Wild Cat Craigs

Some photos from a walk around Wild Cat Craigs, near Southwick.

Barend Holiday Village

Some photos of Barend Holiday Village looking like an idyllic place to stay in the Spring sunshine.

Southerness Lighthouse, Beach and Barrel Jellyfish

A walk along Southerness beach on a sunny day with a dramatic sky lent itself to plenty of HDR images. I also discovered a few Barrel Jellyfish washed up.

Red Haven (Reid Ha'en) near Auchencairn

Taking advantage of the sunshine I parked in Auchencairn took a walk past the first bird hide to a small bay called Red Haven (or Reid Ha'en), so named because of the lovely colour of the sand on the beach.

The bay also has great views of Heston Island.

Walking back from the bay there is a nice vista of the hills beyond and the sky had some interesting clouds too - which is a bonus.

Both these images use HDR techniques.

Looking back from Red Haven across a very green field and some stunning clouds.

Red Haven bay looking out towards Heston Island.

Old Buittle Church

Visited Old Buittle Church for the first time and managed to get these atmospheric HDR shots of the West gable with the sun on it and stormy clouds in the background. More information about the old kirk can be found here: https://canmore.org.uk/site/64872/buittle-old-parish-church.

New Local Scenes Added to Etsy Shop

I have added 4 new designs to my Etsy shop product range of photo greetings cards this week. Check them out below or visit the shop: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CreativeNatureMedia

Mill on the Fleet with reflection in the Fleet river.

Southerness Lighthouse

Sweetheart Abbey.

Waterloo Monument near New Abbey

New Etsy Store Launch with Photographic Greetings Cards and Prints for sale

Check out my new Etsy store at https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CreativeNatureMedia which boasts some of my best photographs taken in Dumfries and Galloway, currently all available in large A5 greetings card format but also available as prints upon request. The image below shows the pictures currently available:

New greetings card prints available to buy on Etsy!

Kirkconnell Flow in the Spring

A couple of HDR shots of Kirkconnell Flow looking up one of the main paths:

Powillimount Rock Formation HDRs and Fossils

Powillimount beach is a geologist's paradise because it has a lot of interesting rock formations and there are massive slabs of rock just lying on the beach packed with fossils, all on my doorstep practically.

Fossil packed rock!

Rock Formations

Some sort of ancient shells?

Another interesting fossil

Quite long large fossils

These look like fairy bones to me! 20p for scale!

Rock formations and 'cave'

More interesting geological features.

Red Squirrel on my Window Sill

Just had to share this one. I recently put a window feeder on my kitchen window (so I could watch the birds while I do the washing up!), and the red squirrels in my garden have started using it. I am now carefully creeping up on them while they feed so I can get some pictures. Here's one of the better one's I took:

Red Squirrel on a Window Sill

BBC Use My Photo of Mull of Galloway Lighthouse for Story Promoting Dumfries and Galloway!

Today, the BBC had a story entitled Dumfries and Galloway: Selling Scotland's 'overlooked corner' talking about Dumfrie's and Galloway's new tourism strategy.
The best part was that they decided to use my photo of the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse to illustrate the story:

BBC News site using my image!

My view over Clatteringshaws Loch used on BBC Website

Good to see another one of my pictures used on the BBC South Scotland News page. This time it's of Clatteringshaws Loch taken from the slopes of Benniguinea hill:

I've been Shortlisted for the Just Cause 3 Trailer Competition!

I am both surprised and flattered to have been shortlisted in the top 21 of the Just Cause 3 Trailer competition (https://mytrailer.justcause.com/).

The competition involved creating a trailer for the new video game using whatever resources you wanted, but they provided you with some gameplay footage and a licensed music track. You could use as much or as little of the video and music provided to compete in 3 categories: Best Use of Audio, Best Action and Best Humour. As a music composer, I went for writing my own score to a video I put together from the supplied gameplay footage, aiming for the Best Use of Audio category.

With thousands of international entries I am chuffed to have been selected and it's great to get this recognition for my music.

It is a shame however, that certain individuals who failed to make the shortlist felt the need to publically write hateful vindictive comments under my video entry on YouTube. It saddens me that there are people out there who enjoy upsetting people like me (I was not the only one targetted) who have put a lot of work into their entries. As a result I was forced to disable comments on my video. If you do like my video, please feel free to click the 'thumbs up' underneath it to show your support. Thanks.

Here is my entry:

You can view the rest of the excellent finalists here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLX4thG13UY4X-1DDaoC40sJ1Ro-PhGSB
Show them some love too!

My Photo of Powillimount on BBC Website

Thanks again to BBC South Scotland for using one of my images on their website - this time a shot of Powillimount beach:

Southwick Burn Cinemagraphs

Lots of water coming down the burn today!