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Egypt > Cairo City (1 file)

Photos relating to the City itself and River Nile activities. The Museum and Giza Pyramids are in separate galleries.
Cairo Khan al-Kalili EG072632jhp 
 Egypt Cairo Kan al-Khalili minaret building street front houses contrast in a busy and often important site seeing stop-off for tourists to Egypt and offered as part of City Tour where many bargains can be picked up as part of that exotic shopping experience in an Arabic Bazaar. Bargaining is also part of the fun and is expected throughout so a new and often daunting experience for the traditional conservative British visitor. Better value can probably be obtained in Aswan or Luxor and certainly for those doing a Nile Cruise large, weighty or fragile items are best left to the last minute. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptians, Cairo, cruise Arabic, bargaining, tourism, tourists, upright, capital, old, city, gates, Sultan, Qansuh, Fatimid, Kan al-Khalili, al-Kalili, souk, al-Badestan, maze, alleyways, alleys, shops, factories, bazaars, market, antiques, gold, jewellery, clothes, glass, leather, metal, wood, crafts, souvenirs, cafes, restaurants, sheeshas, trade, commercial, mosques, minaret, palm, trees, architecture, al-Azhar, Maydan, square, al-Hussein, Sayyidna, al-Husayn, building, 19C, Gothic

Egypt > Saqqara & Memphis (1 file)

This gallery contains pictures of the two main sites usually visited together on a day trip south of Cairo - Saqqara with the famous Step Pyramid, a huge necropolis with many tombs and other pyramids and Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt now will an open air museum with the alabaster sphinx and the huge partial statue of Ramasses 11.
Saqqara Pyramid & Farmland EG051177jhp 
 Egypt Step Pyramid Saqqara date palms trunks framed desert contrast and gives a very good idea of the reason for the location of this huge sprawling necropolis built along the desert escarpment well above the inundation zone of the River Nile. The fertile land supported the communities that built and later serviced these cult areas where the Valley Temple for instance would be the receiving place for offerings in memory of a particular Pharaoh after he became a God. In this case the unique and earliest stone built tomb, the Step Pyramid of King Djoser from 2500BC, the first experiment of the later true pyramid style is seen here towering above the fertile farming land that runs alongside the whole journey from Cairo. 
 Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Cairo, Saqqarah, Saqqara, Memphis, Bedrashein, Step, Pyramid, necropolis, landscape, digital, recent, history, antiquity, Egyptology, archaeology, ancient, history, desert, sand, reeds, palm, trees, fields, agriculture, vegetables, fertile, farming, date-palms, plantation, houses, donkey, crops, green, roadside

Scotland > Clouds, Sunsets, Dawns and Weather (13 files)

