Category: Snowscapes, Frost and IcePage 4 of 5

Everything to do with below zero.

Take-off! (17 Feb 2010)

A few of the swans decided that a mixture of running and flapping might be easier than waddling back to the holes in the ice. This swan hasn’t…

Gull Drinking (16 Feb 2010)

Back at Birnie Loch, the hard winter continued and most of the surface was frozen.  The birds were keeping a few holes open, and I spotted this Black-headed Gull…

Slingsby T31 at Portmoak (01 Jan 2010)

The Slingsby T31 is an old training glider, build (mostly) of wood and canvas.  This example is part of the Portmoak collection, and this particular image was used in…

Snow at Portmoak (20 Dec 2009)

The first snow fell before Christmas, and I arrived at the airfield to discover a wonderful light – everything glowed very slightly.  The weak links are used to…

Hoarfrost, Loch na Creige (12 Dec 2009)

As winter progressed and the cold increased it’s grip, some days had spectacular hoar frost.  These images were taken at Loch na Creige, again taking advantage of the easy…

Loch na Creige (06 Dec 2009)

This loch was frozen for most of the 2009-2010 winter which was the coldest for 30 years, though it’s high (1300′, 396m) and I suspect it’s shallow so…

Loch Leven (06 Feb 2009)

Loch Leven is fairly shallow and freezes easily.  I managed to get this shot one evening as the setting sun put a pinkish colour over everything.  it was…

Sheep at Amulree (25 Dec 2006)

Another splendid Christmas day out with my camera!  Thick fog was covering Fife, but the wonders of the Internet let me see the satellite pictures and it looked…

The Iron Road (12 Mar 2006)

I was struck by the rails vanishing into the distance, if only there had been a train coming towards me on the far set!  I hasten to add…

Cow Parsley (12 Mar 2006)

Taken just after the Farm Gate image. Flickr Photopage Shutter speed: 1/500s Aperture: ƒ/8 Focal length: 13.4375mm Taken: 12 March, 2006 14:03 Camera: Canon PowerShot A70