It’s been tipping it down here all weekend and I decided to go and have a look at the small waterfall at Auchinellan, just down the road. Saw a dipper while I was there as well.
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Auchinellan waterfall VI
This is a view from above the pretty little Auchinellan waterfall. I like the bunched veil effect of the water cascading towards the waterfall.
Auchinellan waterfall V
Paul Braterman, who writes the very excellent Eat Your Brains Out blog, prefers shorter-exposure photos of waterfalls, so this one’s for him. 1/125 second exposure, but still some motion blur visible.
Auchinellan waterfall IV
Another view of the pretty little waterfall close to Auchinellan House, taken in the early dawn light of last Saturday.
Auchinellan waterfall III
To avoid the contrasty light which affected my last shoot at the waterfall, I went out at dawn on Saturday. I had hoped to get low sunlight coming through the trees onto the waterfall, but it was cloudy and I got even, flat light instead. This time I did a little more gardening to clean up the cascade and the plunge pool.
European robin (Erithacus rubecula)
I was out early yesterday morning to photograph the Auchinellan waterfall again, when I was joined by a robin. The robin is one of the most curious and least timid of British birds and this one stayed within a couple of metres of me for a series of shots.
For readers from any other part of the world where you’ve got birds called robins, they’re counterfeit, and this is the original and best.
Downstream of the Auchinellan waterfall
Although this was taken in early March, the persistent beech leaves give this an autumnal feel. The water’s proximate destination is Loch Ederline, which can be seen through the bare trees.
Auchinellan waterfall II
Another view of the small waterfall close to Auchinellan House, this time with a dark and mossy feel.
Auchinellan waterfall
This small waterfall is on the burn that runs past Auchinellan House on its way to Loch Ederline. I’ve spied this shot out on a few occasions, but there was enough water going over on Sunday to let me get this 1-second exposure. I did some gardening to remove debris from in front of the waterfall to clean the shot, but some escaped me. I didn’t crop it out, because I would have lost too much of the water landing in the pool. Memo for next time!
Auchinellan under fog
Looking down from the summit of Dun Dubh, near Loch Awe in Argyll, towards the Auchinellan estate, mostly hidden under the fog which had covered the area for the last three days. Taken on 28th December 2014.
Patrick Mackie 