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| Black Iris |
It's been a long time since I've been blogging and have a few things to catch up on. The first is my holidays in June. We had hoped that summer would be caught but alas Scotland's weather has been a tad bizarre this year so we had temps from 4cel to 15cel for the majority with a couple of weeks of rain and a few lovely 22cel days just before we left. Always the way lol. But still we managed to get out with our cameras and snap a few things. On one of the better days we drove up to
Crathies Castle and took a walk with the cameras through the magnificent gardens. We've been quite a few times now but it's always worth the money to take a walk round the gardens. I ended up with only a few images I'm happy with, but then I'm really happy with them. This Black Iris in particular - I adore the contrast between the deep purples and lime greens.
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| Rainy Day at Loch |
Tillyduke is always a pleasure that we look forward to every year regardless of the weather. The isolation and solitude in the country helps me get through the year of being trapped in the flat. It's become a photographic journey for us. We met up with the Inlaws for a day and they took us for a long drive around the Lochs (I'll have to find out the names as I have a memory like a sieve. This photo was taken that day. It was raining and I was huddled under my somewhat scant rain coat trying to protect the camera and still have the lens point at what i wanted lol all the while eaten alive by midges. I made a lot of mistakes in my rush - didn't adjust my ISO or give my aperture settings the attention they needed but still I'm somewhat happy with the image - it has mood.
Every year (well now that Mark also has a camera anyway) we go to the Animal Park giving us the opportunities to take pictures of animals we normally wouldn't be able too. We also became somewhat addicted to bird watching and identifying them in the front yard drawn to the feeders. We both enjoy taking pictures of anything Nature and Wildlife – we are yet to discover something we don't like to snap yet.
Isn't he beautiful, and only still a cub really 2 years old. Man I love animals, I could photograph them for the rest of my life and be content.
