While driving home from Carradale on the Kintyre peninsula last Monday I came upon this scene just as the last light was fading. The spot is the ferry slipway at Kennacraig for the Islay ferry. Strictly speaking the sunset was gone and so I set up my tripod to catch the final moments and indulged...
No-one could ever accuse me of being a landscape or architectural photographer, so you might be surprised that I am posting some pictures of an Abbey. Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire is a 15th century ruin preserved by the national trust. It is a photography playground because of the shapes and forms everywhere you look. It...
A post that does what it says on the tin: From the sailing club pontoon on Loch Leven looking east to the Pap of Glencoe with its little bonnet of cloud on the right. The view over the Black Mount area from one of the roadside lochans on the Rannoch Moor. Anyone who has walked...
Who is this devastatingly handsome Canadian I hear you ask? Well it’s none other than my colleague and friend Jim Craigen. I posted a picture of jim in a candid moment a few postings ago and joked that he looked like a TV detective. Well Jim has been in Scotland since then and on the...
Last weekend I went on a walk from Howwood where I live to Newton of Beltrees. Photographically it was hard to find good landscapes. When I saw this tree on a rise with some nice cloud behind I thought I’d have a go. The picture is nice enough and has classic and simple composition, but...
Nice shot, Matthew, and good point about the useless (to me, too!) direct print button! Haven’t had need for mirror lock-up yet, but know it is a good option when doing some long exposure shots, so, yes, having it directly available on camera body via button would certainly be good.
Referred to your 100 Portraits project in a post the other day on site where I am posting a 50mm image a day: http://booz50mm.posterous.com/50mm-a-day-16th-reflection.
Bill
Stunning
This is very, very beautiful Matthew. Such a serene and calm image…well done.