Day’s End

The pace of life has slowed and the evenings have a chill about them so it’s time to light the fire and prepare the supper.

An atmospheric wintertime view in my home town.

 

Mill Burn

The Mill Burn is secretive in its little valley as it sneaks past the golf course and descends towards the old mill which is long abandoned. From there it disappears altogether as it passes through the town and sneaks into the Dee barely noticed.

 

Stormy Weather

A late May scene in Kirkcudbright Bay, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland.

Admittedly some of the drama may be mine in this monochrome image, but with the sunlight catching the foaming sea it’s easy to see why the rest of the picture is much darker in contrast.

 

Kirkcudbright Marina

A late afternoon view of the Dee Estuary and Kirkcudbright Marina taken at low tide in January. There’s a melancholy quality to wintertime photos that I like for their moody feel, but at least this one is enlivened by having a blue sky.

Ross Bay

Ross Bay lies on the west side of Kirkcudbright Bay. It is a quiet and isolated spot and is rarely visited despite its close proximity to the small town of Kirkcudbright.

Towards Torrs

This view from Meikle Ross, looking east across the mouth of Kirkcudbright Bay with the small Ross Bay in the foreground, shows Torrs Point in the distance, and is typical of the mellow landscape and coast of Dumfries and Galloway in the south of Scotland.

Madison

The lighting in exhibition galleries is frequently excellent for portrait photography and where photography is allowed my camera is usually at the ready.

This portrait was taken during the summer festivities exhibition in Kirkcudbright. The building has now been converted into a modern gallery and is due to be opened shortly as a major attraction for the south of Scotland.

 

Threave Castle from Balmaghie

The square monolith of Threave Castle stands off in the distance on its small island in the middle of the river Dee, so quite what the round tower structure in the foreground is I’m unsure. Perhaps it’s a disguised water tank, or maybe it really is an ancient relic.

I was driving through this part of The Stewartry when I spotted the nearer tower. Without thinking I leaped from the car, climbed over a gate, and ran across the field to frame my shot. When I returned to the car a woman stepped out of her cottage door and asked what I was doing. When I apologised to her she said that I was lucky that the bull wasn’t in the field that day.

Brighouse Woods 4

Wintertime in Brighouse Woods, and several dozen digital  snaps followed by several years of editing gestation, and we have a short series of images of winter in the woods of Dumfries and Galloway.

Threave Footpath

This is the footpath that takes you past Threave Castle and alongside the river Dee. They say the area is enchanted but perhaps they just meant enchanting.