About 15 minutes into the regular walk route - large red (spiky!) berries, birch and willow trees spreading their branches,...
Around a Graveyard
A small set of photos made in Kinnoull Graveyard, Perth. A friend from the photo-society had posted a handful of...
Up Kinnoull Hill: Wistful
A simple scene - I spotted this bramble silhouetted against the glowing low sun just as I was heading back...
It’s been a while…
It's been a few months now since I called time on the fixation with black&white closeup as a style. So...
A Walk in the Woods
Details from a walk in the Black Woods of Rannoch, one of the Caledonian Forest reserves, in September. [gallery ids="1281,1280,1278,1279,1277"]
Light, Land and Heather… and ferns
View Larger Map I was quite pleased to notice that one of my favourite afternoon quick-escape locations is technically just...
Seasonal Delight
Detail of a fly agaric mushroom - just one of many tens of fungi found on a walk in the...
Cauldron Falls, West Burton
One of my favoured parts of North Yorkshire's scenery is the well-known waterfall at West Burton. Always good for a...
Seasonal (2): blackberries
The beginnings of yummy juiciness - red and some ripe black blackberries.
Seasonal (1): Teasel
I can never remember whether these are thistles or teasels. Either way, it's quite an impressive ball of spikes. Go...
Decrepitude (0): Lock
Detail of a rusted padlock on a cast iron gate, basking in the late evening sunlight.
Squaring the Spheres
A few weeks ago I ordered a pair of extension tubes for the Sony NEX-7; today I got around to...
Change to Fair
[caption id="attachment_1081" align="alignnone" width="640"] Fisherman's Barometer, St Andrews[/caption] The fisherman's barometer, corner of North Castle and North Streets, St Andrews....
Nocturnal Visitor
A hedgehog living in the parents' garden - a delightful honour to see the wee thing strolling around of an...