A bit of sun makes the difference!

Hello everybody! I recently treated myself to a new lens and I'm loving it. I haven't had a chance to try it as a macro lens yet but I'm loving the telephoto side of it so far! Mark and I have been going out for walks just about every evening since I got my new toy and the weather has been quite decent, so it's all good! We were in Newburgh last monday night and after checking the usual couple of birding spots for Mark, we went to the beach along the golf course. It was actually really busy, not so much with people but horny eider ducks making that funny noises to go with their courtship moves! Very sexy...



As we were walking towards a seal colony on the other side of the estuary, a shellduck flew past us really fast but I still managed to get a shot!



There were quite a few seals chilling out in the late afternoon sun...




We went to Girdle Ness this morning for Mark's birding fix. The weather was exceptionally beautiful, the sea was very calm ...There were a few dolphins with young calves having a play around...

Windy!

I don't know about you but I really like watching big waves crash on breakwaters! I know it sounds weird but I find it very soothing. We went for a walk at the weekend around Girdle Ness and it was very windy, the waves were absolutely massive! So I stayed there for a while to take some shots until I turned blue and couldn't feel my fingers...

I'm back!

Hello everybody! After just over 8 months of not doing much photography, cause not very inspired, I'm back! My lovely boyfriend got me a macro lens for my birthday and wasn't it just a good buy! I have found inspiration again and I'll never spend another day off lazying on the sofa watching far too much telly! The amazing thing about macro photo is that anything can make a great photo... like coffee and sugar!

Or a leaf covered in dew and ice that I found in Seaton park in Aberdeen on a very cold morning.


We got the lens in a great shop called Ffordes which is in Beauly, in the Highlands. We spent the night at a friend's parents' on the Black Isle and I got to try out the lens the morning after in their garden. The only thing I knew about macro photo was that it makes flowers and insects look really cool! So I had a wee go at a hover fly...


And from then on, I've been finding photo opportunities everywhere! I set up a mini studio in my living room consisting of two white A4 sheets, a desk lamp, a glass of tonic, a syringe (for henna!), and some blackcurrant and apple cordial! I used different backgrounds such as a pink rubber duck and a blue biscuit tin! And that's the result...