The gallery has images of weather related subjects from clouds to dawns and sunrises, NLC or noctilucent clouds nights, moon to sun rings, rainbows, double rainbows, meteors, shooting stars, Perseids. The range of clouds includes cirrus, storm clouds, white puffy fair weather clouds, monster cloud formations, haar, sun beams, lenticular, mama, a wide range of different meteorological structures and types.
Deeside-Summer-Clouds-wsc6155jhp 
 Clouds cumulus blue white fluffy Scottish summer Deeside Aberdeenshire contrast sky taken from Crooktree between Kincardine O誰eil and Torphins in North East Scotland showing the scale, shapes and beauty of these ever changing weather phenomena. This was taken at 16.04hrs BST on 1st August 2023 from the North side of Ord Fundlie Hill using a Nikon D700 FX body with 16-35mm at 16mm focal length, aperture of f11, 200ISO and shutter speed of 1/640 sec. 
 Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Ord Fundlie, hill, Kincardine O誰eil, Stranduff, Crooktree, Torphins, Learney, summer, landscape, clouds, grey, shapes, patterns, whirls, dramatic, spectacular, weather, phenomena, cirrostratus, cumulus, small, stratocumulus, altocumulus, delicate, landscape, clouds, tree, tops, leaves, countryside, nature, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, afternoon, sky, blue, white, beautiful, scale, size, height, 2023, August, DSLR, Nikon, D700, FX, AF-S ED 16-35mm zoom lens, 16mm focal length, wide, digital, photo, panorama, photograph
Deeside-Summer-Clouds-wsc6135jhp 
 Clouds cumulus blue white columns Scottish summer Deeside Aberdeenshire contrast sky taken from Crooktree between Kincardine O誰eil and Torphins in North East Scotland showing the scale, shapes and beauty of these ever changing weather phenomena. This was taken at 14.23hrs BST on 30th July 2023 from the North side of Ord Fundlie Hill using a Nikon D700 FX body with 16-35mm at 32mm focal length, aperture of f9, 200ISO and shutter speed of 1/1000 sec. 
 Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Ord Fundlie, hill, Kincardine O誰eil, Stranduff, Crooktree, Torphins, Learney, summer, landscape, clouds, grey, shapes, patterns, whirls, dramatic, spectacular, weather, phenomena, cirrostratus, cumulus, small, stratocumulus, altocumulus, delicate, landscape, clouds, tree, tops, leaves, countryside, nature, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, afternoon, sky, blue, white, beautiful, scale, size, height, 2023, July, DSLR, Nikon, D700, FX, AF-S ED 16-35mm zoom lens, 32mm focal length, wide, digital, photo, panorama, photograph
Deeside Dawn bnm5768jhp 
 Scotland dawn orange colourful clouds rich telephoto hilltop silhouette contrast Deeside colourful looking from Ord Fundlie to Beltie, Hill Fare, and Glassel near Torphins in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland about 25 miles west of Aberdeen. Often the shapes and range and vibrancy of the colours defies descriptions and can only be seen to be believed; my experience is that the colourful phase only lasts for at most 20 minutes so it is often being in the right place at the right time and best photographed using a tripod as the very low light levels mean longer exposures especially at best quality ISO settings and overall sharp apertures. 
 Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Ord, Fundlie, Hill, Fare, Craigmyle, Glassel, Beltie, hill, trees, silhouette, Torphins, sunrise, dawn, sun, autumn, east, landscape, clouds, shapes, dramatic, countryside, rural, icy, fields, frost, nature, surreal, spectacular, beautiful, artistic, impressionist, airbrushed, colours, colors, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, sunshine, golden, bronze, pink, yellow, red, mauve, purple, pastel, weather, meteorological, Nikon, October, 2016, digital, camera, D700, photograph, photo, upright
Deeside Sunset qax2622jhp 
 Deeside Scottish summer sunset clouds contrast dramatic rich colours silhouettes trees Aberdeenshire Kincardine O誰eil is some 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland. So far this summer, 2018, there have not been many colourful sunsets despite some of the warmest weather for many a year. The most dramatic and vibrant period only lasts a few minutes so it is very much being in the right place at the best time but it helps having a forest or nice river scene on the doorstep but with a major mountain range to the west of Deeside, often the sun setting behind them or a large bank of rain cloud kills off the best of any last minute colour. The biggest problem with summer sunsets are they can take longer from the start of colourful clouds through to the more subtle final reds and in that time you are an open meal ticket for the notorious Scottish midges but every evening the shapes and nature of the clouds and light is different. 
 Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Stranduff, Torphins, Ord, Fundlie, sunset, evening, summer, setting, sun, rays, beams, landscape, fiery, red, lenticular, wind, blown, shaped, clouds, ribbons, flecked, shapes, patterns, dramatic, surreal, beautiful, artistic, pastel, delicate, waves, bands, impressionist, colours, colors, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, golden, bronze, orange, yellow, brown, weather, meteorological, trees, silhouette, hilline, Nikon, 2018, July, digital, camera, D700, DSLR
Deeside Sunset qax2617jhp 
 Deeside Scottish summer eveningg sunset clouds dramatic contrast hilline Aberdeenshire Kincardine O誰eil is some 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland. So far this summer, 2018, there have not been many colourful sunsets despite some of the warmest weather for many a year, the previous good one was in May. The most dramatic and vibrant period only lasts a few minutes so it is very much being in the right place at the best time but it helps having a forest or nice river scene on the doorstep but with a major mountain range to the west of Deeside, often the sun setting behind them or a large bank of rain cloud kills off the best of any last minute colour. The biggest problem with summer sunsets are they can take longer from the start of colourful clouds through to the more subtle final reds and in that time you are an open meal ticket for the notorious Scottish midges but every evening the shapes and nature of the clouds and light is different. 
 Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Stranduff, Torphins, Ord, Fundlie, sunset, evening, summer, setting, sun, rays, beams, landscape, fiery, red, lenticular, wind, blown, shaped, clouds, ribbons, flecked, shapes, patterns, dramatic, surreal, beautiful, artistic, pastel, delicate, waves, bands, impressionist, colours, colors, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, golden, bronze, orange, yellow, brown, weather, meteorological, trees, silhouette, hilline, Nikon, 2018, July, digital, camera, D700, DSLR, upright
Storm Clouds bnm9456jhp 
 Dramatic evening storm cloud white grey sunlit Deeside Aberdeenshire Scotland summer photo taken towards Torphins and the Learney Hill looking northwards about 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland. Although not perhaps calendar material are none the less great photography subjects. Their shapes, size and often awesome sense of power make them a subject I enjoy photographing and are a truer reflection perhaps of the great mix of weather and light we have in the North East. 
 Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Torphins, Learney, hill, Craigmyle, Fare, summer, early, evening, landscape, upright, contrast, clouds, shapes, weather, phenomena, cumulus, vertical, fibrous, filaments, cumulonimbus, countryside, nature, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, white, brown, blue, sky, beautiful, shapes, scale, size, height, 2017, September, DSLR, Nikon, D700, digital, photo, photograph
Storm Clouds bnm9454jhp 
 Towering evening storm clouds climbing above Hill Fare Torphins Aberdeenshire Scotland summer sunlight contrasting shade taken towards Torphins and the Hill of Frae and Craigmyle looking north east wards about 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland. Although not perhaps calendar material are none the less great photography subjects. Their shapes, size and often awesome sense of power make them a subject I enjoy photographing and are a truer reflection perhaps of the great mix of weather and light we have in the North East. 
 Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Torphins, Learney, hill, Fare, summer, early, evening, landscape, clouds, shapes, weather, phenomena, cumulus, vertical, fibrous, filaments, cumulonimbus, countryside, nature, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, pink, orange, brown, blue, sky, beautiful, shapes, scale, size, height, 2017, September, DSLR, Nikon, D700, digital, photo, photograph
Storm Clouds bnm9453jhp 
 Dramatic evening storm clouds towering Deeside Aberdeenshire Scotland summer sunlight contrasting shade taken towards Torphins and the Learney Hill looking northwards about 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland. Although not perhaps calendar material are none the less great photography subjects. Their shapes, size and often awesome sense of power make them a subject I enjoy photographing and are a truer reflection perhaps of the great mix of weather and light we have in the North East. 
 Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Torphins, Learney, hill, summer, early, evening, landscape, clouds, shapes, weather, phenomena, cumulus, vertical, fibrous, filaments, cumulonimbus, countryside, nature, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, pink, orange, brown, blue, sky, beautiful, shapes, scale, size, height, 2017, September, DSLR, Nikon, D700, digital, photo, photograph
Deeside Sunset bnm7883jhp 
 Scottish sunset streak dramatic colour contrast clouds textures colour mix orange yellow shapes Kincardine O誰eil is some 25 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland and the beginning of a short spell of some very exciting cloud formations, ever chnaging and moving clouds and dramatic lighting. The most dramatic and vibrant period only lasts a few minutes so it is very much being in the right place at the best time but it helps having a forest or nice river scene on the doorstep but with a major mountain range to the west of Deeside, often the sun setting behind them or a large bank of rain cloud kills off the best of any last minute colour. The biggest problem with summer sunsets are they can take longer from the start of colourful clouds through to the more subtle final reds and in that time you are an open meal ticket for the notorious Scottish midges but every evening the shapes and nature of the clouds and light is different. 
 Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Stranduff, Torphins, Ord, Fundlie, sunset, evening, summer, setting, sun, rays, beams, landscape, fiery, red, lenticular, wind, blown, shaped, clouds, ribbons, flecked, shapes, patterns, dramatic, surreal, beautiful, artistic, pastel, delicate, waves, bands, impressionist, colours, colors, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, golden, bronze, orange, yellow, brown, weather, meteorological, trees, silhouette, hilline, Nikon, 2017, July, digital, camera, D700, DSLR
Partial Solar Eclipse xcv7055jhp 
 Partial Solar Eclipse Sun Moon Silhouette Crescent Cutout Contrast Scotland Deeside on the 20th March, 2015 over Aberdeenshire in North East Scotland near Kincardine O誰eil on Royal Deeside. Some minor cloud problem but luckily not at the crucial moment and far better than forecast.

