A Grouse called Gordon

Male Red Grouse ( Lagopus lagopus scotica ) Cairngorms, Scotland.

Taken this week in the Cairngorms, Scotland. We took a trip over the moors on the off chance we would come across some Red Grouse. As you can see we found one who wasn't quiet as shy as we expected. He was in fact a very chatty Grouse who we nicknamed Gordon . Armed with a 400mm lens I had a few problems taking pictures of him as he kept coming far to close to the car.  He also posed for our new Flickr friends : Carole, Janet, David and Paul AKA foxylady29, norfolk Jen, Davvid Buggin & Foxley65 -  glad you found him too.  

RSPB Leighton Moss : We all stand together.

A visit to RSPB Leighton Moss yesterday where the BBC where busy getting ready for Autumn Watch next week. It was a great day for photography the light was just right and there was very little wind. I took far to many pictures of this group of Mallards standing in various positions on this log.

Lady Chapel - Liverpool Cathedral ( Viewed from a balcony directly opposite the altar).

A trip this week to Liverpool Cathedral for the first time and a chance to have a go at some interior shots with my Sony NEX-6 ( a little less obtrusive and much lighter than carrying the 5D around). I have done some work in photoshop adjusting the levels and straightening the verticals, but it is a one shot image with no HDR or tone mapping involved. The Sony is an amazing little camera.

Built on St James's Mount in Liverpool, The Anglican Cathedral is the largest in the UK and the fifth largest in the world.

"There can be only one."

Taken on a trip this week to the Highlands of Scoltand, we where fortunate to just to catch the last golden rays of light on the one and only Eilean Donan Castle on the shores of Loch Duich. The castle was used in the filming of the classic 1986 film Highlander film . The movies catch phrase was "There can be only one " a reference to the fact that in the end only one Immortal may survive The Game and gain The Prize.

A trip to Mull

 Duart Castle

Room with a view of the ferry coming into Craignure

 Sailing boats at Salen

The famous wrecks at Salen

Julie's Buggy goes to Bempton

We have really become bird photographers this year with another trip to RSPB Bempton Cliffs yesterday to see the Gannets. These fabulous seabirds seemed to be taking as much interested in us as we watched them fly overhead.

An amazing interior

From the modern day staircase in Liverpool Central Library.

To the ceiling detail in the Picton Reading Room 

( processed with graduate 1 filter in Nik HDR Effects - not sure about the filter.).