Archive for January, 2010
Moon Rising 2
Just before returning to the car at the end of this frozen walk round Loch Leven I turned round and saw that the moon had now risen clear of the fields. The traffic and the sinuous line of the hedges along the road provided an interesting counterpoint to the hills This was a straightforward conversion […]
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Moon Rising 1
This was taken from Loch Leven looking back towards West Lomond and Bishop Hills. The setting sun was casting long shadows from the trees by the Loch over the ploughed fields, and the full moon was just rising. This image required quite a bit of recovery to draw out the details in the moon, which […]
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A Splash of Light
A short walk in a bitterly cold but clear evening saw the setting sun paint a light burst on these trees beside Loch Leven. The deep gold colour was gloriously (if misleadingly) warm on a day in which there had been light snow and roads remained blocked with snow further north. This is a GX200 […]
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An Experiment
This is frankly an experiment. I had a day business trip to Liverpool by train. Coming back through the north of England and skirting the Lake District I became frustrated by the fact that driver just wouldn’t stop so that I could take some pictures. Then I thought why not express this speed somehow? So, […]
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Morning Sky
So many times I see a wonderful sunrise on the way to work. This was a rare occasion when I could stop to grab a shot. Like all low light shots with a small sensor camera this is a bit of a compromise with digital noise in the shadows. The hill in the background is […]
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End of the line
I really must get out and take some more photographs. I have rather run up against the stops of work(!), the long nights of a Scottish winter compounded by the general gloom. So much of the day is either the office or the best part of two hours each way commute. So at this time […]
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Modern Skin
Just next to Waverley’s winter berth is the futuristic looking Glasgow Science Centre. This is covered in aluminium panels. As I was on my run, the late afternoon sun accentuated the lines, tones and contours of the skin of the building – making geometric and even abstract patterns. Another F200EXR picture. I thought that converting […]
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Steam and Sail
The Clyde has been a centre for shipping for hundreds of years, although it is now a shadow of its former self. It was quite appropriate to stand next to Waverley and look over to the sailing barque Glenlee. Just down the river (and out of picture) is the yard where the Royal Navy’s latest […]
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Tied Up
Earlier in the week I took my small Fuji P&S camera with me on a run along the banks of the Clyde. The light was beautiful late afternoon winter sunshine, which softened the architecture on both sides of the river. On the south bank, the Waverley, the last sea-going paddle steamer in the world, is […]
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New Life
Goodness knows why the moment the snow went this seemed to be a signal for some plants to behave as though spring was upon us. In what was a bitingly cold day at Falkland, this tree hadn’t got the message. Fresh shoots with buds were bursting forth from the bark. I fear that they may […]
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One Picture, One Day 