April Mist

The Fleet Estuary is covered in an early April sea fog in this picture taken from Knockbrex Viewpoint.

 

Rockcliffe

It’s my birthday today, so after a series of depressing monochrome images, here is a recent view of Rockcliffe on the Solway Coast of Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, just to prove that the sun can shine on me and that I try to be cheerful just once in a while.

Silly old fart….

 

Waiting

A street portrait taken in Glasgow.

I like how working in monochrome encourages a more formal and studied approach to picture making. Balancing the tones and cropping to enhance the formal elements of placement and division is a very satisfying activity. The unruly diagonals always add a touch of tension, don’t you think?

 

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.

 

Meadow Light

Scotland’s Dumfries and Galloway is a land of rolling and hummocky lowlands and small craggy hills, so here is a patch of rolling cow pasture. Many of the farms are moving to more intensive methods and although plenty of springtime lambs can be seen in the fields, more and more the cattle are reared in the growing number of large barns.

It ain’t natural I say…..

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.

 

Lowran Burn

The Lowran Burn tumbles down the hill into Loch Ken through a series of small waterfalls through the dense trees of the Galloway Forest Park. This spring time shot shows that it’s quite gloomy under the canopy which adds to the feeling of enclosed mystery. A true fairy glen.

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.

Laurieston Woods

This is one of my woodland series pictures and was taken travelling north towards Loch Ken, and close to the village of Laurieston.