This is one of the first photos taken and shows the eclipse underway with the moon moving from the right and was taken at 09.18hrs. The maximum effect was around 95% and was promoted as the first of this century, with the next partial eclipse being in 2026 and a total one in 2090. The peak of the display was around 9.45am and it did get noticeably darker and although there was still bird activity I did hear an owl start calling in the forest. 
 Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, Kincardine, O誰eil, landscape, eclipse, partial, sun, moon, sky, bright, blue, sunshine, predicted, clouds, spring, 2015, eerie, DSLR, Nikon, D700, digital, telephoto
Sunlit Tower Cloud xvv2309jhp 
 Summer Evening Clouds Sunlit Tower Dark Light Photo Deeside Scotland taken west of Aberdeen near Torphins in North East Scotland looking northwards in the direction of Stranduff and Lumphanan. 
 Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Upper Craigton, hill, Stranduff, Torphins, evening, sunset, landscape, summer, towering, sunlit, contrast, pastel, colours, cumulus, clouds, dramatic, shapes, nature
Evening Clouds xvv2294jhp 
 Summer Evening Clouds Pastel Contrast Photograph Royal Deeside Aberdeenshire Scotland taken west of Aberdeen near Torphins in North East Scotland looking northwards in the direction of Stranduff and Lumphanan. 
 Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Upper Craigton, hill, Stranduff, Torphins, evening, sunset, upright, summer, pastel, colours, cumulus, clouds, dramatic, shapes
Partial Eclipse TO3226749JHP 
 Partial Eclipse Sun Moon Silhouette Crescent Cutout Contrast Scotland Deeside on the 26th March, 2006 over Aberdeenshire in North East Scotland near Kincardine ONeil on Royal Deeside. Some cloud problem but luckily not at the crucial moment. 
 Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, Deeside, Torphins, upright, eclipse, partial, sun, moon, clouds, spring, 2006, sun, eerie

