sparrow hawk

Tremuda Bay is situated on the Aberdeenshire coastline, south of Dunnottar Castle

Sunrise at Aberdeen Beach, NE Scotland

Dawn at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire

.. at sunset, Paphos district, Cyprus.

Haida 10 stop and 0.9 Hi Tech Hard Grad filters.

.. Shipwreck on the Paphos coast, Cyprus.

First light at the Dunnottar coastline towards the castle.

A very early start to capture the sunrise over Winnats Pass in the Peak District, absolutely stunning an well worth the effort!

Winnats Pass is a hill pass and limestone gorge in the Peak District of Derbyshire, England. It lies to the west of the village of Castleton, in the National Trust's High Peak Estate and the High Peak borough of Derbyshire. The road winds through a cleft, surrounded by high limestone ridges. The pass was once thought to have originated as a giant collapsed cavern, however, a more recent explanation is that it was a ravine between the coral reefs that originally formed the limestone.

Hitech ND 0.9 ( x8 ) GRAD SOFT ( 85x110 ) + Hitech ND 0.9 ( x8 ) GRAD REVERSE ( 85x110 ) , tripod Benro Mach3 TMA 47AXL , Manfrotto MHXPRO-3W , RADIO TRIGGER OLYMPUS RM-CB2 , SYNC CABLE JJC RM-UC1 OLYMPUS KABEL-J .

Clear skies and no moon is time to get your flask ready and set your alarm for silly o'clock!!! Even though there was plenty of others with the same idea on this night it was still worth the effort with the amazing dark skies of the Dorset coast!

Hitech ND 0.9 ( x8 ) GRAD SOFT (85x110) + Hitech ND 0.9 ( x8 ) GRAD REVERSE , tripod Benro Mach3 TMA 47AXL , Manfrotto MHXPRO-3W , RADIO TRIGGER OLYMPUS RM-CB2 , SYNC CABLE JJC RM-UC1 OLYMPUS KABEL-J .

This is my all time Favourite image, I love this photo so much the conditions where magical and I almost never traveled over that morning.

This is The most photographed tree in the Lake District - The lone tree at Buttermere - seems too delicate to survive in such an exposed location.

..With Meallan Liath Coire Mhic Dhughaill distant, North West Sutherland, Scottish Highlands.

After a day of cloud I was expecting a little more action in the sky for my visit to the lone tree at Malham, the clouds completely cleared leaving me to focus more on the sunburst and the light bouncing off the rock! Will be going back one day to try for a little more movement!

First trip out with the camera this year.

So glad I did

A layer of mist over the River Don at Sunset

Rattray Head just as the sun made an appearance.

The rocks along Scotland's NE Coastline just as the sun rose above the horizon.

Sunrise at NE Scotland's rugged coastline

The River Dee as it flows towards the bridge at the Linn of Dee.

Cairngorms National Park

There are not many birds as beautiful as the King Fisher.

Sunrise at the Aberdeenshire coastline towards Stonehaven

Baltic Sea

Tripod Benro Mach3 TMA 47AXL , Manfrotto MHXPRO-3W .

Sunrise along the Aberdeenshire coast towards Slains Castle.

An Acrocephalus scirpaceus feeding in the cane field.

An early morning trip to Rattray Head Lighthouse.

This iconic lighthouse sits off the Aberdeenshire coastline between Peterhead and Fraserburgh.

The rocky coastline of NE Scotland, north of Cruden Bay with the wee island of Dunbuy beyond looking like the remains of an ancient Dragon.

After an enjoyable morning shooting the sunrise, it was nice to get out the wee stove to boil the water for my porridge and a brew in beautiful quiet surroundings.

Sheer bliss!!

The bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus) is a small, sexually dimorphic reed-bed passerine bird. It is frequently known as the bearded tit, due to some similarities to the long-tailed tit,

Scotland's rugged NE coastline at dawn

Dunnottar Castle is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a rocky headland on the northeastern coast of Scotland, about 2 miles south of Stonehaven.

I didn't hold out much hope for a sunset at Aberdeen Beach but all of a sudden there was a break in the clouds revealing a bit of colour

What a wonderful bird¡¡¡

Riera del Tenes, Barcelona, Spain.

The sun combs the woods with its light.

Zerynthia is a genus of swallowtail butterflies placed in the subfamily Parnassiinae. The genus has a complex history; a multiplicity of names have been applied to its species.

After my previous shot i decided to carry on up this lovely

wee hill ( at 601 metres just 5 metres short of Graham status ) to take in the wonderful evening views over Loch A' Bhraoin to the Fannaich mountains and the passing thunderstorm..

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A Milky Way mosaic of 6 photos (3x2). The exposures were taken at Noudar (Alentejo, Portugal) with Benro Polaris, a new motorized electric tripod head.

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Noudar, Alentejo, Portugal

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Short time for nesting.

Moments after this shot was taken was when I fell.

(A different angle from my previous shot)

Literally my last photo from my trusty D810 and 24-70mm F2.8 lense.

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The River Dee just beyond the Linn of Dee.

Cairngorms National Park.

The forest in Winter. Fog, rain and silence. The life is resting.

The nuthatch is a tit-sized, grey and rust-coloured bird that can be easily spotted climbing headfirst down tree trunks in woodlands.

The River Dee at the Linn of Dee, Aberdeenshire.

Cairngorms National Park

El Taray lagoon

The River Dee as it flows towards the Linn o' Dee bridge and gorge.

Cairngorms National Park

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The Offshore Windfarm off the coast of Aberdeen

Bearded Vulture, Gypaetus barbatus, walking among the last flowers of summer.