I'm losing count of how many times I've been up Birnam Hill near Dunkeld, which is no bad thing. My...
Gardening is People
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...