Patagonia's iconic mountains usually take the limelight, but they are surrounded by endless, stunning alpine ranges. A forgotten, majestic peak, covered in fresh snow, glows red in the first light of day. #bluesky #photography #landscape #mountains #nature #landscapephotography #naturephotography

An expansive view across the Caledonian forest towards the mountains of Kintail. The fresh snow helped the pine snag stand out against the background trees. . . #landscapephotography #scottishhighlands

An exciting time of year when the woodlands burst into life. Fresh greens on a young silver birch at the weekend.

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A shapely Scots pine enduring the elements in the Caledonian forest. 2025

Frost encrusted Scots pine trees emerging from the morning fog in Scotlands Caledonian forest. A rare morning that was so enjoyable to experience. . #scotland #highlands

Scots pine silhouette in the Caledonian forest. The patches of melting snow on the hill behind made for an interesting and unusual backdrop (I think so anyway!). . #nativewoodland #naturephotography

An ephemeral moment in Scotland’s Caledonian forest. Fog, light and crepuscular rays one of my favourite combinations #naturephotography

Soft light and a hard frost in the Caledonian forest last winter. #scottishhighlands

A seasonal quadriptych taken in a photogenic birch woodland over the last 2 years. Winter was captured during an exceptionally cold snap. Really interesting how green spring is compared to summer. #rephotography #scotland #woodlandphotography

A frozen lochan’s edge in the Cairngorms during the cold snap at the end of December. #scotland #highlands

Great to contribute to this. Trees for Life do incredible work in restoring Scotland’s Caledonian forest.

The Canadian Rockies. Winter photography here is just amazing 🤩

This #NationalTreeWeek marks 50 years of celebrating trees – and few are more in need of attention than the aspen. 👉 Find out more about our #PaintingScotlandYellow campaign and be part of the movement to restore #aspen: https://scotlandbigpicture.pulse.ly/l2q8uuw0zj

Gentle aurora over a super still midnight seascape far north of Scottish Highlands

Autumn colour palette in the Elbe Canyon

A huge step for rewilding in the Highlands 🌲 #GlenAffric NNR - one of Scotland’s most iconic and beautiful glens - has officially joined @affrichighlands.bsky.social, the UK’s largest #rewilding landscape. Read the full story 👉 affrichighlands.org/news/glen-af...

A lone birch tree getting the backlight treatment on an atmospheric morning in the Caledonian forest. #scotland #birchtree #betula

I’ve enjoyed photographing the rare native aspen this year. They are often vibrant yellow in early autumn, although this tree transitioned through a beautiful mix of colours. #populustremula #aspen #scotland

Blue Wash, 2022. Nature’s watercolours.

Sometimes, you find a scene that makes you grin! The pop of yellow colour from the birches, the wisps of lingering mist, the texture in the bark of the pines. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #Autumn #fineart #Scotland #nature #Woodland #trees #loch #lake #mist

Found an old photo of one of my favourite mushroom sightings - a magpie inkcap :) Haven’t seen any this year (or since); this was taken in a nearby woodland on this day in 2017. #mushrooms

Light explosion from Norway….

Early morning atmosphere in Scotland’s Caledonian forest. Missing is the sound of the flowing river and birdsong, along with the earthy woodland smell. #scotland #highlands #naturephotography #mist

One of my favourite photos from my recent book Fleeting Reflections II The photo is a reflection of a building in water. All done in camera using multiple exposures - no Photoshop or AI

I’m excited to have come first place in the Woodlands category in the @natural-landscapes.bsky.social awards with this photo ‘Remnant of time’. It was taken on an exceptionally cold morning with a thick frost encrusting the Caledonian forest. Congrats to other winners, organisers and judges. #nlpa

A fine late summer’s morning in the Caledonian forest. The heather was looking amazing but the fog got in the way! #scotland #treephotography #naturephotography

Disorder in the Caledonian forest. Young aspen trees and a birch holding onto its leaves in late Autumn. #scotland #naturephotography #mist #landscape

Morning fog in the Caledonian forest back in January. #caledonianforest #naturephotography #landscapephotography #scotland

The Scottish biting midge can make mornings like this miserable. A headnet for me is the single most useful accessory at this time of year #midges #bitingmidge #scottishhighlands

A couple of shapely Scots pine gracing the landscape in the Caledonian forest, Scottish Highlands #scotspine #scotland #naturephotography

A few more butterflies from earlier in the week. Must have been over 200 in a few square metres, and 6 species in total. I’ve never seen anything like it outwith a butterfly house! ID in alt text #nature #butterfly #butterflies #scotland

Butterflies everywhere yesterday! #butterfly

A stormy day on the south coast. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

A macro image of the shedding phase of a mature Manzanita tree. If you look closely on the upper right portion you can see an ant wedging herself between the bark.

Hidden Valley

Across the sands of Uig

Nature feels like it is in fast forward this year. The rowan berries are on the local trees already (although some didn’t flower after last year’s spectacle). This is from the dying embers of Autumn 2024 when the leaves subsided to expose the structure of the woodland, and the abundant lichen.

Ancient oak at the edge of a narrow gorge in a small fragment of Scotland’s Atlantic rainforest. It was a haven for wildlife, with a heron and a roe deer on my arrival, neither of which I was fast enough to capture! . . . #scotland #atlanticrainforest #naturephotography #quercus #oaktree

Scots pine through the haze in a fragment of Scotlands ancient Caledonian forest #scotland #naturephotography

Rugged beauty of Lewisian gneiss on the west coast of Scotland last week. #scotland #landscapephotography

Enigma… Abstract patterns captured from above while flying along the shore of Burdur lake in Turkey, with the drone. Unbelievable harmony of textures & colors shaped by Mother Nature. #photography #nature #landscape #art

A defiant pine shaped by the elements at the upper limits of the Caledonian forest, likely at the edge of the krummholz zone. #scotland #naturephotography #krummholz #landscapephotography #scotspine #fog

Sometimes the waterfall I end up liking best isn’t even the one I set out to shoot. Happy #waterfallwednesday, everyone. #timothykeeneyphotography #photography #landscapephotography #connecticut #waterfall

Another hot pool at Hveravellir, #Iceland taken with the #DJIMavic3Pro drone. Looks a bit like tears falling...

An ephemeral moment in the Caledonian forest a wee while back. The foreground clouds were racing across catching the morning light as they passed. . . #scotland #caledonianforest #fog #landscape #naturephotography

Found some old oak trees around Inverness today, but quite a lot of invasive rhododendron. #nature #naturephotography #scotland

#glosbirds #UKbirding Crossbill New Fancy view, Forest of Dean.

Prehistoric Dispersing fog amongst ancient Scots pines. I have only known these trees for a few years, and to my eye they appear almost identical. I wonder how they would have looked at the time of the moon landing in 1969, or when my great grandparents were born. #landscape #scotland #nature

A fascinating birch trunk found whilst exploring the Caledonian forest. It was hollowed out, mobile, and felt like it had very little weight to it. An interesting selection of mosses and lichen taking advantage. I think maybe Cladonia and ochrolechia? #scotland #birch #lichen #moss