Some decades ago, my folks were planning their garden; a friend of the family who happened to be an old...
Around Glen Etive
For the first time in several years I spent a very happy afternoon wandering around Glen Coe / mostly Glen...
Monadhliath Memories
A long time ago I was privileged to own a small bolthole property with an IV2 postcode - my own...
Buchanty Spout
Sedimentary conglomerate rocks, a bend in the River Almond and some nice late afternoon light. I've never explored this area...
In the Woods
The Black Woods of Rannoch are a particularly favourite stroll. One of the Caledonian Forest reserves (the only one I...
Olympus Pen-F: first excursion photos
I've not wasted time before getting out and about with the new camera. I saw a photo on flickr of...
Aurora, March 2016
Arguably an even more impressive display of the Aurora this evening than the one over New Year. I took the...
Olympus Pen-F: analysis and hands-on
[caption id="attachment_2411" align="alignright" width="480"] Mine, my only, my preciousss![/caption] There's only one camera shop left in Perth and yesterday I...
Birnam Hill: Trees
Straight and curved, young to characterful and spooky: the many and varied moods of trees. A handful of photos taken...
Birnam Hill: Details
A handful more photos from an afternoon stroll around Birnam Hill - little things that caught my eye. There was...
Birnam Hill: snowy landscape
It's been a while. A couple of weekends ago I made it out to my favourite afternoon walk location, Duncan's...
Ordinary Landscape
The other day, we had a proponent of "creative landscape photography" presenting at the photographic society. His results were outstanding....
Snowy Strathearn
The view driving south-west along the A9 just above Forteviot is quite a treat - an open expanse of Strathearn...
Nacreous Clouds
It was a pretty decent red sunset but seeing polar stratospheric (nacreous) clouds for the first time is the icing...
Hunting Kelpies
Situated right beside the M9, the Kelpies are a bit of a tourist trap, but it had to be done......