Return to the homeland - DAY 2. . . . . 3. THE ROAD HOME (Final)

[David Paterson]

Once a year we make a pilgrimage to the village of Golspie in east Sutherland, where my parents are buried. A side-benefiit of this family duty is that I get to visit a different and very beautiful part of Scotland which I still love though I left when I was 17, to go to university.

There are no high mountains, deep fjords or other dramatic features - the landscape is rather quiet and makes you search a little harder than some places; but it is a treasure waiting to be found.

This first selection includes a few images shot en route.

1. The hills of eastern Ross-shire.
2. The sun goes away early behind the hills of the Struie.
3. The Kyle of Sutherland
4. Golspie at sundown
5 and 6. Night-time in east Sutherland
7. Sunup beside the roundhouse at Balranald.
8 and 9. Trees in early light.

[Gary]

Nice, I have been transported to a beautiful country.  Thank you.

[Akira]

#2, 3 and 5 stand out to me.

Even the "quiet" area cannot hide its beauty from the keen eyes of a seasoned landscape photographer...

[Øivind Tøien]

+1 for #2 and 5 with an extra plus for #2.

[Frank Fremerey]

#3 is another landscape meets abstract

[Birna Rørslett]

Almost shockingly good.

[Bent Hjarbo]

Almost shockingly good.

+1 I am amazed.

[David Paterson]

You are all much too kind, but thank you for those comments. This is a place which means a lot to me - it brings out my deepest feelings. And this time, in the  few days we were away, two friends died suddenly. One, a farmer here in Killin; the other a very fine fashion photographer who had been a close friend since we first met around 1985. People used to talk about the "big three" Cockney photographers - Bailey, Donovan and Duffy  - but that list was incomplete if it did not include David Anthony. David's mastery of line and tone gave his fashion work a transcendental beauty which I rarely saw in any other peoples' work. He will be greatly missed by many; including me.

[Erik Lund]

Very nice to see your photography as always! Lovely varied


Only one has a bit too much in post processing #7 The sky around the tower is suffering a bit from pushing.

[David Paterson]

DAY 2 was for an easy unhurried drive around many parts of my "homeland".

Villages, small fishing ports, farmland and golf-courses all lie along the coast; the interior has a much wilder feel, like the last frontier, or as if the 20th century never quite got here (never mind the 21st). I love it.

1. Blossom, Golspie.
2. Down on the farm.
3. Down on the farm (2).
4. Even road-signs have a backwoods feel.
5. The ruins of Skibo Castle.
6. Abandoned, Rogart.
7. Mixed conifer plantation, Strath Brora
8. Strath Brora and the R. Brora
9. Logging, Strath Brora

[Birna Rørslett]

Who needs fjords, mountains, wilderness? Not you.

[Frank Fremerey]

"shockingly good" is a great way to express the quality of David's work, Birna. esp the second and nineth shot stand out for combining the concrete and the abstract in one shot.

[Akira]

#6 and 8 from the second set, but the others are no inferior.

Sorry about the sudden loss of two friends.  I googled David Anthony but couldn't spot his works...

[simato73]

They are all good pictures; the last, logging, for me stands out.

[Bruno Schroder]

I am with Akira, and the trees with ivy