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 Beinn Sgitheall from Loch na Dal, Sleat (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro lens at 40mm with Zomei ND Grad 0.9 and 0.6 filters (5 stops), 1/125 sec at f/5.6, ISO 400, handheld) I had a flying visit to the An Crubh community centre on Sleat this morning and the early light was truly amazing, with broken cloud and sun rays everywhere. I stopped overlooking Loch na Dal on the way home and captured these three shots, using my Zomei HD glass graduated neutral density filters to balance the exposure of the relatively bright sky against the deepest shade in the foreground areas.  Beinn Sgritheall (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro lens at 110mm with Zomei ND 0.9 Grad filter (3 stops), 1/50 sec at f/6.3, ISO 200, handheld)  Sunrays over Knoydart from Loch na Dal, Sleat (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro lens at 40mm with Zomei ND Grad 0.9 and 0.6 filters (5 stops), 1/250 sec at f/5.6, ISO 400, handheld)
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 Suilven and the Old Kennels at Elphin in Snow (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro lens, 1/160 sec at f/7.1, ISO 200, handheld) This Saturday I joined three of my mates from the Lochalsh Photography Group on a trip north to the Lochinver area. There was still a huge amount of snow about but the roads were clear, mostly, and the forecast looked to be good for variable light. As it happened the weather was not quite as accommodating as we had hoped, but I still managed a good few images, with plenty of stopping at inopportune locations to grab the fleeting light on the magnificent hills of Assynt and Coigach. The above shot is one of my favourite locations, having shot this old building with Suilven in the background on many occasions and in different conditons. This was the first time I had the chance to get it with snow on the ground. Here is a selecton of the best shots from the trip.  Temperature Inversion at Dundreggan (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, M.Zuiko 40150mm f/2.8 Pro lens at 150mm, 1/800 sec at f/5.6, ISO 200, handheld) Over the last days of 2025 and the beginning of 2026 we have had some lovely frosty weather, followed by some heavy snow, by our standards at least. Being on holiday I took advantage of the weather to get out with the camera, firstly with a trip to Dundreggan on the 30th December. I had hoped to get some nice frosty landscape and woodland images, and anticipated a really good temperature invesion as Glen Morriston is particularly prone to them at this time of year. I was not disappointed with the inversion, although was somewhat surprised by the relatively light frost. The woodlands at Dundreggan did not disappont and I got some lovely atmospheric misty shots of trees, woodland and the river. Yesterday we had ongoing snow all day and I had to go and feed the cattle at Kirkton. While there I spotted some stonechats hanging around the silage, looking for some food, but I didn't have my camera with me. I headed home and then after lunch I popped back down to the field and caught the following images of the stonechats and a robin (some good candidates for next year's Christmas card I think) and a nice one of an old ash tree in snow. |
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