Cairngorms and Rothiemurchus from Craigellachie Well, after a stormy weekend of gales and rain and wild conditions, this morning dawned bright (albeit chilly…). The reason for the chill was soon visible – the first fresh snow of the season on the Cairngorms. “For many people, coming back into relationship with nature and the universe – […]
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 […]
Aspen, Sangre de Cristo mountains, Colorado. After a week of rain, wind, rain and wind, I thought I’d revert back a few years to some colour from the Sangre de Cristo mountains in Southern Colorado. The intensity of colour was amazing. I’m amazed we still have any leaves left after this week’s gales and battering, […]
A Rock in the flow, River Findhorn. Autumn really started to show her colours this week, with the birch woods turning gold, and a touch of fresh snow on the hills on thursday as well. This is at Randolph’s Leap on the River Findhorn. The day was so gloomy and dark but it allowed me […]
Birch Reflections, Aviemore. After another changeable week, yesterday brought sunshine and white fluffy clouds, bringing out the vivid autumn colours. This is at one of my favourite places locally, the loch reflecting the crag in which it nestles. “If you want to cut directly through, don’t entertain doubts about Buddhas, or doubts about life and […]
Red Squirrel, Rothiemurchus. Quite a week for rain! Oh, and a pile of snow on the hills on thursday, and my courgette plants keeled over with the frost last night – it must be autumn! This squirrel jumped up into the trees as I came by, luckily my dog didn’t see it until after a […]
Bracken catching the light Bracken caught in a burst of late afternoon sun, showing the autumn colours against a backdrop of dark shady trees. Walking a different path… On my walk yesterday, I took a tangent onto a small hardly-visible side path. I know the area well, yet this took me somewhere quite hidden and […]
Birch Leaf Our Birch trees have started to turn colour this last week or so. Here’s one catching the sun along the riverbank, starting to turn. “Look deep, deep, deep into nature, and then you will understand everything.” – Albert Einstein “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to […]
Dew on spider web – detail. The tangled webs we weave… All pretence of summer has vanished (“washed away” might be more appropriate), as instead we welcome autumn. (Indian summer, anyone???). We had one fabulous morning this week of mist and sunshine and a million jewelled spider webs strung over the world. The spider’s web […]
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 […]
