CAPTURE NEW HORIZONS

If you are a regular reader of this blog you will know that I love to discover and photograph unusual objects, especially if they have some historical significance, no matter how small. I discovered one such object while out at Skateraw on Wednesday evening.  Embedded in the rock on the shore was a metal bolt that probably held a mooring ring when Skateraw Harbour was in operation in the early 19th Century. The bolt is very weathered and stood about 8cm above the rock.  There was a puddle of water left by the receding tide that gave me a nice reflection to work with and I took three different angles using the Fujifilm X-T1 with the 35mm f1.4 and the X-Pro1 with the 10-24mm for the panoramic shot below.  History of Skateraw Harbour The harbour at Skateraw was built between 1799 and 1825 by the owners of the nearby limestone quarry and kiln to facilitate the export of lime and import of coal. It occupies a natural harbour, between rocky points, with a sandy be...

I love looking through the MacLean Photographic archives to see what little gems I can turn up that were missed the first time around for whatever reason. Take this shot from our trip to Berwick on Tweed in November 2012.  The shot that got used was the panoramic shot below but the colourful shot of the person in the orange coat standing in front of the red and white lighthouse at the end of the harbour breakwater was passed over for some reason I can't remember why. I put the image into Photoshop CS and tweaked the levels and vibrance and the shot at the top of the page was the result.   The images were both taken on the Fujifilm X100 using the standard 23mm f2 Fujinon lens.