November 20th  2018

It's been over a year since I last posted here so to any one who is still looking SORRY and THANKS

Sunday past was a promising day so myself and two friends ( Spud & Gordon ) headed north to an area which I had never visited before, the south side of the river and loch Tummel in Perthshire. I'm glad Gordon knew where he was going coz me and Spud hadn't a clue, when you start on the road along the river you park up under the A9 and the reflections on the river were stunning, it stayed like that all along the river until Spud and Gordon could take no more and we had to make a stop and get on with what we were there for, the two of them headed back along the road and down to the rivers edge but reflections not a big thing for me so I headed up the hill on the other side of the road ( yea the side of the road where the sun is never going to reach at this time of the year ) because there was a tree up there calling to me, what kind of landscape photographer can resist a tree and some rocks, sun or no sun if you wait long enough you will get some clouds.

We spent a bit of time here, the sun was coming up and lighting the distant hill tops and it was a truly lovely thing to watch with a cup of tea in hand.

We weren't much further along the river and it was stop time again at a boulder strewn area of the river with some fast water and small water falls, this is Spuds cup of tea so we spent a bit of time there, nothing for me but it wasn't for the want of trying and any thing I did photograph wasn't worth keeping so they went in the bin. The single track road which travels along Loch Tummel is a great drive with a lot of nice scenery but we didn't stop again until we were past Loch Tummel and on to the road to Loch Rannoch.

On the road to Loch Rannoch you pass Dunaiastair Water ( which we have done many times ) It is a small loch and the edges are heavy with grasses and small trees so this time we stopped for a closer look and were rewarded with some OK images

In the background you can see the mighty Schiehallion with her peak cloaked in cloud, for those who don't know Schiehallion was the hill which because of its uniform conical shape was used in an experiment the gauge the weight of the world.

We then moved on further up towards Loch Rannoch but decided to head for home early from my first proper photographic expedition for some time, can't wait till next week end, if the weather is favorable I'll be out.

The images here will of course be turned into mono masterpieces.

Thanks for reading this drivel, till next time

                                                                Rab.K