#246. Shooting the tide
Full moon was last week, but the tides down here on the Southern Tip have been pretty impressive for the last few days. Yesterday afternoon, there were some big rollers coming in from the South...
View Article#259. Sunday and a (quick) walk between the raindrops
Pine Yesterday, we made our way south from Kyle of Lochalsh, through Oban and on to Lochgilphead, Ardrishaig and Kilberry, our home for the next week. Google advised us that the distance was around 170...
View Article#266. Watery. On purpose.
Full of them, the Internet is. Watery pictures. Soft, silky and even plastic looking. Golden brown falls, tannin-rich, ethereal. Even the ocean seems to respond well to a careful photographer. Yeah, I...
View Article#277. Fighting off Otus envy.
Kogel Baai morning Zeiss’ 55mm Otus doesn’t stir me much. Of course, I want one; I’m a photographer after all. But I’ve got an ancient 50mm f1.4 manual focus AI Nikkor that delivers fantastic images...
View Article#290. Hurry up and wait.
Sandstone and shallow DoF – D800e and 50mm f1.4 Wait. Wait. Wait. Monday. I’ve been waiting a week for the weather and wind gods to deliver a still pre-dawn and waste no time in sending an SMS message...
View Article#292. The Police Station at Noup
If you use Google Maps to find Noup, you might be lucky enough to see a tiny dot on the satellite view, about 15 kilometres north(ish) of Koignaas in the Northern Cape. Six hundred kilometres from Cape...
View Article#347. Misty sunrise at Theewaterskloof Dam
Misty sunrise at Theewaterskloof Autumn has arrived in the Cape and our warm(ish), wet winter can’t be far behind. Misty sunrise at Theewaterskloof Nestled deep in the Overberg, about thirty...
View Article# 368. The Skye bit
Sunset over Cuillin seen from Elgol Lunch was sublime, Cape Town’s best; fresh tuna carpaccio followed by spaghetti vongole for Mrs P and swordfish pasta for me. Washed down with a couple of glasses...
View Article#482. Fuji’s X-Pros do seascapes
Pre-sunrise over the Kogelberg – shot with the Fuji X-Pro1 and Fuji 90mm f2 The northern end of the Kogelberg – shot with the Fuji X-Pro1 and Fuji 16mm f1.4 Pre-sunrise – X-Pro2 with Leica Summilux...
View Article#501. Summer in Scotland pt. 2
Bothy, Errogie There’s no point in complaining about the weather in Scotland. It is what it is. National hero, Billy Connolly joked once that he didn’t need to see cloud symbols on the TV weather...
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