The Bridge on the River Clyde

The next image in the Glasgow waterfront series. This one was made looking downriver from the Tradeston Bridge - that's the M8 in the distance.

Bonnie and Clyde

The second image in the Glasgow waterfront series. This is probably my least favourite of those that made the cut.

Right Turn, Clyde

Recently, I spent a couple of days in Scotland. I was working, but I still managed to find some time for photography. Fortunately, a colleague had suggested that I take a camera with me - why this didn't occur to me anyway is a bit of a mystery, but in any case, I packed my RX100. 

On day one, I was in central Glasgow. After my meeting, I had to walk along the Broomielaw, beside the River Clyde, to the pick up point for the hire car. This was in the late afternoon and the river was very still. I made a number of images which I think are successful, like the one above.

On the second day, I was on Loch Lomond, with some time available in the early afternoon. There was snow on the ground and low cloud which added to the overall drama of the scenery. Again, I made some more images, but this time, none of them were successful.

Now, in my view this result is counter-intuitive. A reasonable person would, I think, conclude that the second day, with access to some of the most imposing scenery in the UK, would provide much greater opportunities to produce the better images.

So what happened?

There are various possibilities. The RX100 isn't the most versatile camera for landscape. And I'm not very familiar with the area I was visiting. But these have the ring of excuses and I have to face the fact that I might just be crap at landscape photography. It does have a reputation as the most difficult photographic genre - although I suspect that war reportage may be quite tricky also.

Anyway, I'll post the images from day one, in the order they were made, rather than in some sort of order of merit, as I would normally do. A sort of virtual walk along the Clyde.

Four Trees

How much longer can this go on?

Two Trees

Following the runaway success of the previous image, here's another of trees at Shapwick.

One Tree

This image fits my rules that I've previously described for images of trees. I went with a sepia tone to match the other images in this series. It's also the first image made this year that I've posted. Pity that its not more prepossessing.

More trees next time. 

Going Postal

Finally, I have an image to post. This was made at Cheddar Reservoir, just before Christmas. The original plan was to park up at the Axbridge entrance and set up at the top of the slope as time was short until sundown. However, my son was with me and he insisted that we walk round to the yacht club - why, I have no idea - so I set up there instead. 

I made a few images of this line of posts, so I may post one or two others. It took some fiddling around with the cropping to make this one presentable, so don't hold your breath.