A shapely Scots pine enduring the elements in the Caledonian forest. The lone tree is surrounded by larger trees in groups. The morning fog adds atmosphere
A shapely Scots pine enduring the elements in the Caledonian forest. 2025
We have just updated our guidance on what and when to feed garden birds: Feed seasonally. Feed safely.
To reduce disease, we all need to make some urgent but simple changes to how we feed our garden birds.
RSPB scientist @richgreg3.bsky.social explains more: tinyurl.com/mnt284ck
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Thhe photo shows an early morning scene in the Outer Hebrides, with scattered houses among croft land near the sea. There is a single-track road running from the left of the image, and a narrow sea inlet on the right. The tide is slightly out as there is seaweed black rocks exposed. and In the distance, the scene fades into the morning mist.
Rodel, Isle of Harris. #Landscape #Harris #EileanSiar #Hebrides #Scotland #photography #Islandss
Three trees in the Masai Mara, #kenya
#photography #nature #MasaiMara #landscape
Das Schwartzweißfoto zeigt drei Bäumer stehen weit weg am Horizont. Es gibt im Hintergrund ein großes Gewitter. A black-and-white photo showing three trees far away on the horizon. In the background is a large thunderstorm.
'Zahlen: Drei' #FotoVorschlag
Kenya
This atmospheric photograph by Takashi Yasui captures a rainy evening in Kyoto’s historic Higashiyama District. The composition looks down a narrow, sloping stone street lined with traditional wooden buildings featuring dark, tiled kawara roofs. The damp surfaces of the rooftops and the pavement glisten under the dim, moody light, reflecting the warm glow from interior windows and street lanterns. In the lower center of the frame, several figures navigate the wet street. A person in a dark coat pulls a small suitcase while holding a traditional tan umbrella, followed by two others carrying vibrant blue and pink western-style umbrellas. These pops of color provide a sharp contrast to the otherwise muted, earthy tones of the architecture and the dark, skeletal branches of a weeping tree that arches over the scene from the right. Yasui’s work masterfully evokes the timeless, slightly melancholic beauty of Kyoto, blending the city's ancient structural heritage with the fleeting, everyday moments of modern life.
The historic Higashiyama District of Kyoto, Japan.
The image was taken by Japanese photographer Takashi Yasui (also known as @_tuck4). It is part of his body of work documenting Kyoto's traditional atmosphere between 2015 and 2024.
Two mossy branches, partially submerged, are reflected in a pond. The water is fairly calm, with just a faint breeze disturbing the reflections. The branches look to be sliightly burned just where the go under the water.
The mill pond in the Fairy Glen, Rosemarkie, last week. #photopgraphy #scotland #BlackIsle #Highlands
Colour landscape photograph showing rugged dark mountaing, focussing on one, the largest on the ridge, with a wider top and a deep cleft running from the top down and to the left. There is a dusting of snow on the summit. The foreground is a mix of grass and heathers, with trees in the middle distance. There is a grassy track running from the bottom-left corner of the image into the centre.
'Hohe Berge' #FotoVorschlag
Bla Bheinn, Skye, im Frühling.
A person removes a book from a library shelf. Text overlay: "Books are being challenged in Scottish schools. Librarians fear a 'chilling effect' on freedom of speech."
🔴NEW: Books are being removed or restricted in Scottish school libraries following complaints, creating a “chilling effect” that campaigners warn threatens both freedom of speech and inclusive education.
Read the story: www.theferret.scot/books-scottish-schools-l...
Colour landscape photo showing rocky mountains almost in silhouette, appearing like layers on top of each other. There are sunbeams coming through between the peaks. The image is framed to the left and across the bottom by conifer trees.
Continuing my efforts to re-edit some older photos, this one from near Moraine Lake in Canada has come up quite nicely. #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #canada #banff
Soirée chez Castel
(Encre et gouache)
A colour landscape photograph. There is a cloud-topped mountain in the background. In the middle-distance, in a patch of sunlight, is a small loch with a two-storey house on the near shore. Coming towards the camera are rolling sheep-fields with a couple of small lochans. In the foreground gress drops off towards another loch. There are thick clouds above, a mix of white and grey, with some small patches of clear sky.
Near Durness, Sutherland. 2012. #photography #landscape #nature #scotland #Highland #Sutherland
Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable
This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
A fieldfare sitting on the branch of a rowan tree with just a few leaves left. There is a clear sky behind.
Fieldfare, Inverness, 2025 #Photography #Wildlife #Nature #Scotland #Highland
A thread with some fantastic photos.
A black a white photo of the Fyrish Monument, a folly on a hill in Easter Ross. In the centre are three connected arches the shape of church windows. The arch in the centre is slightly taller than the others and had a small piller on the ground in the centre. On either side of the arches are four free-standing pillars that look like they may have been connected up. Behind the monument is a clear sky, with clouds stretching to the horizon below the hill. Ein Schwarzweißfoto des Fyrish Denkmal, einer Narrenstatue auf einem Hügel in Easter Ross, Schottland. In der Mitte befinden sich drei miteinander verbundene Bögen in der Form von Kirchenfenstern. Der mittlere Bogen ist etwas höher als die anderen und hat in der Mitte einen kleinen Pfeiler auf dem Boden. Auf beiden Seiten der Bögen befinden sich vier freistehende Pfeiler, die aussehen, als wären sie miteinander verbunden gewesen. Hinter dem Denkmal ist ein klarer Himmel, mit Wolken, die sich bis zum Horizont unterhalb des Hügels erstrecken.
'Mein bestes Foto 2025’
#FotoVorschlag
A large tree in autumnal colours. The foreround is a frozen field rising towards a skyline close to the photographer, with the tree just over the horizon. It's late morning, but because of how far north Cawdor is, it looks more like late afternoon.
Happy new year!
Cawdor, Nairnshire, in 2023
#landscape #nature #photography #tree #winter
That's dreadful. Absolute respect to you for sticking to your principles.
Drowned Forest, XIII. Oregon, November 2025 #aowsimages #photography #blackandwhite
Colour landscape photo showing a craggy mountain ridge coming from the left of the image. In front of the ridge is a dark sea with a gentle swell. The sky behind the mountains is mostly clear, with only a few small clouds dotting the sky.
Trotternish, Isle of Skye, from the ferry to Raasay. 2024. #photography #landscape #skye #isleofskye #scotland #raasay
A black and white photo of two silhouetted hikers, dwarfed by Pumori’s immense sunlit icy slopes as swirling clouds drift upward, highlighting the contrast between human fragility and the mountain’s overwhelming power.
Insignificant
#blueskyartshow #small #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #classicmono #monochrome #blackandwhite #b&W #art #mountainmonday #stunday #mountains #travel #nepal #hiking #himalayas #saturday #stormhour #photohour #bluesky #scape #landscape #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited
This all feels deeply unScottish.
A portrait-format, black and white photo of a pool of water on a black sand beach. The light catches the edge of the sand in a line that leads towards distant mountains reflected in the water.
A simple scene from a remote black sand beach in Iceland.
The photo shows a night-time image of a statue of a dragon on a plinth. The dragon is silhouetted with it's hed raised and wungs spread. There is a set of round stree-lights in the bottom right of the image which are the only source of light.
This worked better than I expected: a dragon in #Ljubljana #photography #Slovenia #Slovenija #streetphotography
I see we don't need to worry about Reform in our Inverness. Why should they bother when even the Lib Dems come out with stuff like this...
