Flickr Scotland

A flash in the dark, originally uploaded by gms.

"Something strange happened yesterday. The clouds, which are normally so low that the seagulls around here prefer to walk along the pavements, broke up to reveal a strange blue sky high up, causing a little alarm among the natives.

I didn't get out during the day for any photos but I decided to head for Portencross Castle in the evening for the glorious sunset. Being a man of poor timing though, it was nearly dark by the time I got there. So I made several long exposures and ran about the beach (in the pitch black, for there is no light) and set off my flash gun at various points. Setting of a flash in the pitch black doesn't half blind you though."

Seat of Kings, originally uploaded by C Ray Dancer.

Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh

Drumashie Farm, originally uploaded by Craig Robertson.

Drumashie Farm above Inverness

Revisit, originally uploaded by Yin.Shen.

"Got a day off, so met up with Martin for a little photo walk this afternoon. We went down to the beach, and back to the little fishing village again. It was cloudy this afternoon, and the clouds moving fast in the sky, so the light was changing rapidly all the time, produced some very interesting effect. At the end, I added some vignette effect to save this over exposed image, hope I didn't ruin it :)"

Land Ahoy!, originally uploaded by jimbodownie.

The Hebrides beckon

Iona Abbey, -07, originally uploaded by tina-pina.

...in the background

Ealaghol II, originally uploaded by antsplan {away}.

"Ealaghol II

A slightly different crop of a previous image in my stream, I also 'softened' it a little.

This is a 45 second exposure."

, originally uploaded by JcyU.

Glasgow

Talisker Beach Night, originally uploaded by Andy Allan.

"After visiting here with my old 35mm Pentax, i wanted to return with my digital camera and try some experiments with long exposures.
On this one there was a smooth wash of tide coming in which left reflections on the sand.
Quite happy with the result, however, I think these shots are maybe better taken on a clear night to avoid cloud smudge.
Next time maybe."

Loch Earn, originally uploaded by Billy Currie.

"A dull scottish morning on Loch Earn"

Blackrock Cottage, originally uploaded by bubz85.

"Blackrock Cottage with Buachaille Etive Mòr in the background.

I believe this is one of the most photographed cottages of Glencoe! I took this shot from the road leading up to Glencoe ski centre."

Framed reflection, originally uploaded by amberlight1.

Loch Etive, Scotland

Young men, originally uploaded by Gareth Harper.

"I figure it's better idea to stick to taking theirs."

Newhaven Lighthouse, originally uploaded by davydubbit.

Newhaven Lighthouse, Edinburgh, Scotland

Reflections 00356, originally uploaded by Helensis.

Old reflected in new

Like the Phoenix We Will Rise, originally uploaded by furryheed.

"Patterns in the sand at Calgary Bay, Mull. Mull camping trip, day three."

A Curious Creature, originally uploaded by Kenny Maths.

"One of two beautiful street performers from this year's Edinburgh Fringe, known collectively as..."The Curious Collective".

They had a great look (as you can see), but the major challenge was getting a shot of one of them with her eyes open. The false eyelashes are so heavy that they tend to have quite a rapid blink rate.

Oh well..just another photographic challenge to overcome. :-)"

Rain today,Shine tomorrow...!!!!!!!!!!!!!, originally uploaded by nicolas valentin.

"A feel off sunny Scotland!"

Final Fling, originally uploaded by Alex Plode.

2008 Edinburgh Festival Fireworks, Scotland