Mike

@mgeye.bsky.social

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Creating photographs in Scotland. https://www.mgeye.com

A photograph of poppies blowing in a wind in a barley field. Northumberland 2026. The glorious North.
An abstract photograph of a botanical scene, which received an Honourable Mention Award in the 2026 exhibition "From a Seed - A World of Botanicals" at the New York Center for Photographic Art.
Alt text: A photographic impression of light, Scottish Lowlands. Exhibited at the 2026 Chania International Photo Festival. Each year, the festival turns the town of Chania into a centre of artistic expression focusing on photography. During the last eight years, the event has developed and grown to become an established international institution, visited by thousands of people daily.
Abstract botanical photography from Scotland.
Woodland light in The Scottish Borders.
Spring in The Scottish Borders.
An impression of light, Scottish Lowlands.
An impression of light, East Cost of Scotland.
A photograph of Bosta Beach, Outer Hebrides.
A photograph of Luskentyre Beach, Outer Hebrides.
Three photographs chosen by LoosenArt for their "Northernness" exhibition opening in Rome today.
A photograph of a clearing storm near North Berwick, Scotland.
A photograph of Rothiemurchus forest showing the first signs of autumn approaching.
A photograph of a kayak at the Berwickshire coast in the Scottish Borders on a perfect day - the last day of metrological summer 2025.
A photographic impression of a Trossachs landscape, with the colour blends of a tartan.
A photograph of the blacksmith at The Crannog Centre. Loch Tay. 18 Iron Age crannogs have been found in the loch, together with woven textiles from 400BC.
A photograph of tourists on the Berwickshire coastal path, 2025.
A photograph of The Mirrored Look Out at Loch Voil, an art installation by Angus Ritchie and Daniel Tyler. Also providing shade for a local resident.
A photograph of a summer evening in Scotland, 2025.
A photograph of Pettico Wick and the sea cliffs of the Scottish Borders.
A photograph of an Argyll beach and sea in April 2025.
Photograph of rabbit tracks, Ross Sands, Northumberland.
A photograph of wildflowers at the edge of Loch Tay.
Aberlady Bay. The UK's first Local Nature Reserve, established in 1952.
A photograph of Loch Gleann Dubh, Scottish Highlands. Part of Scotland's first UNESCO Global Geopark.
An altered seascape photograph blending sea from Argyll and ice from The Trossachs.
A photograph of trees standing ghost-like close to Soutra Aisle, Scottish Borders. The site of a mediaeval hospital and friary, mostly abandoned in 1460.
A photograph of water-carved pools in the Allt Ogline as it approaches Loch Voil, Balquidder Glen, Perthshire.
A photograph of Seahouses beach, Northumberland.
Tyninghame Beach, East Lothian, with Bass Rock beyond. Exhibited at Glasgow Gallery of Photography this year. MGEye.com
Elie Beach, Fife Home of the world's only cricket club to play its matches on the beach.
An altered Trossachs landscape.
A photograph of Westport beach, Argyll in April 2025.
Shutter Hub Editions are very pleased to announce the release of their next book TO THE SEA! Launching on World Oceans Day, TO THE SEA captures a diverse range of visual storytelling from over 80 international photographers, offering a compelling look at the sea in all its beauty, complexity, and significance.
The River Leader Path, Scottish Borders.
An abstract photograph of a flower from the North of Scotland.
A photograph of the colourful underside of the off-ramp of the Tay Bridge in Dundee. My first photograph to be chosen for an exhibition at Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA: Colour Burst: Contemporary Photography - opens 1st June.
Spring in the cherry orchard.
The River Dee - Mar Lodge Estate, Cairngorms. The estate is the largest and one of the most important UK National Nature Reserves.
The Parish of Dun, Angus. 57° North. April 2025. Temperature 20°. Average long-term temperature for Dun 11°. Source: UK Met Office.
The beautiful lock keeper's cottage and its magnolia, where the Crinan Canal meets the Sound of Jura. Early spring, 2025.
Colour in Dundee.
Probably the bones of the schooner "Flower of Ross," which was wrecked on Ross Sands, Northumberland on November 7, 1890, with the loss of all hands.
A photograph of Bass Rock to be included in the Shutter Hub Editions Book "To The Sea" in April.
Monochrome photograph of the pPath to The Mire Loch, St Abb's Head, Scottish Borders. Part of the St Abb's Head National Nature Reserve.
A monochrome photograph of Lindisfarne Castle, surrounded by grazing sheep.
The road to Pettico Wick, at the edge of the Berwickshire Marine Reserve.
Buachaille Etive Beag, "Little Herdsman of Etive" in English, serenely ignoring the scurrying Glencoe traffic around its feet.
The shore of Loch Ard, heading towards spring.
Photograph of Loch Leven where it meets Glencoe.
Loch Ard
The entrance to Glen Lyon. At 34 miles long, it is the longest enclosed glen in Scotland.
I'm delighted this photograph from my Trossachs project will be showing at Decode Gallery, Tuscon, US. Opening reception evening 1st March. Drop in if there!
The lower slopes of the Ben Lawers mountains. Late afternoon near Lawers village. January 2025 0°. The last known native speaker of Perthshire Gaelic, Elizabeth Christina McDiarmid MBE spent most of her life in the village.
Loch Tay early sunshine about to reach the loch, January 2025.
Sunshine barely reaching farm land on the north-facing shore of Loch Tay, an hour before the sun sets again at 4 p.m..
Light reflecting on the River Leader, in the Scottish Borders.
Midday at Loch Ard. Temperature 0 °. Flat soft light through mist, and strong simple landscape shapes are ideal for creating minimalist photographs. See more of the Trossachs at the link in my profile.
Stronachlachar. Queen Victoria stood here 165 years before this photograph was created. She was opening an aqueduct to provide Glasgow with its water supply from Loch Katrine. It rained torrentially all day. Unlike this day. The aqueduct provides the same service today. This image is being exhibited now at Decagon Gallery, New York.