26th October ROWAN BERRIES
The colours of these leaves and the berries combine to display some of autumns best colours. Unfortunately I was out cycling at the time when I took this photograph so I was unable to use my tripod (I left it at home - too heavy!) but I feel that this fusion of leaves and berries convey a lot of the atmosphere of this time of year. Lens 28-135 zoom

19th October INVERVAR IN AUTUMN, GLEN LYON
This is an image where pre-visulasiation was the key. I have had this image in mind for the last five years. As I watched the autumn colours slowly change I knew that the time had come to get this picture so I headed out to my viewpoint and after about an hours wait the sun finally lit up the foreground trees and I had my picture. I took about 20 variations of this scene to ensure that I had the one I had imagined for so long. I used Kodak film to ensure the yellows and reds were at their best. Lens 28-135mm zoom with tripod and polariser.

12th October STALKER DRAGGING STAG
I spent about a month arounfd October as a ghillie in helping drag stags of the hill. I had just switched places with the stalker and felt that I needed an image like this to complete my coverage of stalking in the highlands. Whilst some might not agree with stalking red deer in the UK I have come to feel that as well as an essential form of employment in the highlands, that it is also our duty to the environment to try and correct the wrongs we made. If we hadnt destroyed the wolf we might live in a very differnt Scotland. Lens 50mm f/1.8

5th October FOREST FLOOR
This small scene is one of those chance encounters that you come across out of the blue but have to grab when the chance arises. I was looking for pictures of autumn leaves and when I reached a rather large chestnut tree I was dissapointed to see that most of the leaves had already fallen. As I looked down to see where they lay my eye was caught by the striking red Russula fungus growing next to the leaves of a dog violet and the lichen encrusted branch. I didnt touch a thing. I just set up my tripod and photographed the scene as it lay. Lens 28-135mm