appeared—caught between light and void, his hands folded behind his back like a question without an answer. with the harsh mediterranean sun flattening most things, it was the shadow that revealed the depth.
A slightly different take on the well-known Frandy Tree: from as low as I could make the tripod go on the road on the approach side, looking up at the moon through the branches.
An HDR panorama, 3*3, blended in Hugin - for when 20mm just isn't wide-angle enough.
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I took advantage of an hour of clear skies in the forecast to catch this shot of the comet by twilight, a contrast of bright silver-cream comet tail against the cobalt blue sky.
13 light frames ISO 100, f/8, 30s; stacked in siril, tweaked in Serif Affinity and final slight backgraound gradient re-added in UltraLightApp.
Driving around the country lanes at 2300hrs on Saturday night, I saw this river of silver mist, lapping around a large clump of trees, caught in the moonlight, with the Ochil hills beyond, just outside Braco.
Had to stop.
Focussing required a fast prime, so I chose the Pentax 50mm. Three frames each of 8*8s so about 190s total exposure, all blended in Hugin, toned in darktable (using a fancy night-time effect), re-toned for black and white, then manipulated like nobody's in the Gimp to remove lots of distracting artifacts.
Water, rocks and trees: these are a few of my favourite things.
The river runs for a few miles out of Wester Camghouran into the Rannoch Forest uplands; the gorge accompanies the path for an impressively long stretch of waterfalls and cascades.
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I'm not entirely sure the ancient superstition worked. The rowan tree remains but the croft-house at whose corner it stands is long decayed into little more than a couple perpendicular lines of stones returning to the bog.
Subtle tones and contrasts: bright pale green tree-beard lichen and moss covering the rowan tree, tall conifers just behind and other trees fading into the rain in the distance.
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The approach to Slains castle - having spent a happy couple of hours making photos by the castle itself, on returning to the car the sun came out for one last brilliant burst of vibrant golden light, illuminating the landscape most spectacularly - it amused me to see just the top half of the castle across the fields.
Hardly the subtlest of HDR processings, but then it was hardly the subtlest of landscapes either.
cast against the wall in morning light, she walks — quiet, unseen, carrying presence in absence. the shape of a mother, a stroller, a gesture. nothing more. and everything.
It was too good an opportunity to miss: with covid restrictions suggested keeping within Perthshire, but weather forecast suggesting oodles of thick fog around the time of sunrise around Rannoch, I just had to get up and go.
For once, the weather didn't disappoint. The fog was indeed thick, the sunlight came with a first flush of red to the east and pink to the west, then faded obscured by mist, returning golden around sunrise itself.
The low cloud was so thick and consistent I never even saw the favoured mountain, Schiehallion, all morning; but the views across the loch to the trees on the opposite shore were awesomely atmospheric.
A nice way to spend the last few days of the year chilling out -sunset at Kingsbarns beach in Fife, with a colourful Earth's Shadow (Belt of Venus) above the horizon.
After 500 million to a billion years, this fast flowing river (the Allt Camghouran) eroding them is just the latest thing to happen to these psammite metamorphic rocks.
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A small group of moderately old Scots Pine trees with Sgurr na Lapaich in the distance.
Also in black and white.
Exploring light and colour deep in the depths of the Black Woods of Rannoch one autumn morning. Something about the ray of light through the tree canopy partly illuminating the heather and spider's web caught my eye, along with the jumble of diagonal tree trunk and branch lines.
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As the sun rose, the ground heated just enough for the overnight dew to evaporate into a thick fog, filling the landscape enough to obscure the receding lines of hills into nothing but a bright haze beside the sun.
Manse Loch / Loch Uidh a'Chliabhain remains clear, a mile into the foreground.
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Ominous clouds and crepuscular rays: taken on a stroll around the south-east side of Dunalastair Water.
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A testament to the value of looking behind you whilst making photos: looked up and saw a fog-bow over the town of Stonehaven. Most impressive - it lasted over 20 minutes coming and going in brightness, with supernuminaries and a double bow at times.
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No eagles found flying this day - but the distant gorge is on Creag na h'Iolaire in the Cairngorms.
An interesting photo to make - I had been standing beside the road, flying the drone around the adjacent ruins, when I spotted the low cloud and soft light in the distance. On closer inspection, one can just about make out the snow-covered slopes of the adjacent a'Chailleach peeking through the cloud.
Dramatic weather - a summer evening spent chasing a thunderstorm across Angus, rewarded with fantastic colourful sunset.
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Quite dramatic - the poor Doglet by my side got rather drowned, but I'd say a complete double rainbow with supernumaries was well worth it.
My favourite forest, my favourite trees. Old Scots Pines in the Caledonian Forest, early on an autumn morning, with a hint of mist and the sun blasting through.
Contentment. Idyll. Tranquility. Home, of a sort.
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