And with the wild weather of this week, I think that might be the last of the autumn. Snow and ice next please! www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #Autumn #fineart #Scotland #nature #Woodland #trees #tree #autumn #colour #color

A calm little find at a loch in Rothiemurchus. Exploring till I found something to photograph. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #Autumn #fineart #Scotland #nature #Crannog #Rothiemurchus #island #calm #water #loch

I have no issue with "honeypots", but The Hermitage is now getting so hammered with footfall - I think this will be my last shot from there for a while. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #Autumn #fineart #Scotland #nature #Woodland #trees #tree #autumn #colour #color

Some more woodland goodness from Rothiemurchus, by the banks of Loch Morlich. Even a broken tree is valued in a #wood. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #Autumn #fineart #Scotland #nature #Woodland #trees #tree #autumn #colour #color #Rothiemurchus #LochMorlich

Gah! I forgot when I posted this at the weekend that it would be my Monday competition shot. So, apologies, a repost. #ShareMondays2025 #FSprintMonday

As the autumn changes, the yellows and oranges subside and the browns, coppers and reds have a last hoorah, before they fall and leave us waiting for snow. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #Autumn #fineart #Scotland #nature #Woodland #trees #autumn #colour #color

I big old beast of a tree at Loch Morlich - I couldn't resist it amongst that riot of colour. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #Autumn #fineart #Scotland #nature #Woodland #trees #autumn #colour #color

The colours this autumn have been awesome. Nearly had to wear sun-glasses to take this! www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #Autumn #fineart #Scotland #nature #Woodland #trees #autumn #colour #color

More from my amazing misty mission in Rothiemurchas! What a morning that was - hours of just the right amount of visible atmosphere. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #Autumn #fineart #Scotland #nature #Woodland #trees #loch #lake #mist #Rothiemurchas #Cairngorm

"Serendipity". A last minute change of plan and an unexpected photo, but you have to be out and about to spot these things. One I think for my portfolio. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #Autumn #fineart #Scotland #nature #Woodland #trees #loch #lake #mist #bluehour

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

Autumn colour was peaking near Aviemore last week. I was there to wander round the Rothiemurchas Forest but even the little local roads were looking resplendent. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #Autumn #fineart #Scotland #nature #Woodland #trees #roadside #colour

What a great morning of photography at this loch last week -the mist lingered for hours! I was like a kid in a sweet shop. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #Autumn #fineart #Scotland #nature #Woodland #trees #loch #lake #mist

Driving north to Aviemore for a few days, I had to stop off at Faskally Forest for a wee classic. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #Autumn #fineart #Scotland #nature #Woodland #trees #woods #ShareMondays2025 #FSprintMonday

Felt great to be out with the camera again the other day. A foggy morning so my mind turned to this location - I've been trying to photograph it in fog for 7 years! www.AndyMacD.co.uk #Landscapephotography #nature #lothians #landscape #scotland #Autumn #fog #fineart

A portfolio through to the last 18% and 2 images into the pre-finals - not a bad go of it in the Natural Landscape Photography Awards this year. Anything in the top 10% at the level of that competition is a boost to the ego! #landscapephotography #natural #photography

Summer is difficult and I tend to either shoot less or retreat to the woods. So this one is from yesterday, photographing my favourite tree, in my favourite wood, before heading to the pub for some afternoon beers. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #Landscapephotography #nature #woods #landscape #scotland

Good to back on the wheel again today. A wonky teapot from too soft reclaimed (last years disasters and trimmings) clay. I had no right managing to do this after not touching the wheel for 8 months. #potter #pottery #ceramics #AmatuerPotter #Clay #Wheel #wheelthrown

An unusual version of a well known spot - love this.

Taken last month when I was walking through the Edzell Gorge. The North Esk River cutting a furrow through the rock, while sunlight tries to penetrate the foliage of overhanging beech and oak. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #Landscapephotography #nature #lothians #landscape #scotland #spring

Out for a walk at the weekend in the Lothians with camera in hand. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #Sharemondays2025 #Landscapephotography #nature #lothians #landscape #scotland #spring

It's the time of year for handling predominantly green shots and unpicking the puzzles of the woods, so with it raining today, I visited my favourite copse. Calling it "This way to Criss Cross" www.AndyMacD.co.uk #Sharemondays2025 #Landscapephotography #nature #woods #landscape #scotland #spring

Sunshine at Kinclaven Wood - the bluebells looked like they were starting to wilt and there has been no rain since. This is one of the driest spells I can remember - over a month since it rained. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #bluebells #spring

