Vote
Think. Then vote.
Think.
(warning, contains a wee bit strong language, references to war and sentiments which may cause you to think.)
recession in Europe.
The new Greek government is to introduce emergency taxation on tzatziki and humus.
It is, therefore, officially a double dip recession.
Oh dear! (Part 2)
The insurance company decided to pay for my dear departed GX-20 and 28-300 lens. I took their first offer. Oh dear. Ishould have told them there was no way I could replace the equipment for that price. Ah well.
Still, I’ve ordered a replacement camera. My Pentax K5 is (I hope) on its way right now from Germany. Now I just need to get a lens. Perhaps an 18-270 if I can’t get a 2…
oh dear!
Would be the polite way of putting it. On a trip round the Highlands. Dropped my camera. 28-300 lens not focussing. Ok, I can live with that, just, because of the other lenses. Then the camera starts doing its own thing. It won’t power off after 1 minute like it is set to, it switches formats without warning, the exposures are all over the place in aperture priority.
Long & short……
Exhibition.
I have just seen my work hanging in a public gallery for the first time. What a thrill. Anyone who happens to be in Linlithgow from Friday the 12th will be able to see my 360 panorama of the town from the top of the Town House
. The exhibition looks at the history of the town and building and is accessed via the Burgh Halls on Kirkgate.
The building is one which I have been involved with for the l…
award
Following on from my journal entry “nomination”, my photo of Dornoch Bay came 3rd and got an award for landscape composition. I am totally chuffed. Especially given the very high standard of the other works.
nomination
MY WORK HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR SoJie 3!
 Dornoch Bay by Ranald Dods |  Join me at the Juried Invitational Exhibition… |
I am very excited to have my art selected, from over 30,000 works of art, to exhibit in SoJie 3. SoJie 3 takes its name from the Solo Exhibition group’s Juried Invitational Exhibition. This month is only the 3rd one, ever, and 56 other artists, besides me, are represented.
Wi…
Bill McLaren
Legend.
A true gentleman and an unbiased great supporter of rugby. A loss to the Robbie Dyes and the world.
Thanks for every single word Bill.
Dyke and fence at Witchie Knowe in the national paper
Hey wow! My picture of one of my favorite places in the Borders (Witchie Knowe) was printed (ye, printed) in The Scotsman newspaper on Wednesday 25th March. Needless to say, I didn’t buy the paper that day!!!!
Anyway, it appears online as the 7th picture in the slideshow so I am still chuffed.
Featured on the BBC
Woo hoo!!! Kilchattan dawn was featured on the BBC Scotland website “Your pictures of Scotland” gallery for this week. I submitted it last night so they work fairly quickly.