The forecast was promising for the morning and we decided on a trip to Rannoch Moor to try and catch the morning light on the Buachaille Etive Mor. That of course meant an early start from Glasgow and we left at 3am.
Bishop Loch
There was a promising looking sky developing last night but not having enough time to go far I decided to visit a local loch to try and take advantage.
Even though it is local I have never been to Bishop Loch but it has always been in the back of my mind to make a visit so thought this would be the ideal opportunity.
Fog on the Firth
The fog was thick this morning almost covering the whole of central Scotland.
I wanted a shot of the bridge before dawn while the lights were still on but when we arrived at North Queensferry in the dark we could not see the bridge as it was shrouded in thick fog. We headed back over the road bridge to Queensferry which was clear of fog and under a blue sky with the morning light on the Rail Bridge now the sun had risen.
Skating at Skateraw
The east coast was the best bet this morning so we headed for Skateraw near Dunbar. I shot this image looking towards Torness Nuclear Power Station with the dawn sky coming up behind it.
I then took a wander along the bay towards Torness to try a shot of the mooring platforms. It was like skating on ice and I fell twice on route. It’s a dangerous game, photography! No personal injury but my cable release snapped and one of my fine tune controls on my Manfrotto 410 geared head seems to be knackered. No cable release, no chance of any Big Stoppers this morning!
Winter on the Dales
Not able to get out much recently I’ve been looking through my archive of photographs taken during previous trips out with my camera. One of these trips was my first photographic visit to the Yorkshire Dales on a beautiful winter morning.
Occasionally, all the elements required for outdoor photography work in your favour and these photographs were taken during one of those perfect mornings. A trip to the Yorkshire Dales had been on the agenda for a long time and this morning’s forecast looked very promising.
Lightroom 4 Beta Map Module
Like many other Lightroom users I downloaded and installed the new Lightroom 4 Public Beta release to try out. Although I have not had much time to try out many of the new features the one thing that did interest me was the addition of the Map Module.
Loony Dook, 2012
It’s been a while since I’ve taken a photograph due to the recent and prolonged poor weather. New Year’s Day morning looked promising and I decided not to have a drink at Hogmanay, get up early and go out and take some photographs.
Website Makeover
I have used TTG (The Turning Gate) web engines for Lightroom to create and manage my online presence for some years now. As new and updated web engines are released by Matt at The Turning Gate I install them into Lightroom and update my website.
New Blog
Coming soon………