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Another beautiful sunset here in East Lothian this evening had me driving up to the Aikengall windfarm near Innerwick to grab some shots from the top of the hill.  I had been out testing the new X-Series to Nikon lens adapter on the X-Pro1 (more on this tomorrow) but I switched back to the Fujinon 18mm f2 lens to capture these images. I chose a slowish shutter speed to give some movement in the turbine blades but I had forgotten to pack the Lee ND filter which would've provided me with better control.  Still these images the scene on the top of the hills in East Lothian this evening. All images taken on a Fujifilm X-Pro1 and 18mm f2 lens using a tripod. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY CLICKING THE GOOGLE ADVERTS It doesn't cost you anything to click on an advert but we get a small fee for every click thru from Google and this helps supp...

Five miles inland from our home in Innerwick is the Lammermuir Hills, which is home to a number of wind farms, the closest of which is at Aikengall.  On Wednesday evening, after an afternoon of rain showers, the clouds started to break up, so I grabbed the camera bag and headed into the hills. The landscape changes dramatically in a short space here in East Lothian.  It starts as wide sandy beaches on the coast leading to rich arable farmland inland.  As soon as you head into the hills the landscape changes again from rich woodland and then moorland with heather and boggy ground.   This is the scene that I came across as the light started to dim as the sun set.  My only disappointment was the lack of wind, that meant most of the wind turbines were static, with some turning lazily in the slight breeze.  The views from the top of the hill, the highest point being nearly 400 metres above sea level, are quite spectacular with almos...