Posts tagged ‘Dumfries & Galloway’
Behind Rascarrel Bay
As often happens to me……you’re engrossed in in photographing the mainsubject (in this case, the stormy sea), then you look over your shoulder andsee something totally different, but in it’s own way, just as interesting.buy a print on imagekind
Rascarrel Bay 1
Taken today (12th March 2008) – Rascarrel Bay is a few miles south ofAuchencairn, Dumfries & Galloway. ISO 50, 26mm, f/22, 1/20 sec. I decided to try a slow shutter speed to ‘soften’ the waves, and it’s turned out quite nicely. Not one of those extreme low level, ultra wide angle shots, where pebbles are made to look larger than actual size…….those shiny rocks were about 60cm in diameter, and the waves were enormous!
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Heading for Home
Having a loch at the bottom of our garden, allows you to peep out the window, see the light is nice, and grab the camera and run. So much easier than sitting in a camper van for days (which I’ve never done!), by the side of a loch up the Highlands, waiting for beautiful light.
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Solway
Looking westward down the Solway from Criffel. Hestan Island, to the left centre of the image, is about 10miles away. I was so grateful to get this shot after struggling up 569m to the top of Criffel, because my 5D battery was dying………I switched off the image stabillisation and used the trig point as a ‘tripod’.buy a print on imagekind
Bluebell Study
Again in Lochwood. Not sure what the delicate white flower is. Anyway, I find there is something pleasantly restful about this image.
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Moffat Hills
Taken from Lochwood, looking east towards the hills south of Moffat. Therewas no snow in Lochmaben (4th March), then just a few miles to the north, itlooked like this.
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Sheep with Lambs
I’d spent ages trying to get a worthwhile shot of Lochmaben and its lochs,when I looked over my shoulder and this group were standing behind me.Perhaps one of my sharpest pictures……maybe the Heavy Horses & Farm Animals Group on Flickr will like it?
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Feral Goats
Yesterday, (04 March 2008), we took a walk up a hill path passing a waterfall called the GreyMare’s Tail, inspired by the mare in Burns’ poem ‘Tam o’ Shanter’. Therewas lots of snow and beautiful views of the hills, but photographing thesewild goats was most fun. As you’ll see, I had an Ansell Adams inspired,high contrast monochrome moment.
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