A bluebell wood on Monday. Very sunny and dappled light makes woodland photography difficult, so I played around with the buttery colour cast of my 1970s lenses and a shallow DoF. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature #bluebells #spring

A wee dose of mono 'cos I just couldn't cope with it being so sunny this week. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature #beach #coast

It’s been ages since I was out and about photographing. Life gets in the way of art sometimes, but out this week I remembered how much I love taking photographs. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature #Spring

A long lens shot near Ben Wyvis, from the holiday home garden a few years ago, with a glass of wine in my left hand - exposing for that setting and mostly obscured sun. #LandscapePhotography #sunset #Scotland #NaturalPhotography #Outdoors #Landscape #Nature www.AndyMacD.co.uk

A transportation back in time, reminding me of my mothers story (see Alt Text) www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature

3 images through to final shortlist of the Scottish Nature Photography Awards this year - The third in The Environment category www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature

3 images through to final shortlist of the Scottish Nature Photography Awards this year - The second in The Natural Abstract category www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature

I've been absent of late due to "life". But I did get some good news recently! 3 images through to final shortlist of the Scottish Nature Photography Awards this year - The first in The Landscape category www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature

Looking at these two, I reckon that long ago another tree stood there and these two have grown from a nursery log when it fell. Time in Glen Affric is not measured in human years… www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature #Woodland #trees #woods

A tiny curl of papery bark on a birch tree. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #ShareMondays2025 #FSprintmonday #nature #photography #CloseUpPhotography #fineart

Cleat, taken from the Quiraing on the Isle of Skye - superb morning light well worth the early rise. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature #Skye

A bit of an older one this, taken on my first DSLR - my trusty Canon 40D. Prints out plenty big. By golly I was keen back then - 3am I got up for this one on my first visit to the Quiraing in 2013. 3 am!!!! www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature

Spring evening, on a rare occasion where I knew exactly where I was going and got there in plenty time. One of the most relaxing shots I've ever done. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature #風景写真ふうけいしゃしん #スコットランド #Escócia #FotografiaDePaisagem

The way morning mists evaporate off damp cold trees at dawn - I love it. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature #風景写真ふうけいしゃしん #スコットランド #Escócia #FotografiaDePaisagem

Familiarity. I’ve looked at this scene often, knowing I wanted light on the viaduct. So zooming past, I took a moment just to check & there it was. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature #風景写真ふうけいしゃしん #スコットランド #Escócia #FotografiaDePaisagem

As the years pass I’m getting worse and worse at heights, but I think I’m still OK enough for now. This taken from a swaying rope bridge, high above a gorge, while leaning out over the rope on the side. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #WaterfallWednesday #landscape #photography #fineart #Scotland #nature

No sign of my wife at this point on Luskentyre Beach. She’d said “that’s rain coming” and shot off to the car. I said “that’s rain coming” and got ready for the rainbow.🌈 www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature

I only took one photo this week, but on a grey sky day in a pre spring sea of greys and browns, I was glad to find one small oasis of colour contrasts and textures. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #ShareMondays2025 #FSprintmondays #nature #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland

The warm light of dawn, bathing sleeping trees, just about to wake up for the spring. This time of year bides its time, waiting to burst forth with new life and promise. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature

Photographers are often advised to tell stories with images. I agree but the story can be private or internalised. The point is that stories ensure that the elements have purpose. Here’s a horror story. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature

Hate to say it but, it's March and I think that's it from the point of view of snow fall, hardly a drop. - A wee flurry in the 2nd week of January, when I took this shot. I've really not seen much this year. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature

Killing time with a wonderfully wide open wee lens and a few snowdrops for #FlowersOnFriday. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #photography #NYIP #flowerphotography #NaturePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature

Henrik is superb at these large bokeh, isolated delicate shots. If you’re not already following him, you’re missing an absolute visual feast.

The Rannoch Moor is a place I used to go 2 or 3 times a year, but it’s just not been happening for me lately. I miss it terribly but I think the best conditions there have passed me by for 2025. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature

#WednesdayWaterfall this week is from the Allt da Ghob stream that flows beneath the “Roman” bridge in Glen Lyon. It’s really just 400 years old. The cement’s barely set! www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature

My “Surfaces” project, all about finding the most compelling attributes at physical transitions and frontiers, continues. Some sandstone sedimentary rock on a Fife beach. www.AndyMacD.co.uk #ShareMondays2025 #FSprintmondays #nature #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #Closeup

I was bemoaning the lack of fresh “subjects” when I remembered this. This is what my photography is all about - observation. Even with a subject in mind it’s rarely what I end up photographing. #GetOutside www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature