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East Lothian is known as the bread basket of Scotland and agriculture is the dominant force in the counties economy, in fact 88% of the land is devoted to the industry.  East Lothian was in the forefront of the Agricultural Revolution during the 18th and 19th centuries when landowners reclaimed land, enclosed fields, introduced crop rotations and created planned estate villages such as Ormiston. At this time of year tractors are everywhere on the local roads as the crops are gathered and the fields ploughed and planted for the next crop.  This shot was taken near Doon Hill and the shot caught my eye due to the fact Bass Rock could be clearly seen in the background, linking the land and the sea which are the two major forces in this part of the world. The shot was taken on my Nikon D800 using the Nikon 80-200mm f2.8 lens on the long end to pull in the background. This shot was taken in the same field of a second tractor with a plough set fitted that was parked up w...

The landscape around Dunbar ranges from agricultural, to coast and to moorland and s ometimes the landscape changes in a very short space.  Take this field of winter cabbage, it is situated less than quareter of a mile from the sand dunes behind the beach at Ravenhaugh Sands.  I was draw to the field by the mass of green and the texture in the leaves.  Using the shallow depth of field of the Nikon 50mm lens I was able to focus on one area of the field and throw the rest of the frame out of focus. Both images were taken on a Nikon D800 fitted with a Nikkor 50mm f1.4 AF-D lens. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 support this blog - thank you for helping ---------------------------------------------------...