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I have used a variety of camera equipment, including Nikon D70, Olympus E-500 and Nikon D200 dSLRs, an Olympus Trip 35mm, a Bronica SQa, Hasselblad 500CM, Ricoh 500G, Canon G9, a Rollei 6006 and a Shen-Hao large-format camera.
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| 2010-02-05 misc/highlands panorama inverness |
View full-size | A couple of panoramic photos of winter in the Scottish Highlands, taken on the way to Inverness. |
| 2010-01-27 highlands snow 2-2010 |
View full-size | Photos from a trip up the west coast of Scotland from Argyll to Loch Tarff on the south side of Loch Ness: early monring sunlight, mist (fog and cloud inversion-layers) and symmetric reflections in water. |
| 2010-01-13 highlands snow 2010 |
View full-size | Scenes of winter snow in the Scottish Highlands: Daviot Church (CoS) and surrounding landscape; patterns of sunlight and shadow on the snow; a sunset taken along the B851 road down the south side of Loch Ness; snow on the frozen surface of Loch Tarff and cold blue evening sunlight on mountains. |
| 2010-01-06 misc/helensburgh |
View full-size | While the car was away being repaired, I let rip with the HTC Hero / Google Android phone, and went beach-combing for photos along the waterfront at Helensburgh, Argyll+Bute. Of the many images shot, these seemed particularly artistic despite the low-brow camera of choice. |
| 2010-01-04 glen etive winter 2010 |
View full-size | Winter in Glencoe: frozen lochs and mountains covered in snow; lots of pictures of Buachaille Etive Mor (Beinn Dearg in particular), from standing in the River Coupall; closeup studies in semi-abstract compositions using patterns of snow, ice and black rivers. |
| 2009-12-27 christmas-2009 |
View full-size | Two very different kinds of light: closeups a mahonia plant covered in snow in bright sunlight, compared with brihgt moonlight and snowy winter landscape by moonlight at night. |
| 2009-12-06 misc/highland landscape moon pillar |
View full-size | Late afternoon sunlight and clouds; night-time moon-rise with and moon-pillar. Taken in the Highlands south of Inverness. |
| 2009-11-27 misc/inverawe-floods-trees |
View full-size | Water and Wood: photos of flooded burns and studies of lichen on trees in the Inverawe estate following recent rain. |
| 2009-11-16 misc/november-scenery |
View full-size | Photos from a whirlwind tour of southern Scotland with friends: Glen and Loch Turret, the Forth Road Bridge from North Queensferry, Lochs Ard, Arklet, Chon and Lomond (from the Inversnaid Hotel) in the Trossachs National Park. |
| 2009-11-13 autumn-holiday-highlands-2009/autumn-holiday-highlands-2009-largeformat |
View full-size | Photos of trees and the river rapids in Glen Affric and the mountains and rocks of wild Assynt landscapes. Taken on the Shen Hao HZX45-IIA large-format view camera with Ilford Delta-100 black and white, or Fuji Velvia-100 E6 films. |
| 2009-11-07 autumn-holiday-highlands-2009/autumn-holiday-highlands-2009-hasselblad |
View full-size | Square composition photos taken on the Hasselblad 500C/M: small waterfalls in the river and trees in the Caledonian Forest reserve at Glen Affric; a perfect symmetrical reflection of mountains in Torridon; Ardvreck Castle and submerged stones in Loch Assynt. |
| 2009-11-06 autumn-holiday-highlands-2009/west-coast-route-home |
View full-size | Landscape photos taken on a drive from Assynt in Sutherland down the west coast of Scotland: crepuscular rays across Loch Glencoul; panoramas of a rainbow centred on Suilven, from near Elphin; golden sunlight on the mountains (Sisters of Kintail) and the river in Glen Shiel; my Shen Hao large-format camera in action! |
| 2009-10-31 autumn-holiday-highlands-2009/assynt-loop |
View full-size | Photographs from a weekend holiday in Assynt, on the loop road (B869) around Assynt: photos of Ardvreck Castle on Loch Assynt, mountains (Glas Bheinn, Quinag and Ben More Assynt and the panorama from near Rhicarn taking in Canisp, Suilven, Cul Mor), geology: a study in cnoc-and-lochan landscape forms, closeups of rocks (mostly Lewisian Gneiss) and the Glencoul and Moine thrust fault-lines. |
