As you probably know by now, it’s been snowing recently up here in bonnie Scotland. In fact, it’s been snowing in most of the UK!
I took advantage of the weather yesterday to get out and about and get something i’ve been wanting for a long time. A photo of Loch Leven, frozen! And I got it, too!
There’s really only 2 vantage points to get the whole loch. Either Benarty Hill or Bishop Hill. Both have their positive and negative sides. I chose Bishop Hill. The obvious downside of this, as seen from the photo above (If you click on it, it’ll take you to the Flickr page, where you can get a larger view) is the direction of the sun. It did have a more interesting walk, and more interesting scenery on the way up, though, which more than offset it. Besides, I actually think the sun works quite well in this case.
Here are some photos I took on the way up to the summit.
Some pretty nice scenery, I’d say! As before, click on the link for the Flickr page, which will give larger options, if you’re of a mind.
I’m now in the process of getting the Loch Leven photo printed onto Canvas, 30cm tall and god knows how long – i Suspect the best part of a metre. Well worth it, though!
Oh, and the photos were taken on a cheap and nasty ‘point and click’ Nikon S220, if anyone is interested. I used to use a much larger (and in a lot of cases, better) camera, but a tiny compact seems to work better for me. As a birder, when it comes to a choice between a camera or binoculars around my neck, the binoculars will win every time – thus a pocket sized camera, so I can do both!
I’ll be back at Loch Leven tomorrow, too. SNH are doing a guided ‘Winter Bird Walk’ at 10am, which I’ve booked up on. Could be interesting!
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