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Female Tufted Duck

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 happy to be washing herself only a… 

Red Arrows at Leuchars

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 camera!  As always, I took the image… 

Slingsby Grasshopper

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 obviously like a glider to progress.  All… 

Minnie

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 velvet glove.  Minnie rules!  BTW she’s an… 

Rufus & Minnie

Rufus & Minnie (17 Jun 2009)

Spotted this pair looking very relaxed with each other on the sofa.  Guess the warm sun was probably helping, but it looks a little like they are playing footsie with each other.  Awww…  🙂 Flickr… 

Red Arrows, Perth Airshow

Red Arrows, Perth Airshow (06 Jun 2009)

I live fairly near Scone airfield, and when I heard they were having the Red Arrows giving a display at their airshow I looked at the maps and picked out a good vantage point overlooking… 

Balvaird Castle

Balvaird Castle (11 Apr 2009)

Taken from the other side, with some lovely dramatic lighting.  I keep meaning to have a go at cloning out the woman sitting on the wall next to the tree. Flickr Photopage Shutter speed: 1/100s Aperture: ƒ/9… 

Balvaird Castle

Balvaird Castle (11 Feb 2009)

Another shot of one of my favourite castles.  This time there was some snow on the ground which is picking out the textures. Flickr Photopage Shutter speed: 1/50s Aperture: ƒ/13 ISO: 100 Focal length: 137mm Taken: 11 February, 2009 17:02… 

Loch Leven

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 taken soon after sunset. Flickr Photopage Shutter… 

Ossian's Hall, Dunkeld

Ossian’s Hall, Dunkeld (16 Oct 2008)

Back at Ossian’s Hall and the autumn colours are starting to arrive. To me it vastly improves the image. Flickr Photopage Shutter speed: 1.6s Aperture: ƒ/22 ISO: 100 Focal length: 19mm Taken: 16 October, 2008 15:10 Camera: E-510