Scotland > Flora and Fauna (1 file)

Gallery of Scottish photographs of plants, flowers, such as bluebells, harebells, Dames Rocket, broom, gorse, fox gloves, poppies; trees such as gean, silver birch, pines, Scots Pines, larch, and a few wild animals such as birds, hare, pheasants, roe deer, red squirrels, insects, butterflies such as peacocls, red admirals, tortoiseshell, although I am not a wildlife photographer as such.
Autumn Colours bnm5733jhp 
 Scotland Deeside aspen trees copse leaves sunshine beech contrast autumnal scenes on Ord Fundlie between Torphins and Kincardine O誰eil the real signs that autumn is in full swing and colours that will easily disappear overnight with strong winds and rain. 
 Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Deeside, Torphins, Kincardine O誰eil, autumn, wild, landscape, upright, countryside, rural, Nature, Fagus sylvatica, Fagaceae, tree, copper, beech, purpurea, aspens, gean, yellow, orange, red, foliage, new, young, leaves, veins, colourful, colorful, coloured, colored, sun, sunshine, flora, DSLR, digital, camera, D700, Nikon, photograph, October, 2016

Scotland > Rivers, Glens & Lochs (1 file)

The gallery has photographs of Scottish lochs, glens and pictures associated directly with particular rivers in Scotland such as the River Dee, Don, Feugh, Urie, Deveron, Tanar, Dye, and Glen of Dee, Glen Muick and Glenbuchat.
River Dee Bridge xvv0963jhp 
 Old Brig O'Dee Invercauld Stone Built Sunlit Dramatic Dark Forest Contrast is cared for by Historic Scotland and is one of the many military bridges built after the Forty Five Rebellion and that carried troops across the Highlands. This was built by Major Caulfield 1752 although often called a General Wade bridge who started the process many years earlier. The bridge is located just east of Braemar and this view is from the modern road bridge which crosses the River Dee to the North. 
 Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, Braemar, Invercauld, Balmoral, estate, Old Brig O'Dee, River Dee, Royal Deeside, landscape, rocks, water, forest, trees, bridge, military, Caulfield, roads, stonework, Historic, repaired

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