Fit Light Photography

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Landscape Photographer based in Aberdeen Scotland. Overall Runner Up: SLPOTY 2022. Winner: Best Landscape, Grampian Eye 2022 Winner: John Muir Trust Landscape Prize 2023 Runner Up: Seascape Category, SLPOTY 2024

f16 25 sec ISO 100 The low tide at Aberdeen Harbour exposes the 100 year old remains of a slipway that was used by the "John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Company," which was in use from 1904 to 1925. The Duthie family were prominent shipbuilders in Aberdeen and had been building ships there since 1816. On the horizon stands the mouth of Aberdeen Harbour, its mouth open between its protective sea walls with its buildings to the left, including the modern ",Marine Operations Centre" that belies the fact that "The Port Of Aberdeen" is Britains oldest existing business with it being established in 1136 by King David of Scotland. Above the horizon, the light of the rising sun is gently kissing the underside of the clouds, giving them a subtle colour. The texture of the clouds is contrasted by the water which is smoothed out by a 25 second exposure.
A panoramic image of a sea stack which is in shadow due to the sun rising behind it. The sun has lit up the clouds and the sea but leaves the stones and the stack dark.
A panormic view of St Andrews from ontop of the harbour wall. Shot during the "Blue Hour", this image has a cool hue to it. The harbour wall leads the eye to the centre of the image where the ruins of St Andrews Cathedral can be seen. To the left of the Cathedral can be found the modern buildings lining the harbourside, the warm glow from their lights contrasting against the cool blues of the scene. The right of the image is where St Andrews Castle is located. A long exposure has smoothed out the water which is in contrast to the textured clouds, which frames the top of the image
The profile of the Scottish island of Rum sits, silhouetted, on the horizon. The sun is setting out of the frame to the left but is casting the last of its light into the image, illuminating the underside of the clouds. The sea is a soft blue that gradually grows paler as it comes ashore where the texture of the sand dominates the foreground.
The "De'il's Heid" on the Arbroath coast. Waves crashing upon the rocks are smoothed out by a 1 minute long exposure which has also blurred the clouds.
Rattray Head Lighthouse sits on the horizon which is on the bottom third of the image. The sea is smooth and still. Colourful clouds dominate the top ⅔
Old timbers of a shipwreck jut out of the sea and sand, covered in algea. f16 180 sec ISO 100
A large stone stack on the very edge of the coast in Arbroath known as the "De'il's Heid" A long exposure has smoothed out the water. The water has turned white around the coast and rocks The image is black and white.
A long exposure smooths out the water that surrounds 9 concrete blocks. They are laid out in a curve, one slightly overlapping the one behind except for the very last one which breaks the pattern The block's shadows spread out to the left of the image
A head on perspective of the wreck of the "Excelsior" of which Ive posted other images. The shape makes a rough, broken circle. Its rotting timbers jutting up from the same and sand like a rusted "man-trap". A long exposure smoothes out the water and blurs the clouds. f18 100 Sec ISO 100
A close up of a Puffin, its orange beak buried in it's feathers. f8 1/2000 sec ISO 800
The timbers of a boat wreck protrude from the water like the rotton teath of a long dead sea creature. The texture of the algea covered wood contrasts against the smooth blue water. The wreck is curved like a jawbone from left to right. The horizon divides the image in half, the upper section filled with blurred clouds that shows their movement during the long exposure of the image. Details of the wreck: "The Excelsior" was a Norwegian barque, which ran aground near Rattray Head in Scotland on November 22, 1881. The ship was carrying a cargo of phosphate rock from Coosaw River, South Carolina to Bo'ness (Falkirk, Scotland). The 12-member crew, along with a pilot, were all rescued. Settings: f16 100 sec ISO 100
