Ice Pine, Loch Vaa This pine stands proud on its wee island in frozen Loch Vaa. The ice and mist combined to make quite an atmosphere. “Think of the darkness inside your eyes as invisible space. As light travels from the outside into this darkness, it can demand us to change. What we perceive as […]
Misty Strathspey More from the recent spell of freezing weather – Strathspey with mist filling the valley, from Glenfeshie. As I write, a dramatic moon is riding through stormy clouds, after a day of torrential rain – lets see what the week brings us! …and now for something completely different… In line with our recent […]
Icy stream Its been a stunning week, with temperatures down to minus 14 but luckily with crisp sunshine too. This stream is near a favourite walk, unfortunately the sun doesn’t reach into it at this time of year, but that alowed me to take a long exposure to show the flowing water against the ice. […]
Deep Freeze Haze, Loch Vaa, Strathspey How beautiful its been for us this week – minus 8 or so, sunshine, mist, and no wind. These gnarly old trees, in a deep frost-hollow, were sparkling with natural fairy lights as the sun refracted through millions of ice-drops. Light and dark, the raw ingredients of photography – […]
Solstice Birch. There’s been precious little “sol” this week, rather more of the wind, rain and sleet. So here’s an image from last year’s solstice instead. Solstice Greetings! – It gets lighter from here on – “You darkness, that I come from, I love you more than all the fires that fence in the world, […]
Craigellachie Mist. Thursday dawned misty, but I knew it was going to be good – and sure enough the sun broke through the mist, giving me time to get out there first! I love the coppery colour of the birches with the deep frost, while the sun peeking round from the crag catches the mist […]
Michaelmas Daisy Frost-flowers, in the garden. “Earth, Ether, Fire and Water continually change their form to become what they speak of. Sometimes they look like an elemental that is associated with each element… Sometimes they look like a standing wave or a crystal or a whirlwind.” — Tanis Halliwell.
Monadhliath Mist. Its been minus 7 or so for the weekend, and yesterday morning was fabulously sparkly and bright, with a dusting of snow on the hills. I love the clarity of the light and the colours in these conditions. “Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart, and that depends […]
Snowy Birch Branches. The last few days have turned wintry on us, with a few inches of soft fluffy snow. The sun came out for a few minutes, shining through these birch branches. Its been one of those perplexing weeks, just when you think you are beginning to understand and get to grips with something… […]
Frosted Sycamore Leaf. “Your hand opens and closes and opens and closes, If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralysed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and co-ordinated as bird wings.” — Rumi.
Birch in mist – abstract. “Painting” by setting a long exposure time and slowly moving the camera. As I write this, sleet hurtles past my window and its been nearly dark all day long … welcome to November! However, despite the gales there is still good colour in the woods to be appreciated. “So the […]
Autumn or winter? Late autumn birch reflections with early snowfall, Craigellachie National Nature reserve, Aviemore. We had more rain and wind for most of the week, and then thursday dawned with blue skies, frost, and a surprise early snowfall. Back at one of my favourite photography spots, loving the multiple layers with the orange reflecting […]
