Snowy Peaks (Scotland 2013)

The last full day on the Isle of Harris was a wonderfully bright blue sky day. A dusting of snow had fallen overnight on the North Harris Hills which became the natural focal point for many of the landscapes. These were the scenes at 6am in morning including two newly discovered panorama looking across to Luskentyre and then some long lens captures of the snowy peaks:

Later we moved to Rosamol Beach for a closer view of the hills. The first image below is the stand out image for me due to the lead in sand patterns and also I particularly enjoyed the second image with the snow covered peaks partially reflected in the wet sand:

Close up studies of the sand patterns at Rosamol:

  

Looking back, it was a fabulous final day on Harris with the photography continuing until after sunset. This included a visit to the Harris Tweed shop in Tarbert, a look at a peat cutting site, and more landscapes at Scarista....too much photography to comfortably fit into one post so I will divide up the day into the subject areas and post the results separately. 

June on the Southwell Trail - Part 2

In addition to yesterday’s post featuring monochrome images from the Southwell Trail, is a further selection of photographs taken during the month of June. The first set features the colour versions of the local barley crop. I particularly liked the swaying textures of the barley in the fields and I tried to capture a sense of this in a number of the shots below:

The very warm and sunny weather at the end of May was replaced by more rainy days during June. I recorded some of this weather from the trail and focused on some close up work including the wildflowers (dog rose and bramble) and greenery both in the undergrowth and from the trees:

June on the Southwell Trail (June 2020)

When the virus lockdown was relaxed I used black and white (or monochrome) photography as one way of kick starting my creativity. This approach worked well with a series of images taken along the River Trent at Fiskerton. I then carried this forward to the Southwell Trail during June, capturing the natural light and shade of the summer foliage. These were some of the results:

I also applied a more ‘punchy’ conversion to images of the local barley crop. Again, I think monochrome works well with this subject and I pleased with the outcomes as I try to reinstate my daily habit of taking photographs after the enforced virus break: