Birch leaves – Its always a joy to see the transformation over a few days from coppery winter branches to the bright yellow-green of the new leaves.
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Deep Freeze, Loch Vaa
Icy sunset, Loch Vaa Sunset rays sparkle across the frozen surface, and catch the far shore of frozen Loch Vaa. It had been below freezing for many days, with all the local lochs starting to freeze hard. I arrived at the Loch towards sunset, just as the sun managed to break through what had been […]
Upon Reflection
Evening light, Loch Mallachie The sun was close to setting, the low light angle giving these pines a stunning graphical effect, especially against the dark (guinness) peaty water of the loch. Loch Mallachie is really just a slightly deeper bit of the surrounding bog and marsh, with the pine forest growing where it can on […]
Poppy Raindrops
Raindrops on poppy One from the garden this week, to illustrate summer in Scotland. Its bright and sunny, then as the towering cumulo-nimbus pass, the temperature drops about 10 degrees and the downpour… pours. I love the richness of colour in this, though, with the brightness of the water droplets. I’m very aware of, and […]
Icicle Cascade
Icicle Frost Spray After days of hard frost, the grasses and mosses along the banks of the cascade were coated in layers of frozen spray. A long time exposure contrasted the flow against the static icicles. “Emotion, because it brings feeling and connects you to feeling, allows you to recognise different states of conciousness. The […]
Perfect September Day, Loch Vaa
A perfect September day, Loch Vaa, Strathspey Blue sky, a cooling breeze, the warm resin scent from the pines, sun-sparkling water… good company to share it with… what more could you ask for? At Loch Vaa yesterday I was full of appreciation for this beautiful country we live in, and for the friends I […]
Anenome
Garden Anenome There have been many heavy showers, but overall we’ve had a great week with intense sun at times. The garden is looking quite beautiful with the sparkly mix of sun and rain, I particularly love the colour and form of these anenomes, especially backlit like this. There’s a lovely energy to them. I’ve […]
In the Birch wood
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 […]
The edge of light
Birch and bracken, Craigellachie NNR Its been a very gloomy few weeks and I haven’t been out with the camera at all, so here’s one from the last days of autumn. I was on Craigellachie reserve, high up on the (North-facing) slope where at that time of year it only receives direct sunlight for a […]
Loch Vaa evening
Evening showers and ‘electric’ clouds, Loch Vaa, Strathspey An evening walk out at Loch Vaa, starting in perfect September late sunshine, turning into light rain showers and atmospheric mistiness around the tree-islands on the loch, with the clouds seemingly lit from within by the sunset somewhere above them. This was the perfect antidote to a […]
Foxgloves
Foxgloves in the rain. Its been a showery week… in fact today’s shower has lasted all day and its still pouring. Yesterday’s shower lasted most of the day – I think I’m spotting a pattern here. Every now and then a I spot a lighter patch of cloud in the distance which gives some hope […]
Fruiting Lichen
Lichen ‘fruiting’ – the red caps really stand out amongst the moss. Sun and showers, it must be March – oh hang on, maybe its just Scotland… I suppose being St David’s day I should have a daffodil here, but that should be a couple of weeks off for us yet. My crocuses would be […]