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late afternoon traffic

Last year when I came back from Scotland, I wasn’t really doing very well – physically and mentally – while I was there, and during post-trip editing I felt a little bit like the quantity and quality of my images didn’t quite justify the trip.

But it’s a new year. I feel better. I’ve learned….well, I’ve learned a lot. And the photos from last year that I thought were too dumb to even look at suddenly seem a lot different.

Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.3.2023

scottish signage

I’m not sure what a “weak road” might actually be, but I guess it’s safe enough to drive on if you’re trying to get to the golf course.

Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland
photographed 11.10.2023

storeroom

 

Scotland is many things, including an abundance of textures – walls, windows, mailboxes, traffic cones, signs – all in one handy location.

Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland
photographed 11.10.2023

sound of mull, morning

 

The morning that the rest of the group hiked to a lighthouse I decided to NOT hike to a lighthouse. Part of it was that I wasn’t keen on hiking on a bunch of black ice, but mostly I felt the call to get some photographs that weren’t going to be similar to what everyone else was going to get.

It sounds pretty anti-social when I write it down, but anyway, here’s the non-lighthouse view that I saw that day…

Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland
photographed 11.10.2023

raindrops on the lens

Sometimes when you and your microfiber towel are just overwhelmed by the situation and weather and the wind-driven rain, you decided to just go with it, to just let there be some raindrops on the lens.  And you decide to call it “adding authenticity” to the image and post it.

near Glencoe, Scotland
photographed 11.5.2023