Standing Stones: Clava Cairns, Inverness-shire

 - Bulnarun of Clava - 

“The Clava cairn is a type of Bronze Age circular chamber tomb cairn, named after the group of 3 cairns at Balnuaran of Clava, to the east of Inverness in Scotland. There are about 50 cairns of this type in an area round about Inverness.”
Taken from Wikipedia

The above photograph was taken whilst I was at college in Inverness in 2001.
This was a fantastic period of my life as it introduced me up to the world of darkrooms which – alas – seems to be a dying art these days, what with the world of Photoshop and digitization. I had never realised just how utterly relaxing working in a darkroom could be.
The smell of the chemicals.
The hue of the red light.
It was bliss.
Pure bliss.
This was one of the first photographs I developed just out of the pure satisfaction I received from processing a photo rather than as a piece of coursework, and I was rather proud of it. Dodging and burning and all those sorts of shenanigans is so much more fun to do in a darkroom rather than with a click of a mouse. If you get the chance, try it, you’ll never look back.

Bonfire Night

I took this photo a long time ago and unfortunately the negative was not in the best of shapes when I got round to processing it this afternoon. It doesn’t help that the flash hasn’t helped the colour either, but still, I have always had a liking for this photo so thought I would post it up as an example of one of my earlier shots.

It was taken on a compact camera I used to carry around for quick snaps, and have often wondered what I could have done had I had access to my SLR at the time. Ah well, thems the breaks!

“Untitled”

Otway Rainforest

National Parks of Victoria

 Tidal River – Wilson’s Prom National Park

Tarra Bulga National Park

Fire Damage - Wilson’s Prom National Park

Luna…she’s a cuddly kitten!