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Sunrise at Loch Ard

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:42:55 +0000

It’s time to start posting some more pictures from the archives. This wonderful sunrise greeted me at Loch Ard, near Aberfoyle in November 2006. The forecast that morning was for a slight frost, as usual the forecast was wrong but what I did get was a magical display from the cloud formation and some lovely mist on the Loch itself.

Loch Arklet

admin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:20:59 +0000

Another couple of images from last weeks trip to the Trossachs. Loch Arklet is nestled in a valley, so depending on the wind direction, good reflections can be found here. The Loch’s water level was raised in the early 20th century by the building of a dam. This Loch helps to supply Glasgow with it’s fresh drinking water.

This is Loch Arklet with Beinn Narnain, Ben Vane and Ben Vorlich in the background more commonly known as the Arrochar Alps.

Aberfoyle

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:21:54 +0000

Another 4.30am rise yesterday. As the weather forecast was promising fog and mist early in the morning, I thought I would take a trip up to Aberfoyle for the sunrise. I managed to capture this shot as the sun tried to break through the mist.

The next shot was taken looking over Loch Achray towards St Johns Church. The swirling mist made the church appear and disappear minute by minute. This has created a nice natural vignette to the image.

Loch Drunkie

admin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:05:53 +0000

Todays archive post is from 2006. Who would have guessed that there was a Loch in Scotland called Loch Drunkie. Very apt!

Autumn colours at Loch Chon

admin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:05:23 +0000

Todays archive post is from 2006. A nice crisp november morning with the last of the autumn colours in the trees.

The Old Pier, Loch Long

admin — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:47:44 +0000

Todays archive post is a bit special for me. It was taken a couple of years ago on my 40th birthday. This is the old pier at Loch Long, not far from Arrochar. We had been away out for the day and were starting to head back home when I saw the shaft of light hit the pier. I stopped the car in a layby and ran about 100 yards along the road and climbed down a wall to get lochside. I just managed to get a couple of shots off before the sunlight disappeared as quickly as it had arrived.

Loch Voil

admin — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:02:28 +0000

Todays archive post is from Loch Voil in the Trossachs. Anothe calm windless afternoon with perfect reflections

The Arrochar Alps

admin — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 07:03:53 +0000

The first post of a series of older pictures. This image is the one that rekindled my interest in photography. I only had my DSLR for 1 week when I took this, and was awestruck by the beauty of the place. It was an effort to remember to press the shutter button and capture it. This is Loch Arklet with Beinn Narnain, Ben Vane and Ben Vorlich in the background. They are commonly known as the Arrochar Alps.

The Trossachs

admin — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:32:15 +0000

An early start again for the 90 minute journey up to Aberfoyle. The area around Aberfoyle is one of my favourite places for landscapes. It is commonly known as the Trossachs from the Gaelic ‘Na Trosaichean’. The Trossachs itself is a small woodland glen in the Stirling council area of Scotland. It lies between Ben A’an to the north and Ben Venue to the south, with Loch Katrine to the west and Loch Achray to the east. However, the name is used generally to refer to the wider area of wooded glens and braes with quiet lochs, lying to the east of Ben Lomond. Once I witnessed a rather poor sunrise at Loch Venachar, I headed back into Aberfoyle and towards Loch Ard. The windless conditions help show the colours of the boathouse and trees in the still Loch.

My next stop after this was back along the Dukes Pass towards Loch Achray. It was a perfect windless morning with no one around. I stood at this spot for about 20 minutes just taking in the view and a couple of pictures.

The Panorama gives a much better view of the Loch with Ben Venue behind.

My next stop was to take a trip up past Loch Lubnaig towards Loch Voil. The calm conditions continued, the only disappointment was the cloudless sky.

After this I decided it was time to turn back and head towards home. I ended up along the east bank of Loch Lomond where I waited for the sunset. I found an ideal spot beside Sallochy Woods. The bank had a great line of stones jutting out into the Loch. Ideal foreground material. I took various shots using the stones as lead in lines as the sun set, using various shutter speeds along with an ND filter to blur the Loch. These two are the best of my time here.

After the sun finally set, I started the journey home. Another good days shooting.