Posts Tagged ‘E-P1’

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 […]


New Life

22Jan10

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 […]


The Old Marker

21Jan10

Walking back down into Falkland from the col between East and West Lomond I passed this old marker post.  It was unusual because it was painted and provided an nice splash of contrasting colour against the greens of the moss and wood. This was a straight RPP/Aperture conversion with vibrance and definition being punched up […]


The Thaw

20Jan10

It is so much more difficult to move around when snow is thawing.  Here on a narrow wooden bridge over Mapsie Den in Falkland, the snow had melted, frozen and then melted again.  Now as it thawed it produced an interesting mushroom profile as it almost hovered over the wooden treads. This was a straightforward […]


Back in the grounds of Falkland House, the landscape has changed greatly since the thaw started.  One thing I hadn’t expected to see was how flattened the grass and leaf litter was by the weight of the snow.  The fallen leaves in particular glistened with the melted snow.  The colours are very reminiscent of some […]