Just a bit of a change with this one. The sight of this flock of cormorants off the coast of the Isle of Arran was spectacular: Nature at its finest. So here I have abandoned technical realism for a natural realism i.e. tried to capture the scene as it appeared to me rather than the camera if you see what I mean. / All I have done here is to differentially blur elements of the photograph to create a more dream-like scene which, to me, is a better representation of the original but I realize that this is very much a personal view. / I hope others of you like it and understand what I am trying to say and do here but thanks for looking either way! / Richard
Ailsa Craig is an uninhabited island off the Ayrshire Coast, Scotland. There used to be a quarry for mining granite for making curling stones.
The North Sea. Cold, grey and menacing.
inspired by McCartney’s song ‘Mull of Kintyre’ ... mist rolling in from the sea … you know the rest … make a great ‘new horizons’ card
Designed to complement the natural beauty of its site the Kylesku Bridge spans 132 metres across a firth on the north west coast of Scotland. It replaced the existing ferry used to cross the firth, eliminating the 130km detour necessary at times when the ferry service was not operating, improving contact within the scattered community, and helping to develop the tourist potential of the region.
Digitally enhanced image of the Bass Rock taken from near Dunbar
Here is the remote hamlet of inverie in the remote wilderness of the Highand knoydart penisula on the west coast of mainland scotland accessible only by sea or a lengthy trek… The famous old forge pub is a the lefthand long low building behind the harbour and boasts nightly ceilidhs and was the real draw for us being there .. Its officially mainland britain’s most remote watering hole all the more welcome for that ! See perfect anchorage and quiet afternoon We also worked up the most amazing thirst on heartbeat ridge / a sensational and challenging long days walk (peeking in the far distance) The 17000 acre area has the most vividly fascinating history and a formerly thriving community become subject to the infamous highland clearance of the entire population to australia – later changed to canada in order make way for sheep in 1853. For heartrending eyewitness accounts follow this link There followed years of neglect by absentee landlord and in 1948 the ‘Seven Men of Knoydart’ led by the local priest unsuccessfully attempted to grab and croft land in the estate owned by a Lord Brocket. This is immortalised in a song by Dick Gaughan, ; The Men of Knoydart with lots more great detail.. However the fight did not end there and in 1999 the 60 or so remaining residents of the 17,000 acres finally managed to buy out the entire estate for £750,000 forming he Knoydart foundation, a community-led partnership involving charitable trusts, Highland council and the local enterprise company!! Amazing or what ! The wilderness area situated between loch nevis (loch of heaven) and loch hourn (the loch of hell) has an untouched abundance of meadow flowers, and trusting deer and other wildlife roaming freely… and is a real treasure with no roads other than a couple of miles from my viewpoint back to the houses beyond the church.. / Hopefully this is a link to all my pic of this fantastic area with a couple more still to come… knoydart Taken with my first digi pocket fuji finepix a500. (Latitude: 57.0326°N Longitude: 5.6717°W)
FRom the same shoot as ‘Sun on Hythe Rock’. The incoming tide crashing over the Hythe which is a prominant red coloured rock on the foreshore at Lossiemouth. Nikon D80 / Manual / 1/2s at f22.0 / ISO 100 / 18.0-70.0mm f/3.5-4.5 at 70mm / 0.9 ND soft Grad. / tripod / remote release
Taken about 45mins. after dawn looking to the Northern horizon with an incoming tide rolling up onto the East beach at Lossiemouth, Moray Scotland. The beach is relatively steep here near the high tide mark and fast pull-backs captured at a fairly slow shutter produce some beautiful foam patterns Nikon D80 / Manual / 1 sec. at f11.0 / ISO 100 / 18.0-70.0mm f/3.5-4.5 at 18mm / 0.3 ND soft Grad. / 0.9 ND soft Grad. / circular polarizer / tripod / hand release / more wet feet but too late to bother by this time:)
Oilbar on Mounting Board. 33” x 22” Original available for sale £600
One of a set of three paintings / Acrylic on canvas 8” x 8”. / Available individually (£100) or as a set (£250). These paintings are all from North Berick, a coastal scottish town where I spend a lot of time walking the beaches. It was a stormy grey afternoon on this weekend, and this tryptich is about trying to capture the violence of the clouds overhead. one of the things I love about Scotland is that it can still look beautiful in the most miserable weather. To enquire about buying these pieces contact me on feedicksonarts@googlemail.com
Fav shot of morning at Milsey Bay looking towards the Bass Rock. 10 second exposure using ND8 filter.
