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Naturally motivated
There has been a lot written and discussed about why we are motivated to go out and take pictures of nature – after all its a pretty pointless exercise in the most part. It perhaps satisfies a natural ‘hunter’ instinct … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020vision, abernethy, landscape, nature, photography, wildlife photography
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Jackdaws – setting up home.
For the past few weeks the jackdaws in my garden have been very vocal with their loud ‘jack, jack, jack’ calls and there has been a frenzy of activity around the various nest sites as they, at first, squabbled over … Continue reading
Finnish sky at night
Matters of the universe, space and other ‘unearthly’ goings on are, for the most part, well beyond my levels of comprehension. I guess I’m not alone on that one. I find programmes like ‘Wonders of the Universe’ currently showing on … Continue reading
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Tagged aurora borealis, finland, landscape photography, northern lights, winter
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Grousing around!
This morning I got up at the unearthly hour of 3.00am setting off under a setting half moon across the Grampian mountains to a windswept patch of moorland where I hoped to witness one of the spectacles of the birding … Continue reading
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Tagged black grouse, blackcock, hide, lek, photography, red grouse
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Norwegian blue!
I had been staring out from a wooden hide at a dead fox lying on a snow swept hillside for the best part of ten hours when one of my inmates happened to mention the classic Monty Python ‘Dead Parrot’ … Continue reading
Sunshine on a rainy day
After a week sat in front of the computer it was good to get out on Friday for a ‘field meeting’ at the Coigach Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve north of Ullapool. The weather forecast was pretty poor and photography wasn’t … Continue reading
Winter hues
Photography, whether as a hobby or a profession, is a fickle business for all sorts of reasons and there is often a very thin line between success or failure, certainly in photographic terms. Yet the whole experience of obtaining the … Continue reading
Garden dickies
You may have noticed that its turned a tad nippy over the past week – in fact as low as minus 17 here and not much above minus 7 all week so least it to say the garden birds have … Continue reading
