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Wednesday 1 February 2012

Early morning in Galloway

I was up nice and early on the last Monday in January 2012. I decided I'd go out and try and film a sunrise. As it happened I was very disappointed with the results of my video, and the pictures weren't as I'd hoped. The sunrise wasn't as good as I'd hoped and I probably picked the wrong location. Over the course of the next two hours though, I did however get some pictures I thought worthy of posting so here they are.


Above the A75 on the railway walk between Cuil and Creetown was my destination.
My first pictures are of cackling crows a low flying heron and the lights of Carsewalloch 

  

Reaching Blairs I waited for the sun to come up.
Occasionally the A75 would have a small queue of traffic



I kept taking pictures of the traffic while my video camera was busy taking nothing.
Soon though I was getting a red glow from the rising sun



There's quite a few remnants of vapour trials and an interesting weathercock to the east



The A75 gets a little busier



I wonder if the Wigtownshire Transport Community bus is the one I've booked for July ?



Now the sun is high enough over Wigtown Bay to get a bit of colour



























As I'm heading back to the car this deer spots me




Lucky for me  he/she decides to pose along with this crow



This is another Picasa effect known as Focal Zoom



I think I might have disturbed a courting ritual here, the female had just flown off


The sun's now reaching most of the Cree estuary and here I get this picture of Muirfad and behind the Rowan Glen Dairy Products Factory



Here's my second heron of the day 



Cuil Farmhouse and the still snowcapped Cairnsmore of Fleet



A closer look at the misty slopes of Cairnsmore



Back at Cairnsmore Lodge there are a few birds about



A couple of crows keep a watchful eye open



A big old tree completes my morning, I'm back home by 10am

I'm still hoping for another early morning, I think the Isle of Whithorn might be a good sunrise
Maybe tomorrow


4 comments:

  1. You go to the most amazing places... I fantasize about a vacation to your homeland!

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  2. I reckon we'll have to swap fantasies Lisa, thanks for visiting X

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  3. Two Means of capturing the landscape now Jim.That,s cheating! :)

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