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My posts containing photos I’ve taken in Scotland.

Long Exposure Sunsets

Posted: July 26th, 2012 | Tags: | Posted in: Photography, Tutorials

Since getting my 10 stop B+W ND filter I have become somewhat obsessed with long exposure photography. A large majority of the photography taken with these filters seem to end up in black and white, and very often feature water in the frame – everyone (well, almost everyone) …
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Old Pulteney

Whisky on Tour

Posted: July 24th, 2012 | Tags: | Posted in: Photography

On my small excursion to the Trinkie last night I was accompanied by my friend, Ian Horne. For the past few months Ian has hauled his camera, a bag of lenses, a couple of tripods, his wife Elaine, their dog Kobi… and a bottle of Old Pulteney whisky …
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The Trinkie, Wick, Caithness

The “Trinkie”

Posted: July 24th, 2012 | Tags: | Posted in: Photography

The “Trinkie” is a tidal outdoor swimming pool in Wick. During the first part of the 1900s the town councils in coastal Scotland were trying to pull some of the money from the tourist market by building these pools. The Trinkie was a very popular spot in Wick …
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Freswick Castle Long Exposure

Freswick Castle Long Exposure

Posted: July 23rd, 2012 | Tags: | Posted in: Photography

I took this photograph last night at around 6 in the evening. The weather was quite dull and breezy, and this makes for a really good opportunity to take a long exposure shot of the sky! I took a base exposure reading after setting the aperture to f/22 …
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