During the short winter days, the sun both rises and sets over the land to the south of the Moray Firth. After a visit to the pebble beach of Strathmarchin Bay we paddled back around the East Head and into a wash of light from the setting sun.
The wind had now completely died away; we paddled back towards Portsoy in a peaceful blaze of light. Our pace had unconciously slowed - I don't think any of us really wanted to hurry towards the finish of such a fine day.
The evening was much better suited to a slow pace, just enjoying and absorbing the change out to sea as the sunset washed the sky with pink and pale gold.
Hi Ian, that looks like a great winters paddle. I love the 3rd picture,it's so peaceful.
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Gorgeous photos, making me want to head up to Findhorn now. I love the light at this time of year.
ReplyDeleteThanks David and Ali, it really was a most beautiful evening!
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Beautiful photos. Thanks Ian for your company and sharing knowledge of the wildlife. A very good trip indeed. Lorna
ReplyDeleteIan your third photo is stunningly beautiful.
ReplyDeleteDouglas :o)
Hi Lorna,
ReplyDeleteIt was a good day wasn't it? Thank you to you and Allan for your company - we must do that again soon :o)
Kind Regards
Thank you Douglas, the first day on the water with a new camera recommended by an expert! :o)
ReplyDeleteI did think about boosting the temperature of this image in Lightroom, but straight from the card it's a very good representation of an almost salmon-pink evening
Kind Regards