Admiring the Universe: landscape, nature and astrophotography based in Perthshire, Scotland
Who doesn't love looking up at the night sky? As Covid lockdowns came into effect I developed an interest in astrophotography, specialising in deep-sky objects such as nebulae (emission but particularly dark nebulae and IFN) and galaxies.
A classic genre, seeing the world for its shapes, forms and textures without the distractions of colour.
Human interaction in the landscape. While the scenes might look bucolic, there's something - either blatant or subtle - that betrays humanity's influence on the land. Whether the land has been used well or not is left to the viewer to determine.
Old-growth native ancient temperate forest, rich in flora and fauna, descended from the first Scots Pine trees to arrive in Scotland after the ice age 7000yr ago.
This place I call home... with a particular fondness for Highland Perthshire
From the Highland Boundary Fault spanning 250km across most of Scotland to intimate closeups of rocks, the land and the forces that shape it make a fascinating study
