“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.”
John Muir 1838-1914
The above quote by Scottish-born naturalist and preservationist John Muir, will strike a chord with almost all who explore mountains and wild places.
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06/02/12 - Every photo catches a moment in time that will never be repeated, it may look similar, but each image captured is unique. Below is a moment in time captured today the 6th February 2012.
25/01/12 - Threat to wild landscapes read more.
15/01/12 - Image of St Mary’s Loch, Selkirkshire, in the Scottish Borders. Recommend you call in at Tibbie Shiels Inn if you visit.
11/01/12 - Sometimes fitting in photography with family commitments can be difficult. So with my expert knowledge of this situation I thought I would share some family tips.
23/10/11 - Wet autumn Sunday, the image below was taken in the ancient woodland of Lockwood near Moffat in Dumfries & Galloway. Seldom visited the woodland contains some Oak trees that are said to be nearly 400 years old. Whilst I was there Stags could be observed, there is also the remains of Lockwood Tower this was a Johnstone stronghold burned by the Maxwells in 1593. The infrared shot below was taken earlier in the year also in Lockwood.
17/10/2011- Assynt and Coigach in the far North West Highlands of Scotland is probably one of my most favourite places. It’s a wild landscape of hidden lochans, peat bogs and heather. Colourful native woodlands with tumbling burns and cascading waterfalls.
The mountains rise from nowhere and stand as proud guardians of the land, ever blasted and shaped by extremes of weather that can cut across this landscape without warning.
It’s coastline hides sheltered bays with white sandy beaches that seem to be more akin to that of the Caribbean than this wild corner of Scotland.
So to have the opportunity to spend a family holiday in an old croft at Torbreck on the outskirts of Lochinver, well, there was no need for the thumb screws!!
For the most part of the week it was sunshine and showers ideal for autumn colours. I managed an overnight camp on Canisp of which I shall write up when time provides. But for now I will post a few photos of this unique wild mountain landscape.
01/10/11- An autumn day overcast with slight drizzel not exactly the kind of day you would head out to do some photography or would you? Well armed with a polarizer filter which can be used to remove reflections from water and foliage thereby making colours more saturated, I set out for the Wood of Cree. About 4 miles North of Newton Stewart in Dumfries & Galloway the Wood of Cree is an ancient woodland and also a RSPB Nature Reserve. The woodland is the oldest in southern Scotland and has been about since the last Ice Age, it makes for a day full of interest with many waterfalls and if your lucky you may spot some otters from a viewing platform on the Cree. Its a spectacular place with a magical atmosphere and whilst I was there few people, I hope to return again before the end of the year. I hope the shots below give an idea of the kind of sights that may feast the eyes at the Wood of Cree.
24/08/11- Subtle changes in colours on the hills make for more interesting images, here’s one from the other evening looking out towards the Moffat Hills from the Devil’s Beef tub.
04/08/11 - Should’t wish the summer over but its too green for decent mountain shots, however have managed to get some infrared shots of various kinds. See Jackdaw Scar below, a climbing crag in the Eden Valley
09/04/11 - With thirty plus Paragliders creating a kaleidoscope of colours from Blease Fell high above Threlkeld, there was a sense that the winter weather was truly broken.
But would conditions be right to produce a dramatic sunset from a high Lakeland Bivi? read more