The Kingdom of Fife lies just over the Firth of
Forth on the east of the Scottish central lowlands. I was there in
December 2006 having won a photographic competition in Digital
Photographer Magazine. The prize was a three day Landscape Photography
Course with Mark Cargill, a professional Photographer who lives and
works in Fife.
I arrived early on a
Monday morning in early December when the UK was taking a bashing
from gales and storms that were rushing in from the Atlantic. Certainly
the landing in a BMI Baby 737 was a wee bit bumpy! I picked up my little
hire car and started exploring. Queensferry was my first stop; a
characterful town on the edge of the Firth between two of Scotland's
most impressive bridges.
The road bridge was also taking a bashing from 70 mph
winds; only cars were being allowed across that morning.
No such restriction on the magnificent Forth Rail bridge.
Lots of interesting bits of boaty stuff for the
camera.
Once in Fife, I took the scenic route
along the coast in an easterly direction.
The sun shone for most of the next three days in
spite of a forecast to the contrary.
In winter, the days are short, even more so here in
the north of the UK.
The sun goes down and the moon comes up.
Not a lot of activity on the beach today...
Much later, I went down to the beach and
took this shot with a 50 second exposure.
Earlier, I took these shots in the
pretty harbour of Crail.
