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As a landscape photographer I am often asked what do I do when the clouds gather and it starts to rain?  Well I certainly don't pack up and go home if that is what you are thinking.  Up here in Scotland the weather can change very quickly and it is not impossible to have all four seasons in one day up here. Now on my wall at home we have a small plaque and it says, "life is not about sheltering from the storm, it is learning to dance in the rain!"  Well this applies to photography as well and if the weather is not going quite to plan, then it is time to switch to Plan B or even Plan C. When it is raining and the sky is overcast I go looking for natural shapes and colours, usually a copse or forest.  We found these silver birch trees on the side of a loch up in Sutherland and the muted orange and yellow colours of the bracken highlighted the silver branches and the green lichen. Using the X-T2 and the XF50-140mm f2.8 lens I captured a variety of images, u...

While photographing near to Kinlochewe at the end of February I spotted a group of silver birch trees with beautiful markings on the bark and also drops of water hanging from the branches. I took the X-T1 out of the bag and fitted the XF56mm f1.2 lens with the 16mm extension tube to increase the magnification. I then grabbed some shots of the trees before heading back to the car.

The silver birch is a favourite photographic subject because of the contrast between the brightly coloured bark compared to the rest of the woodland surrounding our home here in southern Scotland. This is a close up shot of a silver birch tree from the woodland near Ravensheugh Sands.  The sunlight was coming from the right through the trees, highlighting the side of the bark.   Using the X-Pro1 and 60mm macro lens I captured this image showing the colours and patterns in the bark. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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...