Today I took an afternoon walk up Conic Hill from Balmaha. The forecast was for a sunny clear (but cold) day. I took my 7D and my Sigma 10-20mm lens up with me and my very useful Giottos carbon tripod. My timing was just about right as I made the top with about 10 minutes...
En-route home today from our extremely relaxing and enjoyable stay in Kilmartin, we inevitably had to drive over the pass of the Rest and be Thankful. This is pretty much the gateway road into Argyll and is more or less a 1000ft pass. It is odd driving into Argyll where we lived for almost three...
So Happy New Year to all of my friends from all around the world. It was interesting to look at the stats from my web provider last week and to note how incredibly international the hits to my photo blog are. In fact only a tiny proportion of people from my own native UK and...
Yesterday I found myself with my small child heading out to find a beach. Her kind Grandmother has taken her often to the beach and so when I make the mistake of asking HB what she wants to do, “the beach” is a scarily frequent reply. I racked my brains to think of a nearby...
This is Castle Stalker in Appin in Northern Argyll. ISO 3200 22mm x 1.6CF f9 1/20 Today was a wet and overcast day with nothing exciting in store, so for some reason it occurred to me that doing a landscape would be an interesting challenge. Apart from anything else, I have had...
One of my favourite walks, Matthew. Beautifully captured 🙂