The Sea bed or the Scottish Highlands?
You would be forgiven for thinking this is an underwater photograph taken in some exotic coral sea; yet it’s Scottish moorland. How much wonder we tread under our feet every day without realising the beauty with which we are surrounded. What a God we have.
Flowers and plants – click here
Four new seal piccies
It was raining, blowing a gale, the sky was miserable, the light was awful, and it was tempting to just go home and forget about it. That’s not me though, and off we went along the coast to visit the grey seals in their remote rocky cove. Only 4 piccies were keepers, but among them is now my all time favourite seal pup photograph.
Four new grey seal pup photograhs – click here (top of page)
I learned a valuable lesson regarding respect today. Until now, I’ve taken the time to get to know the seal pups and befriend them before taking photographs. Today I barged right in, took a few piccies of a pup, and he swam over and bit me. Thankfully, he only tore my jacket and didn’t get a hold of my skin. You can’t just stick a camera in someone’s face and take pictures, it shows total lack of respect, and you can’t complain if they turn on you, even animals. After he bit me, I put the camera down, sat with the pup for a while, made friends, and then took a few photos when he was comfortable with it. I think that’s why this photo below is now my favourite seal pup image. This is the young dude who bit me.
Strath Brora, Suisgill, and Upper Suisgill brochs
The uploading of these three brochs to the site means I’m up to date. I have a clean desk. I have no photos to process. Tomorrow I’ll be out piling more work on myself as Tina and I enjoy our last visit to the seals this year. For more insights into these brochs, please visit my brochs blog and scottishbrochs.com
Strath Brora panorama – click here
Learable broch, Strath of Kildonan
That’s another broch up! For more on brochs, visit my brochs blog and subscribe to the email notifications to keep up to date.
Learable broch panorama – click here
Learable broch photographs – click here
Killin broch
Killin broch, Loch Brora, is up today as well. Another 4 to go before tomorrow. Again, if you’re interested in following my adventures around Scotland exploring our brochs, please visit my brochs blog and website.
Killin broch panorama – click here
Killin broch photographs – click here
Dalchork broch
That’s another broch up, Dalchork near Lairg this time. I should be up to date with everything photography related by tomorrow afternoon. How cool is that? Yay, for having a clear desk! If you’re interested in following my broch adventures, please visit my brochs blog and subscribe for email notifications. I’ll be posting what I’m learning about brochs over there.
Scottish Brochs blog – click here
Tirryside broch
The Tirryside broch, near Lairg, is perched on the banks of a good sized stream feeding into Loch Shin, and commands excellent views across to Ben Klibreck.
Panoramic higher resolution photograph of Tirryside broch
The seals again
Another bonding day out with the seals yesterday. Some of the pups are almost ready to leave. Wow, doesn’t time fly. Another 2 weeks and they’ll all be gone. Only 7 new photographs from yesterday, as the light was awful. Pop up camera fill flash is definitely convenient and useful.
Here are a selection from the 7 new photos, including one of me making friends with a pup. The new born is just hours old.
Gold panning on the Suisgill
Licences to pan for gold on the Suisgill burn in the Highlands of Scotland are now available to anyone who rents the Balvallioch Cottage through the Suisgill website. The Gold Club recently took advantage of this, and I took the opportunity to take some photographs from this memorable and historic outing. You will find the new photographs on pages 7 and 8 of the gold panning section at the Highlands of Scotland photography site.
Here is some genuine Suisgill gold in a pan!
New grey seal photos uploaded
There are a few new grey seal pictures uploaded now, as well as a new streamlined look to the site layout. Hope you enjoy them. There will be more!
Grey seal pup at the rookery
Here’s another grey seal pup photograph from our photoshoot yesterday. I think this is my personal favourite seal pup photograph to date. We’re going back there next weekend to spend a little more time with them before they head off to sea.
Grey seals
We’ve been waiting all year for the grey seal moms to return to the rookery so we could go visit them and meet this year’s pups. Well, today was the day, and what a day it turned out to be. I’m not sure, but I think a few of the adults remembered us from last year as they quickly settled down and got on with life without our being there being a disturbance. Quite a few new images to upload to the site this week. I’m going to bin a few not so good ones and replace them with photographs such as this little fella, who came over to see who I was and who let me pat his head.