May the fire and the sword that stopped Adam from the gates of Paradise, stop them from the glory of Heaven, until they forebear, and make amends. May the evil that fell upon cursed Cain, when he slew his brother Abel, needlessly, fall on them for the needless slaughter that they commit daily. May the malediction that fell upon all the world, man and beast, and all that ever took life, when all were drowned by the flood of Noah, except Noah and his ark, fall upon them and drown them, man and beast, and make this realm free of them, for their wicked sins. May the thunder and lightning which rained down upon Sodom and Gomorrah and all the lands surrounding them, and burned them for their vile sins, rain down upon them and burn them for their open sins. May the evil and confusion that fell on the Gigantis for their opression and pride in building the Tower of Babylon, confound them and all their works, for their open callous disregard and oppression. May all the plagues that fell upon Pharaoh and his people of Egypt, their lands, crops and cattle, fall upon them, their equipment, their places, their lands, their crops and livestock. May the waters of the Tweed and other waters which they use, drown them, as the Red Sea drowned King Pharaoh and the people of Egypt, preserving God’s people of Israel. May the earth open, split and cleave, and swallow them straight to hell, as it swallowed cursed Dathan and Abiron, who disobeyed Moses and the command of God. May the wild fire that reduced Thore and his followers to two-hundred-fifty in number, and others from 14,000 to 7,000 at anys, usurping against Moses and Aaron, servants of God, suddenly burn and consume them daily, for opposing the commands of God and Holy Church. May the malediction that suddenly fell upon fair Absalom, riding through the wood against his father, King David, when the branches of a tree knocked him from his horse and hanged him by the hair, fall upon these untrue Scotsmen and hang them the s…
A long exposure of water, which is smoothed out just enough to not lose almost if it's texture, along side a wooden beach groyne. The groyne, covered in green algae, is placed on the right side of the image, diagonally from the bottom corner and stretching into the middle of the image. Its supports are to the left if the main groyne and dip into the water with a wooden, anchor stump just peeping out of the water too. An old rope is hanging from the front most suport. There is a thick haar (coastal fog) that obscures the horizon abd mutes the colour palate of the whole scene.
The St Monans Zig Zag Harbour Wall. 20 sec exposure to smoth out the water and get some movement in the clouds.
The island of Rum sits on the horizon. In the fore to mid ground, various rocks stand out on the beack of Eigg, surrounded by water that is smoothed out by a long exposure
A simple composition of a photo of Rattray Head Lighthouse. The Lighthouse stands alone, surrounded by water that has been smoothed with a long exposure. The water colour changes from white at the base of the image to green on the horizon where the Lighthouse stands proud.
A slow exposure of tidal water going over pebbles. The image is flanked on the left and right by solid stone, creating a chasm in the middle where the water flows in and out. A lone pebble is covered in green algae which makes it stand out.
A black and white image of a towering on a harbour wall. The foreground has a series of rock layers with water, smooth due to a long exposure, separating them. f/13 92mm ISO 100 75 sec
A series of rocks found off the coast of Aberdeen surrounded with water. Shot in black and white. f13 67mm ISO 100 100 seconds
A photographer (me) looking through a camera that's set up on a tripod. Both tripod and photographer are standing on rocks
A puffin preening itself. Its head turned back into its own body, a feather in its beak.
A boat house surrounded by Autumnal trees be the lake side. A soft reflection mirrors the scene
A row of trees by a lakes edge are backlight by soft light. A house brakes up the repition of the trees. An imperfect reflection of the trees and house are on the water
A preening puffin with its beak under its wing
An old foot bridge in the Lake district. The still water gives a reflection The bottom left of the reflection makes a diagonal that joins the bridge and continues along the stone wall to the top right.
A puffin looks over its shoulder
The late evening golden light shines on the 3 standing stones at Machrie Moor, Arran.
Lindisfarne with the tide just low enough for me to wade in so that i could frame the posts in the water so that i got separation between each of them and the land. The light was flat so thought a black and white image would work best.
A solitary orange building is in front of a slow clad mountain that mimics it's shape.
WW2 anti-tank defences, which were never used on a beack in North East Scotland A long exposure has smoothed out the water A gentle pre morning glow of sunlight illuminates the horizon.