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Today we are unveiling the new theme tune and title sequence for One Man and His Boat. Barry Brunton has been working hard on his new fishing boat, the Lynsey B , since selling the Rockhopper of Percuel at the end of 2018.   Delays in the delivery of the part build Cygnus 21 vessel, and then some significant changes to the regulations concerning the build, have proved to be a challenge for Barry who has been documenting his journey on his new YouTube channel ' One Man and His Boat '. We had produced a new title sequence for his videos in 2019 with a new theme tune bought under licence from Audioblocks.com.   However the music has been removed from the website by the composer and while we were still legally able to use it, we decided to look for a new track to go with an updated title sequence.  The track we found is called "Celtic Trailer" by Valentina Gribanova. Once we had the music, the next job was to update the video clips and match it to th...

The second full Rockhopper of Percuel episode has been published on the MacLean Photographic Vimeo channel . In part two Skipper Barry Brunton explains the various controls, dials and screens he has in front of him in the Rockhopper's wheelhouse. As well as the controls and dials for the engines, he explains the chart plotter and GPS system, the auto pilot, a must for him as he is single handed on the 32 foot fishing boat, and the radios, including the emergency system. The video was shot on a Fujifilm X-H1, a GoPro Hero 5 Black and the aerial images on a DJI Mavic Pro drone. The Rockhopper of Percuel has a new web presence with the launch of the Rockhopper pages on the MacLean Photographic website HERE . The site has all of the Rockhopper videos shot to date, seven in total - two episodes and five 'shorts'. It also features a new online shop for Rockhopper of Percuel merchandise where you can purchase items such as baseball caps, cotton shopping b...

The colours and textures of the fishing equipment on the quayside of any harbour or port is manna from heaven for photographers and Dunbar Harbour is a good source of inspiration for a bit of artistic  snapping. The rusty rings and coloured ropes of the trawling equipment at Cromwell Harbour had me reaching for the Fujifilm X-T1 and 16-55mm f2.8 lens to get some close up shots.  The rust coloured iron work contrasts nicely with the green and yellow net and the frayed ends of the rope adds to the textures. Shooting at f2.8 means there is a wonderfully shallow depth of field to the final images.  The files were completed by sending them through NIK Analog EFEX to give the images an old school chrome finish with the slightly muted colours.

One of the great things about living in Dunbar is it has a working fishing harbour and there are always plenty of things to focus my lens on during the year ( see yesterday's blog ). With high winds and rain lashing the East Coast of Scotland today, it certainly isn't a day for photography or for fishing so I decided to work on some of the images I have taken in 2015. This image is of the fishing boat Arcturus which is one of the largest trawlers in the Dunbar fleet.  The shot was taken in September from the cliff tops over looking the approach to the harbour entrance, which is situated below the ruins of Dunbar Castle. The light was just perfect as there was a little bit of sea fog out in the Firth of Forth, which was diffusing the light as the sun set behind me to my left, producing some wonderful colours. This shot was taken on the Fujifilm X-T1 and XF50-140mm f2.8 + the 1.4x converter.  --------------------------------------------------------------...

After supporting the annual Dunbar Dip , I decided to take a walk back via Cromwell Harbour to get some shots of the fishing boats that were moored up for the Christmas break.  With the low tide the boats were resting on the bottom of the harbour and I was able to get down low to get some different images of the Dunbar fishing fleet. Cromwell is the older of the two Dunbar harbours, the other being Victoria, and is named after Oliver Cromwell who used Dunbar as a base for his troops in 1650. Also visible in the stone wall is the remains of old stairs known at the Johnny Cope Steps.  General Cope landed his troops in Dunbar in September 1745 just prior to the Battle of Prestonpans where the Jacobite army, led by Prince Charles Edward Stuart, more commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, defeated the English in the first major battle of the 1745 Rising. Cromwell Harbour is now a very peaceful place but very much a working harbour.  However there is plenty...

Continuing the Timelapse project I am working on I headed down to the harbour in Dunbar to capture some images using the 'Interval Timer Shooting' feature on the Fujifilm X-T1.  I decided to move around the harbour and use different lenses of varying focal lengths to capture the various aspects of the harbour. I also tried panning the camera on the Manfrotto tripod and you can see this in the final video but I need to practice this aspect as the result is far from perfect.  I was shooting three frames and then moving the camera slightly, shooting three frames and then moving it again.  This technique has resulted in a very jerky movement and I will look at this again on my next timelapse video from Dunbar. The video is made up of 744 separate frames shot at 5 second intervals.  The final video was put together in Windows Live Movie Maker with each frame given a time of 0.1 seconds.  The final video is 87 seconds long (with front and end credits). H...

A walk out on the beach at Ravensheugh Sands on Sunday and we spotted some Gannets fishing just off the beach.  Looking across to Bass Rock and the seabirds are clearly visible as they arrive and set up home for nesting. Bass Rock on Sunday 6 April - the Gannets are visible Bass Rock on 1 March - No Gannets Images taken on a Fujifilm X-Pro1 and Fujinon XF55-200mm f3.5/f4.8R -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL IMAGES ARE THE PROPERTY OF MACLEAN PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION If you like wh...

A trip down to Dunbar Harbour on Monday evening gave me the perfect opportunity to capture some images at sunset of the fishing boats returning home after a hard days fishing out in the North Sea. Two of the boats, the Arcturus (above) and the Spitfire (below) came back trailing the usual flock of seagulls looking for an easy meal on the leftovers as the Dunbar fishermen worked to prepare their catch for loading onto waiting vans back at the dock. I then headed round to the main harbour to get some low light shots using the X-Pro1 and 35mm f1.4 lens, which was a perfect choice in the failing light after sunset. Dunbar has a centuries old tradition of fishing and the harbour is very much a working harbour first and a leisure / tourist port second.  These scenes are repeated each day as these hard working men go out to catch the fish we eat.  Long may they continue to work from the town's harbour. --------------------------------------------------...

The weather in the past week has been very spring like with some beautiful sunshine and blue skies and blue seas around the East Lothian coast. This was the scene last Sunday off the beach at Seacliff with the fishermen bringing up their catch just off shore. Image taken on a Fujifilm X-Pro1 and Fujinon 55-200mm f3.5/4.8 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL IMAGES ARE THE PROPERTY OF MACLEAN PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION If you like what you see on this blog please visit our  Facebook  page ...

A walk down to the harbour on Sunday morning in beautiful spring sunshine and we spotted one of the Dunbar fishing fleet heading back to port.  We followed the Fiddlers Green back into Dunbar Harbour but she was already unloaded by the time we got down to the quayside.  All images taken on a Fujifilm X-Pro1 and Fujinon 55-200mm f3.5/4.8 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL IMAGES ARE THE PROPERTY OF MACLEAN PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION If you like what you see on this blog pl...