BOG ASPHODEL
This plant on its own is rather a bland and tricky flower to photograph but I was interested in trying to inject more colour with the bell heather surrounding it. I shot the image low to the ground and tried to surround the yellow spike of flowers with the bright pink of the heather.

MEADOW PIPIT
This young pipit burst out of the foliage from under my feet as I was walking alongside a lochan and flapped into the water. It then sat there rather helpless, looking at me. I took several images before rescuing it. I lifted it gently out into the heather, whereupon it dived straight back in the loch. I rescued it again and took it further from the loch side where it decided it had had enough time in the water. 28-135mm @135 (probably f/5.6 due to low light levels in the shadow of the loch side.)

PUFFIN AND SAND EELS
I took about three rolls of film attempting photographs like this. At this stage someone will say something about digital to which I will reply that all that time spent looking at your LCD screen would result in far too many missed shots (thought I would add that for those who might think I haven't considered it). The shutter speeds I used varied between 1/8th and 1/60th and I think I had most success in the 1/30-1/45th range. A steady panning technique with a gentle squeeze of the shutter with prefocusing was my preffered technique. 300mm lens

DUNCANSBY STACKS
A very early morning start was needed to get to this location to get a sightly different view of the Duncansby stacks. The light was a very delicate dawn pink and I knew that a low viewpoint with my 24mm lens would allow me to put the wet foreground rocks in the frame. After 10 minutes shooting a huge bank of fog came rolling in and put an end to the days work.