Oil seed rape fields are just beginning to bloom in rural Aberdeenshire as the temperatures rise and daylight lengthens. A beautiful big blue sky and wonderfully fluffy clouds along with the Pitmedden community trust wind turbine in the distance complete a fairly minimal idyllic scene.
A big sky, a field of yellow OSR and our community turbine in the distance.
#FSprintmonday
#sharemondays2026
Pals, can you help please?
I’m looking for a piece of research that showed older & ‘lower IQ’ social media users were more susceptible to disinformation and more likely to post dis/misinformation
I can’t find the precise academic study for a piece I want to write on older radicalisation
Know it?
Nearly didn’t make it for #sharemondays2026
#FSprintmonday
On a hunt just now to create some white images as a continuation of something that started earlier this year; exploring white as the colour of peace.
#sharemondays2026
#FSpintmonday
My local stream, the Bronie Burn. What looks like milfoil in a relatively fast flowing straightened stream in rural Aberdeenshire. Gentle ripples in the surface of the water screen the plants below, providing a dual layer of interest in a textural image.
Another textural waterscape is my image for #FSprintmonday and #sharemondays2026
Early evening stroll in Aboyne. Ripple in the Tarland Burn caught me eye when nothing else was. It’s only a small stream, straightened by man at some point and flowing relatively fast. One of very few ripples, shaded by a wood and steep banks. The light lands on the ripple and highlights it. The sun is setting so it’s getting dark. 1/20th of a second is enough to allow motion blur but freeze the highlighted wave. Dark patches allow translucent glimpses of pebbles below.
Late Sunday and no discernible image for #sharemondays2026 and #FSprintmonday Took a walk along the Tarland Burn and caught this ripple in the stream.
The joy of a fleeting moment perfectly captured
Thanks Steve
Quite a dark image of snowdrops taken on a dark, wet day at sunset. Artificial light was used to illuminate them from below.
Snowdrops for a second week in a row is my image for #sharemondays2026 and #FSprintmonday
#pitmeddengarden
Late afternoon, low sun producing a warm glow, I was squat on the ground to single out one snowdrop in a clump.
A snowdrop at #pitmeddengardens is my entry this week for #sharemondays2026 and #FSprintmonday
In Aberdeen!
Forrest swords was interesting, plus we got a fabulous rendition of Like Herod
Orchids are a really interesting group of plants. Have had the pleasure of keeping them, mostly moth orchids and cymbidiums, over the years.
A slipper orchid (paphiopedilum) in Glasgow Botanical Gardens is my entry for #sharemondays2026
FSprintmonday
Wasn’t quite correct, the encore also included werewolf between ECS and Herod. And it was possibly the highlight of the setlist.
*arctic
Wow, we are still in the middle of artic blasts in Aberdeenshire. No trace of them breaking the ground. Will have to look closely for them tomorrow.
Does it say why he wouldn’t let his parents enter the country?
A lone horse chestnut during a dull period when the weather broke and some lovely light and mist changed the outlook completely. A dramatic blue sky appeared along with some wispy clouds providing leading lines pointing towards the focal point of the tree.
Walk the same selection of routes everyday with the 🐕. Normally, I stick to roughly the same compositions from interesting scenes, but occasionally all the elements align and something new appears.
Light, mist and a lone tree before a majestic sky is my #sharemondays2026 entry
#fsprintmonday
I’m missing @fritters.bsky.social the art of album covers
Aberdeen Art Gallery has a glass roof held up by large white beams. The wall where the beens join, has black vertical stripes that make the beams look like they curve where the stripes transect the outer beams. The distortion from the lens also exaggerates this effect. Light from the roof is diffused by snow and the light from within the gallery atrium gives the internal structure a radiant warm glow on the white surfaces.
Aberdeen Art Gallery roof is my #sharemondays2026 entry for this week
A woman in traditional costume photographed in colour with Rembrandt lighting
Rishan from my now cancelled Journeys project. She escaped religious persecution in Eritrea and travelled across the Sahara and through Libya aged only 15, eventually making it to Kent. She has now qualified as an NHS nurse to give something back to the country which gave her sanctuary.
Sorry “east” and “west” transposed in the alt text.
Not far from my house are several fields that are completely enclosed by trees. When it snowed this week the dog and I loved wandering about knee deep in these fields looking for interesting compositions of the snow covered trees and fields. This image shows a section of trees in one of those fields back lit by the setting sun late one afternoon. The field is snow covered, bright white. The trees still have snow on the branches, giving them some definition. The sky is dusky blue at the east slowly increasing in brightness to yellow in the western sunset.
Aberdeenshire was a whiteout this week. Most of my images, many of which are still in camera, lack colour. My #sharemondays2026 image for this week is one of a few with some subtle colour.
#FSprintmonday
Trump’s government should be designated a terrorist organisation.
Thanks Sarah
Thanks Steve, and a Happy New Year to you too