Angry Sea At North Berwick

Angry Sea At North Berwick
Originally uploaded by bicameral.

Ages away - no time to put upphotos of radiance or invergarry (they will appear). This was from early December which brought a strange mood to the beach at North Berwick late on Sunday. No wind, but an angry sea, and pink sky in the North East. This image was taken as a RAW with my new 28-135 lens.

Salisbury Crags from the Parliament

Salisbury Crags from the Parliament
Originally uploaded by bicameral.

Now that the parliament's landscaping is finished, it is perfectly integrated withthe surrounding area. Here, the picture shows just how good it can look.

Princes St Gardens

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Originally uploaded by bicameral.

Sunbathing in edinburgh in September - this has been a good summer. The grass around arthur seat is parched.

Scott Monument

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Originally uploaded by bicameral.

The wider view of the Scott monument catches the quality of the light well.

North Berwick Waves

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Originally uploaded by bicameral.

This was another one from North Berwick: taken with the pentax when the Canon had been stowed away.

Scott Monument

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Originally uploaded by bicameral.

I've always liked September subnlight, though I suspect that it's merely that I tend to be out when the light quality is at it's best. I took this at around 5.15pm

Oak Leaves

Oak Leaves
Originally uploaded by bicameral.

At sheeplees, I liked the colour of these leaves in the sunlight

Green Woodpecker in Surrey

Green Woodpecker in Surrey
Originally uploaded by bicameral.

After a heavy rain shower (the first for weeks) this young (?) green woodpecker was hunting round for something - insects - or do they eat works like other birds.

Deer in Kilcreggan

Deer in Kilcreggan
Originally uploaded by bicameral.

Not ten yards from the house at Kilcreggan, happily sitting in the sun after feasting on some flowers.

Arran from Kilcreggan

Arran from Kilcreggan
Originally uploaded by bicameral.

An incredibly clear morning. Another shot showed the detail on these crags even more clearly but I liked the composition here better.

North Berwick Waves

North Berwick Waves
Originally uploaded by bicameral.

A warm august afternoon at North Berwick, the sea seemed very clean, with seaweed in the sand (rather than on rocks). walking along in the shallows, I was very aware of the changing nature of the beach - soft and sandy, sandy and stones mixed, rocky, then finally very coarse sand.

Loch Goil

Loch Goil
Originally uploaded by bicameral.

Looking up Loch Goil from above Cove. The palette of greys was replaced by a spectrum of greens when we passed the next day.

Gullane

Gullane
Originally uploaded by bicameral.

The beach at Gullane is one of my favourite places. And this is why.

Longniddry Bents

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Originally uploaded by bicameral.

Of all the pictures I took this sunset, this was my favourite.

Longniddry Bents

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Originally uploaded by bicameral.

This was looking North towards West Lomond.

Longniddry Bents

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Originally uploaded by bicameral.

North to West Lomond as well.

McEwan Hall

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Originally uploaded by bicameral.

We were in the McEwan hall for the graduation ceremony.

Viking Hat

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Originally uploaded by bicameral.

Up near the Heart of Midlothian, with the strong sunlight bouncing off the pavement, this little girl's hat was lovely.

Whinchat

Whinchat
Originally uploaded by bicameral.

The male and female took up their positions on the trees with the best vantage points and made an almighty racket to distract us. With a descending gloom (our wonderful summer) I had to use ISO 800. You can see it a little in the noise, but worth it to get a shutter speed without camera-shake.

Cruachan Frog

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Originally uploaded by bicameral.

1500 feet up at the edge of Cruachan Dam, this well-camouflaged frog was making its way to the water.

Firth of Clyde

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Originally uploaded by bicameral.

A wider view of Arran from Kilcreggan, showing the narrows of the Firth of Clyde in the foreground.

Peaks of Arran

Peaks of Arran
Originally uploaded by bicameral.

I like this becuase although we were miles away, as the sun moved round into the west you could see some detail in the Northern slopes of (not Goat Fell, that's further round) these Arran peaks.

Hereford and the South

Last week we went down south for a trip round parts of England that I don't know well at all. The last 5 photos were all taken on that trip. Lovely weather and great scenery. I'm a convert.

The rogue blade of grass

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Originally uploaded by bicameral.

Of all the photo's I took in this field, it was this one, with interrupted skyline which stood out - is it that it reminds me of the painting of Salisbury Cathedral?

Hereford Tree

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Originally uploaded by bicameral.

A majestic Oak. I was in England after all.

Jet Trails

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Originally uploaded by bicameral.

This simple picture sums up the perfect morning weather. Crisp and vibrant.

Canada Goose

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Originally uploaded by bicameral.

A confident Canada Goose at a service station on the M6. Shame the light didn't allow a greater depth of field.

The view from hay bluff.

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Originally uploaded by bicameral.

The valley below hay Bluff provided some fantastic scenery, with the patchwork of fields stretching for miles and miles.

Heron

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Originally uploaded by bicameral.

This heron was feeding just upstream form the bridge at peebles. The photo is little blurred as the light was fading and there was nowhere to rest the long lens. Click the image (then click all sizes) for a larger version.

Insects on the Tweed

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Originally uploaded by bicameral.

The haze is of millions of flying insects swarming upstream in Peebles last Saturday. The swarm was so thick in places that you could hardly make out details on the other bank. Click the image (then click 'all sizes') for a larger version.

Coming back

I had a blog years ago when they were called 'web logs' but gave it up in 2001. In the interim I've tended to use wiki's to organise my thoughts but decided to come back to a weblog so that I could post pictures online in a convenient manner. This blog is ostensibly for that purpose, but there'll probably be other stuff in amongst it.