Photography…mostly.

Category: Local

  • Dollar Glen Fog & Frost

    Dollar Glen Fog & Frost

    An interesting look at mid-winter from mid-summer to remind us of Scotland’s seasonal climate. This was during a period of high-pressure with little wind, clear skies and bitterly cold evenings. The trees found in Dollar Glen have good variety in shape and variety. The naming of this glen is interesting with the Burn of Sorrow above…

  • The Summer Performance

    The Summer Performance

    The great landscape photographer Ansel Adams said: The negative is the equivalent of the composers score, and the print is the performance.

  • Spring from Gartmorn dam

    Spring from Gartmorn dam

    Gartmorn dam was constructed in 1713 by Sir John Erskine (6th Earl of Mar) to power the pumps which drained his coal mines. It’s industry has given way to mother nature and become a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Particularly for migrating wildfowl, now Scotland’s oldest water reservoir.

  • Nacreous clouds over Clackmannanshire

    Nacreous clouds over Clackmannanshire

    Iridescent clouds otherwise known as nacreous clouds. In the wake of a strong and slow depression off the northwest Scottish coast (“storm Henry”), we were treated to this stunning display. The colours come from sunlight below horizon striking high-up water and ice which splits the sunlight into its constituent rainbow of colours. A pleasure to…

  • Clackmannanshire abstracts

    Clackmannanshire abstracts

    It’s not a frequent habit of me to shoot frames low in detail, shape and colour. Yet these shots can carry more weight and thoughtful curiosity. I hope you enjoy these Clackmannanshire abstracts.

  • Fields of Clackmannanshire summer on iPhone

    Fields of Clackmannanshire summer on iPhone

    These were shot on an iPhone 4 in 2010 and are a good demonstration of how the iPhone camera (and others) have transformed photography. Its only weakness was wild swings in colour temperature from shot to shot, for which I corrected in this collection. These were taken around the rolling fields in Clackmannanshire at the foot…