Taken from North Berwick West Beach towards the Bass Rock. 30 second exposure on a calm morning.
Cove Bay is a small cove located near to the village of Hopeman which in turn is located West of Lossiemouth. I spent many a happy hour here as a youth and camped in the grassy banks of the cove on many occasions. A special place for many I would guess. Drove across there tonight in time for the sunset. This shot was taken some 20 mins. after sundown when I noticed some bird footprints in the sand and tried to replicate a similar but different ‘S’ curve using the two rocks, the water run-off and the waves. Lossiemouth and Hopeman are located in Moray, Scotland. Nikon D80 / Manual / 1.5 sec. at f16 / ISO 100 / 18.0-70.0mm f/3.5-4.5 at 18mm / 0.9 ND soft Grad. / 0.6 ND soft Grad. / Manfrotto 190XPROB / 804RC2 / Hand release Challenge winner in Highland and Islands Photographers ‘Seascapes of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland’
. . a rising tide and a change in currents generated by the rocks of shore meant that the occasional wave came across the shore! . . .sneaky eh? . . Elgol, looking towards the Cullin Range / Skye / Scotland map
Near Na Buirgh, Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Click. At fifteen seventeen and thirty three seconds / On the eighteenth of April two thousand and nine Everything. / Just. / Stopped. For the briefest of moments / Clocks stopped ticking / Dogs stopped barking / Walkers stopped walking / Talkers stopped talking / And seas stopped rolling in Click. And in the blink of an eye / We continued on our way / As though nothing had even happened —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- Location: Tentsmuir, Fife, Scotland © Donald Cameron 2009 / Monophotography.co.uk
Words from Aether of the Protogenoi, Greek elemental God of “upper sky” It’s a constant wonder / How we came to be / Quite this lucky / Quite this free I am the air that ye mortals don’t see / I am the air that ye mortals don’t breathe / I am the purest air served to the Gods / I am the upper sky, I am to be awed / I am upper atmosphere, I am upper space / I am upper heaven, to you I am effaced / I am the God of the bright upper glow / I am beyond what you cannot know So if you ever wonder / About what cannot be seen / Just look past the soft light / That’s where Aether will be —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- Location: Auchmithie, Angus, Scotland © Donald Cameron 2009 / Monophotography.co.uk Obviously these are not the actual words of Aether, what with him being a mythical god and all. And I’m sure if he could speak he’d have come up with something far more clever than this :) This was a return to the location of my image Dwarfed from a couple of years ago. In this shot you might recognise the cliff face and harbour wall the lone person was walking on.
Aberdeen, Grayhope Bay / Taken 15 min before sunrise. 1Ds Featured at your magic places. Thanks / Featured at Sea. Thanks
Another shot of the stunning clear green waters of Polin Bay (but it could be any other beach in Sutherland). Why anyone would want to trek to the roasting, sardine-packed beaches of Spain/Greece etc when we have beaches like this in our own country is beyond me. I loved this place and could linger here for hours (in fact I did!)
I shot this image locally earlier this morning on yet another fine start to the day. I now have my new Nikon D5000 which I am inching to try out, ( probably rain for a week now…lol), but I will have to buy some bits and pieces for it, not least a cable release and polariser filter because the filter thread is only 52mm compared to my canons 58mm. Could buy a step up ring I suppose…... Canon EOS 400D. AP Mode. Polariser filter. HDR 3 Exp Image. / Photomatix and CS3 to complete.
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