In the North West Isle of Lewis, the Mangersta or Mangarstadh beach area is home to granite sea stacks known by the Scots Gaelic name Geodh’ an Fhithich. Many large rocks all over the Highlands are called Cragan an Fhithich by the aural tradition because they mark the location of a prominent natural feature or significant battle in the area, and Cragan an Fhithich is the motto of the MacDonell clan of Glengarry, translating to ‘the raven’s rock.’
Landscape photography is my focus (sic) since retiring from a university career researching and teaching plant and environmental science. Photography combines my lifelong love of Britain's wild places with an understanding (I hope!) of how our diverse environments work and the processes within them, as well as the way light falls on them. Seeing - really seeing - what is around us is hard, and the challenge for me is to find formalist images whose structure and atmosphere are consonant with the nature of the subject.
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