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 […]
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, […]
Light in the Strath Dulnain woods, Black & White quadtone I do like playing with the dreamy tones you can get in Black & White 🙂 Evening light coming low through the woods with added emphasis from the dramatic shape of the high wispy cloud. The woods here are a surviving fragment of our original native […]
Looking up through a snowy birch , Craigellachie Nature Reserve, Aviemore A sky this blue has been an unusual sight for us this winter! These trees are a great physical example of how we should be energetically, with their crowns open to the light, and roots deep in the earth. Its a great daily meditation […]
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 […]
Birch above Insh Marshes, near Kingussie, September A beautiful day in the birch woodlands above Insh Marshes, most definitely with a mix of sunshine and showers. Insh marshes are said to be one of the most important wetlands in Europe, with many species over-wintering from the Arctic and Scandinavia. I love the colours there at […]
Birch, Craigellachie Lochan, on the edge of sunset There has been some ferocious wind this last few days, but plenty of sun with it. I took this on friday at Craigellachie lochan, one of my favourite spots. The sun was setting behind the crags, putting the loch into shade, but leaving the trees brightly illuminated […]
Sun and shadows in Birch Taken yesterday in the Birch wood, as occasional glimpses of sunshine shone through the wood. It was one of those days (so beloved by Scottish photographers…) where by the time one has whipped out the camera, the light has gone again with the sun behind clouds, and you wait ten […]
Birch, golden with the rays of sunset. After another week of downpours, I suppose we should be getting used to it by now! We had one evening this week when the rain stopped and the sun came out, so I am glad I took the opportunity to get out. This beautiful birch tree was catching […]
Golden tresses of Birch leaves, Craigellachie Taken last week before the weather turned back to winger again! Late afternoon light at Craigellachie catches the freshly unfurled birch leaves in a golden-green glow, against the dark backdrop of the lochan and the crags behind. This is from a lovely book which I came across this week, […]
