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Yesterday I posted five images in black and white from my recent trip down to the Scottish Borders.  Today I am posting nine more from the same trip but this time in colour. These images were all taken in the afternoon after the cloud cover had started to break up and the low sun provided a very contrasty light over the snow covered landscape.  At low levels where the snow had melted the bright ruddy colours of the bracken and the grass contrasted nicely the snow on the higher ground. Here are the images I took on the Fujifilm X-T2 using with the XF10-24mm f4, XF16-55mm f2.8 or the XF100-400mm f4.5/5.6 lenses. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY VISITING THE ADVERTISERS ON THIS PAGE By clicking on the adverts you are helping support this blog - thank you. ---------------------------------------------...

Fujifilm X-T2 + XF100-400mm f4.5/5.6 - 1/800 @ f8 ISO200 On Wednesday I spent the day in the Scottish Borders, primarily to recce the area for the up coming Borders Rally on the 18th March and to also meet with a workshop client who wanted some advice.  It also gave me an opportunity to stop and take in the beauty of this area of Scotland. Fujifilm X-T2 + XF16-55mm f2.8 - 1/1600 @ f8 ISO200 Unlike on my recent trips to the Highlands, the Scottish Borders had received a covering of snow, especially on the higher ground, which made this wonderful landscape even more beautiful.  The Borders are not as dramatic as the Scottish mountain further north, but the high, rolling hills provide a different perspective for a landscape photographer to focus their lens on. Fujifilm X-T2 + XF16-55mm f2.8 - 1/250 @ f5.6 ISO200 With cloudy, grey skies, with some breaks forming to give a bit of texture, I decided to switch the Fujifilm X-T2 to ACROS fil...