A landscape image needs to be more than just a record of a place visited, it is a combination of seeing, patience, light, technical competence and finally a little luck. You are the creator, your composition is your personal vision of the world. It may be a sweeping landscape or simply a small element within [...]
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Contre jour, a French word literally meaning “against daylight” and it is possible to take stunning photographs when shooting into the light. Whilst this may contradict advice given to beginners to always shoot with the light coming from behind the camera the art of contre jour or backlighting in photography is a technique that can [...]
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Lonely trees hold a fascination for me and many other landscape photographers. Their isolation and often gnarled and twisted appearance adds to their attraction though to me they seem to emanate a feeling of sadness. With this collection of images I have tried to counter that feeling of sadness and isolation by photographing them at [...]
There is something special about black and white landscape photography, it has a dramatic, powerful and timeless quality that sets it apart from its equivalent colour rendition. Black and white photography requires seeing and appreciating the subject more in terms of shapes, textures and most importantly tonal qualities. The importance of tone should not be [...]
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When all the conditions required for sunsets to happen they can be spectacular on the Isle of Mull. Be it winter or summer there are plenty of locations from which to take full advantage of these opportunities. Here are just a few examples from last year that I remember with fondness, not just because of [...]
In this article we will look at the approach I take when planning a landscape photography field trip,I will describe each stage from initial preparation to the final image; some may be obvious, some less so. 1. Preparation Generally I start by selecting a location, (if this is a new area I like to study [...]
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Visitors to the Isle of Mull are often hoping to see the “Big Five“, namely White-tailed eagle, Golden eagle, Otters, Red deer and Seals. Red deer are probably the easiest of the five to see, though throughout the summer it may be a little harder as they tend to stay higher up the hills and [...]
Following on from Sundays post Isle of Mull Birds – Part 1 here is a further selection of bird images from the Isle of Mull taken during last year. One of my most enjoyable and memorable encounters was with a group of about 30 Eider (Somateria mollissima) on Loch Scridain, there were both males and [...]
In class we would rather unkindly mimic our school physics teacher who was constantly reminding us all to “Always remember the importance of detail”, it was his mantra and I don’t think a lesson went by without it. Whilst his words seemed insignificant and irrelevant to me at the time they have over the years [...]
The White-tailed Eagle, also known as the Erne or more commonly the Sea Eagle, it is the largest bird of prey in northern Europe and more of a coast hunting species than the Golden Eagle. During 1975 a full scale re-introduction programme into Rhum in the Inner Hebrides brought the White-tailed Eagle into Scotland from [...]
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