| 2009-10-25 autumn-holiday-highlands-2009/affric-assynt |
View full-size | Photos around the Caledonian Forest reserve at Glen Affric (closeup studies of motion-blurred flowing water in the River Affric rapids, and a pattern of tree roots) and en route to Assynt, with photos around the Kylesku (Caolas Cumhann, meaning "the narrow straits") bridge. |
| 2009-10-21 autumn-holiday-highlands-2009/torridon |
View full-size | Photos taken whilst driving through Wester Ross and Glen Torridon: a study in patterns of sunlight, water and mountains (Beinn Eighe and Liathach) and Scots Pine trees in the Caledonian Forest reserve beside Loch Clair. |
| 2009-10-17 devon holiday 2009/thirsk sutton bank |
View full-size | A small set of photos taken around Sutton Bank just above Thirsk in North Yorkshire, near the Yorkshire Gliding Club runways. |
| 2009-10-17 devon holiday 2009/hartland |
View full-size | Landscape photos taken around the Hartland peninsula area in Devon: studies in an impressive coastal geology, with layers of sandstone mudstones laid down in the Carboniferous period and metamorphosed into buckled and warped fold shapes during the Variscan Orogeny. Also a walk along the coastal path to the waterfall near Milford, taking in some atmospheric optical phenomena (part of a 22-degree halo and sundogs) and watching a kestrel flying hovering and hunting. |
| 2009-10-14 devon holiday 2009/eden project |
View full-size | Photos taken around the Eden Project in Cornwall, a disused quarry site now replanted and dedicated to environmental and ecological concerns: studies of flowers and plant detail, wooden and metal modern-art sculptures lying around; abstract closeups of waste metal texture. |
| 2009-10-14 devon holiday 2009/watersmeet |
View full-size | Photographs of the Hoar Oak Water and East Lyn River at Watersmeet, a National Trust property near Lynton and Lynmouth: small waterfalls and water flowing around rocks in the rivers. |
| 2009-10-12 devon holiday 2009/porlock beach walk |
View full-size | Photos of Porlock in Devon: closeups of pebbles cast in blue shadow; views of buildings in the town; Oare parish church (which features in Lorna Doone). |
| 2009-10-04 devon holiday 2009/lynton lynmouth chambercombe |
View full-size | Photos from a dreich rainy grey day around Lynton and Lynmouth: closeups of rose flower-heads, mahonia leaves and multi-coloured hydrangeas taken in the garden grounds of Chambercombe Manor; in Lynmouth, views looking out to sea and the museum / memorial to the Flood of 1952 and looking up the Funicular Railway; in Lynton, views down the funicular railway and closeups of stone carvings. |
| 2009-10-03 devon holiday 2009/ilfracombe |
View full-size | Photos taken in Ilfracombe, Devon: overviews of the town itself, a view along the coastline to the east, and abstract closeups of the texture and colours of rocks (mostly red sandstone) around the promenade and up the hill at Capstone Parade. |
| 2009-09-28 devon holiday 2009/clovelly |
View full-size | Photos of Clovelly, a rather deliberately "preserved" village on the Devon coast (traffic banned, still using sledges to carry the post down the street): patterns of sunlight and shadow on cobbled streets, views from the harbour of lobster-pots and looking to the lifeboat station and a panorama of the town. |
| 2009-09-16 inverawe-autumn-walk-dog |
View full-size | Photos of hte onset of Autumn in the Inverawe country park, Argyll, Scotland: patterns of low evening golden sunlight and shadows; the birches of Inverawe; brambles / blackberries and a fallen leaf closeup on moss on a stone wall; orange bracken; a couple of abstract closeup photos of a set of wooden pallets lying in the sun. |
| 2009-09-15 kilchurn loch awe early morning |
View full-size | The onset of Autumn in Argyll, part one: photos of sunrise at Kilchurn Castle and looking across Loch Awe early one misty morning, and of a vibrant blue, orange red and yellow sunset in Inverawe. |