Category: Landscape
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The Shepherd
This pyramid peak in Glencoe has the delightful name of Buachaille Etive Mòr. It is nicknamed The Shepherd, and has featured in a James Bond movie. This was the first photo I ever took in Scotland.
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Slains Castle
This ruined Aberdeenshire castle overlooks the North Sea. The main part of the castle was built over 500 years ago, though it’s deterioration into a ruin only really start in the 1920s, when the roof was removed for tax purposes. There was a plan to restore the castle, but this has been on hold for…
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Bow Fiddle
This fine looking natural rock formation, known as Bow Fiddle Rock, lives on the coast at Portknockie, Scotland.
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Ruthven
If you’ve followed my photography at all, you’ll know that I am a sucker for a ruined structure on a hill. So, Ruthven Barracks near Kingussie in Scotland is right up there on my list of favourite places. Even on a gloomy day.
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The Foxglove Landscape
One of the “rules” about landscape photography is around ensuring you have foreground interest in your shots. I am a firm believer that rules are there to be broken, however knowing how and when to break them is the real trick.
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The Wire View
Another day, another photo of a fence. I’m sure most photographers will think that the fence spoils the view, but for me it adds to it, as it leads my eye down the hill and into the wider landscape. This shot was taken near Torridon in Scotland.
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Mist on the Water
Fort William is a Scottish town that sits on the side of Loch Linnhe. This shot was taken looking out from the edge of the town across the loch, on a fresh morning several years ago. One day I will go back. One day.
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Sky Over The Sea
I found this view, a mixture of bright evening sunlight and dense, stormy clouds whilst sitting on a bench in Gairloch, in Scotland.
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Desert Light
If you look out across the Mojave desert from Las Vegas, at sunset, then this is the sort of splendid sight you might just see. A natural beauty that is a whole world away from the man-made glitz and glamour of the Entertainment Capital of the World.