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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…

Immature Mute Swan (17 Nov 2009)

Still at Birnie Loch!  This is one of the 2009 cygnets part-way through the process of changing it’s brown immature plumage for the white of an adult. It…

Mute Swan Preening (17 Sep 2009)

Also taken at Birnie Loch.  Judging by the size of the black knob at the base of his bill, this looks like a cob (male) swan to me….

Female Tufted Duck, Birnie Loch (17 Sep 2009)

I found my new lens was excellent for ‘wildlife’ photography.  Actually the resident birds at Birnie and Gaddon Lochs are fairly habituated to people, and this duck was quite…

Red Arrows at Leuchars (12 Sep 2009)

The day before I took this photo my new 70-300mm lens arrived.  Since the camera has a crop factor of x2, that equates to 140-600mm on a 35mm…

Slingsby Grasshopper (29 Jun 2009)

Amazingly people used to start learning to glide on one of these machines!  They would do ground slides graduating to low hops, and then switch to something more…

Minnie (18 Jun 2009)

Spotted Minnie posing regally on a cat bed, and she let me take this image.  Her expression is absolutely her – an iron paw in a pretty thin…