Stone Circle, near Aviemore England had all that snowfall last Monday – and we had none! Until midweek, that is. Thursday saw 8 inches or so, and on friday night another 12 inches fell. I’m feeling glowing and tired after several great ski expeditions around the valley. Here’s a local ancient stone circle from yesterday’s […]
Silver Birch, Winter Frost Some more from the beautiful weather over Christmas and New Year. In the freezing mist this frost-coated birch glowed as the sun caught it against the blue shadow of the hill behind. “If you would have a better world, create it for yourselves now at this very instant in your mind: […]
Ice Pine, Loch Vaa This pine stands proud on its wee island in frozen Loch Vaa. The ice and mist combined to make quite an atmosphere. “Think of the darkness inside your eyes as invisible space. As light travels from the outside into this darkness, it can demand us to change. What we perceive as […]
Misty Strathspey More from the recent spell of freezing weather – Strathspey with mist filling the valley, from Glenfeshie. As I write, a dramatic moon is riding through stormy clouds, after a day of torrential rain – lets see what the week brings us! …and now for something completely different… In line with our recent […]
Icy stream Its been a stunning week, with temperatures down to minus 14 but luckily with crisp sunshine too. This stream is near a favourite walk, unfortunately the sun doesn’t reach into it at this time of year, but that alowed me to take a long exposure to show the flowing water against the ice. […]
Deep Freeze Haze, Loch Vaa, Strathspey How beautiful its been for us this week – minus 8 or so, sunshine, mist, and no wind. These gnarly old trees, in a deep frost-hollow, were sparkling with natural fairy lights as the sun refracted through millions of ice-drops. Light and dark, the raw ingredients of photography – […]
Solstice Birch. There’s been precious little “sol” this week, rather more of the wind, rain and sleet. So here’s an image from last year’s solstice instead. Solstice Greetings! – It gets lighter from here on – “You darkness, that I come from, I love you more than all the fires that fence in the world, […]
Craigellachie Mist. Thursday dawned misty, but I knew it was going to be good – and sure enough the sun broke through the mist, giving me time to get out there first! I love the coppery colour of the birches with the deep frost, while the sun peeking round from the crag catches the mist […]
Snowy Birch Branches. The last few days have turned wintry on us, with a few inches of soft fluffy snow. The sun came out for a few minutes, shining through these birch branches. Its been one of those perplexing weeks, just when you think you are beginning to understand and get to grips with something… […]
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 […]
Braeriach Sunset, Cairngorm Mountains. The cold spell continued this week with beautiful clear days and fantastic sunsets casting pink onto the snowy mountains. “All nature does is to continually remind itself who it is. Everything in nature, all of the landscape, trees, rivers, rocks, earth, and mountains are repeating who they are over and over […]
The Ring of Brodgar, Orkney – Winter Sunset. I thought you could do with another image from the Ring of Brodgar on Orkney from last week, this time with a much more wintry feel! It suits the weather today, which after some warm days in the week (and my daffodils are finally in flower), is […]
