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Last Light, First Light - Looking across Briaghlann to Ardnamurchan Lighthouse, Ardnamurchan
With the sun well below the horizon the last light of a glorious sunset fades from the sky and the first light from Ardnamurchan Lighthouse begins to flash a warning to passing sea vessels.
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Wave Symphony II - Ardnamurchan Lighthouse from Dubh Rubha Mor, Ardnamurchan
Sitting on the rocks at the north end of Dubh Rubha Mor, listening to the crashing of the waves and watching the sun set on Ardnamurchan Lighthouse is such an awe-inspiring experience.
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River Lights - River Aline, Ardtornish Estate, Morvern
A time to pause when crossing the bridge over the River Aline by Kinlochaline Castle, to look up the river and take in the sight of the Northern Lights.
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Golden Moon - Sailean Dubh, Ardtoe, Ardnamurchan
An almost full moon begins to its transformation from white, to orange, to red as it falls towards the horizon a way out to the west and casts wonderful golden light on the sea at Ardtoe.
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Cut Off - Castle Tioram. Doirlinn, Moidart
On a clear night in January, the Milky Way tracks from south to north over Castle Tioram, which has been cut off by a high, high tide that occurred a few days after a Supermoon.
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City Lights - Loch Linnhe, North Corran, Ardgour
After dark, the lights of Fort William illuminate the clouds above Loch Linnhe and the light reflected from them gives the water between Ardgour and Fort William a beautiful golden tint.
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Magical Mushroom I - Sailean nan Cuileag, Salen, Ardnamurchan
One of the carved wooden mushrooms that can be found in the woods around Sailean nan Cuileag (The Bay of Flies), sits capped with snow under a clear and cold night sky to create a quite simply magical scene.
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On an Island I - Castle Tioram, Loch Moidart, Doirlinn, Moidart
At the time of the supermoon of January 2018, the tide was high enough to completely surround Eilean Tioram (the Dry Island), cutting off Castle Tioram from the mainland.
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Magnificent Morning - Road to Ardnamurchan, Glen Tarbert, Ardgour
A magnificent morning in Glen Tarbert looking to Beinn a’Bheithir (Mountain of the Thunderbolt) and one of its two Munro peaks, Sgorr Dhonuill. Beinn a’Bheithir is situated on the other side of Loch Linnhe from Ardgour, behind the more modest Ardsheal Hill which can be seen before it.
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Last Autumn Light - River Shiel, Blain, Moidart
The last light of a late Autumn day in early November falls on the River Shiel and the trees on its banks.
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Calm After The Storm I - Bay of Flies, Near Salen, Ardnamurchan
The last of the cloud after Storm Ophelia hit the UK clears on the afternoon of 17th October 2017 and the sun begins to appear and casts some lovely light over the Bay of Flies and Loch Sunart.
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West Ending II - Ardnamurchan Point from Bay MacNeil, Ardnamurchan
Darkness falls on the rocks at Bay MacNeil and Ardnamurchan Lighthouse stands proud on the horizon, ready to mark the most westerly point of the British Mainland for ships passing in the night
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Pastel Eigg I - Sailean Dubh, Ardtoe, Ardnamurchan
On a wonderful summer's evening, the last light from the sun, as it sets behind Eigg, paints the sky and sea with glorious pastel colours.
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Morning Solitude - Traigh Rosamol, Luskentyre, Isle of Harris
Early on a mid-April morning, on a deserted Traigh Rosamol, the vast expanse of sand, the lapping waves and the light in the pastel sky brought on a great sense of solitude as I walked along the shoreline towards the distant peak of Ceapabhal.
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Behind the Mountain - Ben Resipole from Laudale Estate, Morvern
A spectacular Northern Lights show fills the sky behind a snow-capped Ben Resipole while the waters of Loch Sunart are lit green with the reflection from above.
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Golden Rain - Cleat and the Trotternish Ridge, The Quiraing, Isle of Skye
A fresh fall of snow on a late winter morning covers the slopes of the Quiraing and the tops of the Trotternish Ridge, but was being slowly washed away as each rain shower, lit up by the golden morning light, passes through.
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Star Pool - River Shiel, Blain, Acharacle, Moidart
The fishing pool on the River Shiel at Blain is often passed on the way for a walk at Castle Tioram. It is a beautiful spot not only during the day, but also at night when you can sit under a clear sky and look at the stars above and their reflection in the water. Really should stop there more often.
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Waiting at the Narrows - Corran Narrows, Loch Linnhe, Nether Lochaber
While waiting for the bus to arrive from Glasgow, the sky unexpectedly and suddenly cleared after a day of grey cloud and pouring rain, all just in time for the light of the golden hour to work its magic.
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Breaking Through - Morvern from Loch Sunart Shore, Rockpool House, Resipole, Sunart
On a typical West Coast day of many seasons, the sun breaks through the rain clouds to bathe the hills of Morvern in wonderful shafts of golden light.
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Autumn's Gold I - Allt na Meinne, Ariundle Oakwood, Strontian, Sunart
The falling leaves of Autumn settling on moss covered rocks of the Allt na Meinne (Stream of the Mine) look almost like gold coins scattered across the river
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Inky Orange - Loch Sunart Shore, Rockpool House, Resipole, Sunart
Loch Sunart turned an inky black as the water calmed under clearing rain clouds during this orange sunset on an Autumn evening.
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Peniel Hues - Down Law Loch, between Ancrum and Nisbet, Scottish Borders
Finally, after three consecutive 5 o’clock in the morning visits to the small loch by Down Law, I was lucky enough to have the morning mist clear to reveal the Waterloo Monument on Peniel Heugh as a backdrop to this flooded landscape scene. Persistence and patience pays off at last!!
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Morning Mist - Ploughlands, near Nisbet, Scottish Borders
The warm days and cool nights of autumn created the perfect conditions for morning mist to form in the Teviot Valley. As I waited for the sun to rise, a light breeze started up and slowly moved the mist up the valley towards my vantage point at Ploughlands which overlooked Eckford. In a few moments the intense golden light appeared to create this scene and was gone just as quickly as the mist enveloped both me and the rolling Borders’ countryside. A truly magical moment.
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Stellar Triple - Clatteringshaws Loch, Dumfries & Galloway
On a clear night in April 2015, I was fortunate enough to capture this Stellar Triple made up of Venus being reflected in Clatteringshaws Loch, Northern Lights showing up as far south as Dumfries and Galloway and a Lyrid Meteor from a meteor shower that generally lasts for less than a day.
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Winter Surf - Bagh Steinigidh, Isle of Harris
On this early morning in January, the sun gradually rose from the east to reach over the Isle of Harris and began to cast light on the rocks of Bagh Steinigidh on its western side. Bagh Steinigidh is a bay that is quite exposed to the Atlantic so the high rollers at the front of a coming storm rushed over the rocks, onto the beach and back out again. Needless to say, I got my feet wet capturing this moment, but it was well worth it.
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