David from Skye - photoblog

the red seat

David Wilson — 2009-03-05T00:00:00Z

Yet another for my possible "abandoned boats" collection- personally, this is one of my favourites. No new images for a while as I'm off for a week, taking a serious bag of kit and driving round every inlet, harbour, landing and pier in the Outer Hebrides taking as many shots as possible to complete this series. "Talk" again next week!

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Crikey!....

David Wilson — 2009-03-04T00:00:00Z

....it has snowed again! I thought we might just be creeping gently into spring, but this was the view at the bottom of my garden this morning.

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another ranish sunrise

David Wilson — 2009-03-02T00:00:00Z

This was taken on Fuji Provia film, with a medium format camera, and the slide scanned, but has not been tweaked in any way.

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portree bay and the cuillins

David Wilson — 2009-02-28T00:00:00Z

This has been languishing in my "unassigned" area for months, so I shall post it here as it is nearly midnight and I have nothing else ready!

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yellow things

David Wilson — 2009-02-26T00:00:00Z

Something to cheer us up on a gloomy February day!

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creel and coral

David Wilson — 2009-02-23T00:00:00Z

This well-known beach on the Isle of Skye, which is probably the only one of sandy colour, is actually not sand, but consists of tiny pieces of coral. One day, I may try a macro shot, as it is fascinating! The foreground is filled with a lobster creel, probably washed up in the recent storms. Not my usual quality, because, once again, I forgot to reset the ISO back to 100.

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the final knot

David Wilson — 2009-02-21T00:00:00Z

I usually fill this space with a bit of information and light-hearted comment, but that wouldn't be appropriate here. When I have been travelling all over the Hebridean Islands to photograph these abandoned boats, they have usually been tied up after their final trip with ropes like these, which are now fading and redundant. I find these images to be incredibly poignant, and hope they convey to you viewers something about the demise of these fine old craft.

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another interior

David Wilson — 2009-02-20T00:00:00Z

No good reason for posting this, yet another abandoned boat interior- I just like it! Scanned from film again.

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grimshader dawn

David Wilson — 2009-02-19T00:00:00Z

On the Isle of Lewis in summer, the sun only sets for about three or four hours, rising at about 3.30am. That was when I took this shot, a few years ago, with my favourite Provia slide film.

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kilmuir abandoned

David Wilson — 2009-02-18T00:00:00Z

The unusual angle comes about because I was looking straight down on the top of this beached and abandoned boat full of lobster creels.

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woodworm and sand

David Wilson — 2009-02-17T00:00:00Z

For texture-lovers everywhere! Inside an abandoned boat, the near-horizontal woodwormed piece is actually an oar.

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from uig lodge

David Wilson — 2009-02-16T00:00:00Z

I do like to see my images as pairs or sets, so how well do you think this view of Uig Bay, on the west coast of Lewis, pairs up with yesterday's image from the east coast? This here is also a scan of a Fuji Provia colour slide.

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