Late Autumn colour and first Winter snow, Glenfeshie Hills, Cairngorms A late November day in Strathspey, the near-sunset casting a warm glow across the landscape in contrast to the crisp air. There is something I really like in the shape and flow of the forested middle-distance hills against the steep-sided hillside behind. It is always […]
Loch Morlich and Cairngorm Mountains at dusk, Cairngorms National Park After a beautiful day of sun and frost enjoying the late autumn colours, I stopped off at Loch Morlich to enjoy the afterglow reflections on the calm water (calm in contrast to the biting wind up on the mountains!) I love the colours of the […]
Birch Gold, Craigellachie National Nature Reserve, Aviemore There’s been no photography this week, with ongoing gales, rain and storms, so here’s another image from that spectacular morning this time last year. Its all about being in the right place at the right time – as the mist swirled and cleared, and suddenly the sun shone […]
Autumn colours on a misty morning, Craigellachie National Nature Reserve, Aviemore This was taken last year on a stunning autumn day of early mist clearing to crisp sunshine. The woods are just as beautifully orange now, but so far there has been an absence of crisp mornings! I’m hoping we do get some good days […]
Autumn leaves at The Hermitage, Dunkeld Late afternoon on a damp overcast day, and although the leaves seemed to be glowing there was no light for photography. In the absence of a tripod I was able to balance the camera on the parapet of the old stone bridge for a 2 second exposure, blurring the […]
Birch leaf in foam on the shore, Loch an Eilein Freshly fallen birch leaves were swooshing in and out on the gentle ripples on the loch shore. I like this image, showing the movement of the bubbles and the intense yellow. “We are like children building a sand castle. We embellish it with beautiful shells, […]
Sunset at Loch Vaa I’m loving this one – the glowing orange clouds reflected in Loch Vaa, on an evening stroll around the loch. The walk started with heavy clouds and spitting rain, so this was a perfect end to the day. I don’t think I have ever seen Loch Vaa so low – it […]
Patterns of light and shadow, looking over Strathspey from Ord Ban Ord Ban is a steep climb, but the view is worth it. This is the view looking south-west over the Strathspey woodlands, to the Monadhliath Mountains behind. Winter is definitely here, with snow on the hills and days of freezing mist, like yesterday, when […]
Snowy Cairngorms across misty Strathspey Looking across the mist-filled valley to the snowy Cairngorms, from Craig Na Gower, near Aviemore, on a perfect late autumn day. I don’t know how many more of these we will have before winter sets in for real… “We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without […]
Mist streaming over the ridge, Craigellachie, Aviemore The sun kept coming and going through the edge of the mist-bank on Craigellachie. For just a few minutes there was an amazing effect as mist flowed through the trees on top of the ridge. “There is a story of a woman running away from tigers. She runs […]
Misty Birch at Craigellachie Lochan After a week of grey mist, rain and general dull weather, Thursday was a gem. With the village in thick freezing mist, I walked up through the Birch wood a short way into a startling deep blue sky, through wreaths of mist coming and going. The Birch glowed golden in […]
Golden ‘Silver Birch’, Craigellachie National Nature Reserve, Aviemore For about three hours on tuesday afternoon the heavens turned blue, and the autumn birch wood shone with 100 shades of gold. There was no wind, and for a while it was t-shirt weather. In the Highlands one has to be quick – shortly before sunset the […]
