"Beautiful but cold morning in the North-West Highlands. This picture was taken from the top of Canisp with the sun just about to rise in the East. Behind me, in the West, Suilven was hidden beneath heavy clouds and fog." – Svensi
Monday, 4 March 2013
Thursday, 28 February 2013
Friday, 22 February 2013
Loch Droma, the new dawn
"Day 1 of my Inverpolly & Assynt photographic workshop and we were faced with an unexpectedly and stunningly amazing sky. As one would expect, this first encounter with nature's amazing performance put us all in a mood for some extraordinary photography." – Dimitri Vasileiou
Lone Tree
Alone in a vast landscape, forgotten by the forest, stands a tree...
Bridge of Orchy, Highlands, Scotland.
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Thursday, 7 February 2013
Last light, a winters eve
"Sunset from Kinlochleven, The Highlands, Scotland
From my trip last week up to Scotland; I'd not taken the camera out that bag on the previous day. The light was that grim. So after a fairly acceptable sunrise and the forecasts looking rubbish for the following days I reckoned this would be my last opportunity.
As I began my ascent from the shores of Loch Leven a band of cloud was moving in from the East. The battle was on. What would happen first? Would the clouds move too far West by sundown obscuring the the sunset resulting in a wasted hike or would they light up with some magical light.
After reaching my vantage point and sitting around and enjoying my hot flask and a bite to eat for a couple of hours it looked like we were in for the latter. Three other walkers had already gone past on their way home and I had what felt like all the highlands to myself. The snowcapped hill tops, a brisk Scottish wind and suddenly the magical elusive light."
– Alasdair McIntosh http://www.amcintosh.com
Thursday, 31 January 2013
Sunrise over Ballachulish
"Ballachulish is in the bottom left of the shot and Ben Nevis can be seen to the right of middle (The highest mountain in the shot). Captured on my way up Beinn a'Bheithir Ridge." – xpfloyd
Saturday, 26 January 2013
Monday, 21 January 2013
Friday, 18 January 2013
The Gloaming
Not sure why I've never posted this shot before, it's got everything I love in it: the most beautiful woman in the world, a stunning gloaming sky, snow covered Scottish mountains...
I'm quite passionate about what the gloaming is... so for those that aren't sure... this is what the gloaming looks like, it's not just sunset, sunset is sunset, the gloaming is something different, it's a special light, that almost glows with an ethereal quality of peace and tranquility :o)
Those mountains are actually several miles in the distance are really quite big, the sense of scale is a little bit skewed.
As ever, thanks for looking and thanks for your comments, always appreciated.
– Scott Masterton
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
At Scotland's Edge
Cape Wrath Lighthouse, Sutherland, Scotland.
"Designed by Robert Stevenson and first lit in 1828, the lighthouse marks the most north-westerly point of the British mainland. The construction of the lighthouse required an 11 mile road to be built.
A spectacular and wild place. The name Cape Wrath derives from the norse for 'turning point'." – Ian Cowe
Sunday, 13 January 2013
Friday, 11 January 2013
Monday, 31 December 2012
Wednesday, 26 December 2012
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Roses Are Red
From the pier/breakwater at Pittenweem looking back along the Firth of Forth towards St Monans. Taken about 45 mins after sunset. No filters.
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Old Man of Storr, Winter Sunrise
Alarm for 0530 (isn't landscape photography easy in the winter!), bite to eat and out the door of the B&B by 0615. A 30mph crawl on roads of sheet ice to park up at 0630. Pile on the layers, hats, gloves and head torch and head up the path to the old man. On the way up query the torch lights at the top of the hill, the only car in the car park had snow on it so these fools had either camped or been up there a while - and it wasn't exactly the weather for sauntering around on a mountain. Get to the top around 0730 nod at the three photographers already set up (what's that about remote?) and scramble up the side of the icy cliff face to get to a position where each of the points of the old man were separated from each other.
Nowhere to put my bag, my legs or my tripod so a sort of crevice straddling tripod setup and my legs as a bag holder I managed to get my camera out and attempt to put some filters on (Lee 0.6 Hard) without them blowing away to Mull. Marvel at how windy and blooming cold it was and wait for some clouds to roll into the top of the frame. Brrr!
Conditions in the sky weren't ideal, a band of clouds on the horizon and very little overhead. Eventually a few clouds came overhead to sit at the top of the frame but by this time I was struggling to move my hands never mind my fingers and I was concerned my next fumble would send my tripod and camera to its death. So I admitted defeat and scrambled down to a slightly more sheltered spot where the Storr merges into 3 peaks. I couldn't find a sheltered spot I was happy with the view from, I thought the sun looked like it was likely to break through the clouds but there was now no clouds overhead and I couldn't face climbing back up to my freezing cold spot from earlier. So I headed back to the car watching the rays of sun beaming out the clouds wishing I'd put on a few more layers.
– Alasdair McIntosh
Theres nowt better
Theres nowt better in photography terms, as far as I'm concerned, than getting up and heading to the coast for a sunrise.
It's dark when you leave, so you've no idea what the clouds are like, the tide is always on the move and the light is constantly changing, and when that sun peeks over the horizon the morning changes yet again...and then you take a moment, you look around and it feels like you've the world to yourself. Awesome. But then you look down and your feet are soaked, but you dont care.
This is sunrise on 1st December from Montrose with Scurdieness Lighthouse in the distance."
– Tom Fincher
Monday, 10 December 2012
Clydesdale
"This is a sculpture of a Clydesdale Horse named the 'Heavy Horse' by Andy Scott. It is a well known artwork in Scotland situated beside the M8 motorway between Glasgow and Edinburgh for all the passing vehicles to see. At night it is lit up. It is made out of galvanised steel.
This was the first time I've been up close to it... it's impressive from far away but up close even more so...it is so life like." – Scott Masterton
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
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