Tag: Scotland

  • Slains Castle

    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…

  • Sky, Mountain, Rock, and Water

    Sky, Mountain, Rock, and Water

    This is one of my favourite shots, from one of my favourite locations in the whole, wide, world. This is the view from Sligachan across to the Cuillins on the Isle of Skye. You have to get here early to avoid the tourists, but it is definitely worth it.

  • Bow Fiddle

    Bow Fiddle

    This fine looking natural rock formation, known as Bow Fiddle Rock, lives on the coast at Portknockie, Scotland.

  • Ruthven

    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.

  • The Foxglove Landscape

    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.

  • The Wire View

    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.

  • The Line of the Fence

    The Line of the Fence

    I cannot remember where I took this shot, other than “somewhere in the Highlands”. It was a beautiful day and the line of fence posts intrigued me. It may have been on the way to Ullapool.

  • Mist on the Water

    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.

  • Eilean Donan -Ripples

    Eilean Donan -Ripples

    The ripples on the water here look very computer generated and unrealistic, yet they are entirely as captured in the camera.