Are You Ready For Your Close Up?

Something I’d like to do at some point is portrait work. Not done very much of this type of photography. So, if anyone fancies being a willing victim for me, give me a shout. In the meantime, here’s the closest I’ve got to portraiture with all of these pictures taken on the prime 50mm lens

Still Winter…

Took a walk up to Gleniffer Braes last weekend, just to blow away the cobwebs, and came away with a couple of shots that in still the feeling of wilderness… March Storm: Gleniffer Braes, Paisley, 20 March 2021, F/8.0, 1/125s, ISO 100, 50mm Wilderness: Gleniffer Braes, Paisley, 20 March 2021, F/8.0, 1/125s, ISO 100, 50mm

West of Scotland Vistas

The last period of snow here in Scotland (about 2 weeks ago) saw me head up to the Glenburn Reservoir to try and get some countryside shots. I did get some winter shots (the tree on my Instagram feed as an example) but the most impressive shots were telephoto shots of over and across the

The Dead of Winter

I genuinely was going to put up a post with pictures taken with the 70-200mm during the last period of snow. But i had to post this… The Dead of Winter: Gleniffer Braes, 22 February 2021, F/13.0, 1/60s, ISO 100, 45mm

Up At The Farm/Down At The Scheme

So far this winter we have had 3 periods of snow in the west of Scotland, the second period came at the end of the second week in January. I was originally going to post just the shot i took at Brownside Farm, but i thought i’d include the minimalist black and white shots taken