Photography Blog
 Suilven and Fionn Loch, Assynt (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, M.Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro lens, 1/320 sec at f/8, ISO 200, handheld) At the weekend I had a couple of days camping in Coigach in the most splendid weather. I spent the days travelling around Coigach, Assynt and NW Sutherland as far as Durness. The above shot was pretty much the climax of the trip with a walk up to the Falls of Kirkaig and a little bit further to this wonderful viewpoint looking towards the south side of Suilven. The Fionn loch wends it way into the distance providing an excellent leading line and the little patches of sunlight on the slopes of the mountain add just enough contrast to make the image interesting. I have put the rest of the images in a slideshow below, rather than set them out individually as usual, I hope you enjoy looking at them.
0 Comments
 Female Stonechat (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, M.Zuiko 300mm f/4.0 IS Pro lens, MC-40 2x Teleconverter, 1/1000 sec at f/9, ISO 2500, handheld) I caught these two birds during a recent bird survey at Duirinish and Drumbuie on the Balmacara Estate in Lochalsh. The first two are pin sharp as the bird was being particularly accommodating - not that unusual for stonechats which tend to perch on prominent plants or rocks making their distinctive chack-chack noise which sounds like two stones being knocked together. I lke the first one because the bird is chacking with its mouth open, but the second one is perhaps slightly sharper, maybe it wasn't moving when I took the picture.  Female Stonechat (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, M.Zuiko 300mm f/4.0 IS Pro lens, MC-40 2x Teleconverter, 1/1000 sec at f/9, ISO 2500, handheld) he second bird is a sedge warbler, which like the stonechat is also prone to making itself fairly obvious and making lots of angry sounding chittering noises, although they also skulk in dense scrub making them hard to spot at times.  Sedge Warbler (Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III, M.Zuiko 300mm f/4.0 IS Pro lens, MC-40 2x Teleconverter, 1/1000 sec at f/8, ISO 200, handheld) |
AuthorI am an amateur photographer who is also a Chartered Geographer with his own part-time consultancy business and I work as an estate manager for a national conservation charity in Scotland. I am based in Lochalsh, Wester Ross, Scotland, just next to the Isle of Skye. SalesIf you like my photos and are interested in purchasing prints, whether framed, mounted or otherwise please click here.
Archives
May 2025
Categories |
RSS Feed