Reeds, Craigellachie Nature Reserve, Strathspey. You’ve probably noticed one or two images from the reed-lochan over the last few months – and here we are again, on a bitter morning (the loch is on the north side of a hill, in shadow by 11am at this time of year) with fresh ice and a freezing […]
Pine reflections, Loch Garten, Strathspey. A favourite local loch, with the ripples creating lots of movement in the low light. “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein. “The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Beech trees, Strathspey. The woods still gave good colour over the last week, before winter’s first appearance – with wintry gales and a snow shower or two. “If what I say resonates with you, it is merely because we are both branches on the same tree.” – W.B. Yeats. “Handle even a single leaf in […]
Hazy Autumn Cairngorms. Bursts of light across the Rothiemurchus forest, with the Cairngorm mountains behind. Normally by now we would have experienced some wintry weather, but we seem to be in a warm extended autumn. Photography becomes more challenging for the next few months with low light levels, but also presents great contrast between light […]
Aspen, Strathspey. Yes – its leaves again – it must be the season! Aspen leaves tremble in less than the slightest breeze – making them a hard job to photograph! These ones stilled their dance for just a moment, early one morning this week. “Like an emblem of flexibility, Aspen can accept impulses from all […]
Riverbank Sycamore, River Spey. We had some beautiful light this week, illuminating these turning leaves down by the riverside one morning. The wind was shaking the leaves all over. In reply to several correspondents from last week – no, I wasn’t in Colorado, it was from a trip 2 years ago! “Connecting with the qualities […]
Aspen, Sangre de Cristo mountains, Southern Colorado. The light from the Aspen was incredibly intense – like walking through shimmering gold – it certainly helped to offset the altitude as I climbed higher. This photo was taken in a high valley at about 10,000 feet, surrounded by the Sangre de Cristo peaks at 14,000 feet. […]
Birch mist inversion, Craigellachie, Strathspey. Indian summer came this week, after last week’s snow. Three days of fantastic clear blue sky & daytime heat – what we’ve been waiting for since April! I climbed up Craigellachie, our local hill, to get above the morning mist which filled the valley like a glacier. This photo was […]
September Reflections, 4 Lochans, Glenfeshie. The birches have really started to turn colour this week, with snow low down the hills as well for a day or two – brrrrr! “From the Hindu point of view each soul is divine. All religions are branches of one big tree. It doesn’t matter what you call Him […]
Evening sunburst after rain, Glenmore, Strathspey. The dark clouds behind completely hide the mountains, but suddenly these old pines were lit up by shafts of sunlight. “Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the Universe together.” – Oprah Winfrey “Every moment of light and dark […]
Shaggy Ink-Cap mushrooms, Strathspey I found this patch of Shaggy Ink-Caps in a shady woodland . Newly formed they are fresh and white, with a characteristic scaly appearance. As the cap grows and matures it starts turning black and dissolves into a black ink, thus exposing fresh spores. Young specimens can be sliced lengthways and […]
Reed Reflections, Craigellachie Lochan, Strathspey. Continuing with last week’s (this summer’s?) watery theme – reeds reflecting in a lochan, for a beautiful graphic effect. “A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from […]
