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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

A good friend of mine was recently given the most horrendous news that hus granddaughter has been diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma cancer. He is currently raising money for charities that support families with children with cancer. If you can, please consider a donation. gofund.me/036ca6846

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Its been a bleak 2026 for the NE of Scotland so far so I finally decided to get out with my camera and embrace it. #Seascape #landscapephotography #Scotland #longexposure #photography

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

"Between The Storms" The sky was black as another snow storm was about to hit but the sun shone through and lit up the ripples of the sund under the water. I was trying to capture a minimalist landscape with this image. #landscapephotography #photography #Norway

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

A minimalist image I took of the Larick Beacon. My Wife said it looks like a spacecraft on a lunar landscape. #photography #minimalist #blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #landscapephotography #longexposure

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

The Larick Beacon Found in the Firth Of Tay, this old, unused beacon was built in 1845 or 48 it was in use until the 1960s. I loved how its reflection made its legs taper into the water so couldnt resist a shot. #photography #landscapephotography #Scotland #blackandwhitephotography

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

"Srepping Stones". The ruins of Findlater Castle may become famous soon as this location is in Christopher Nolan's next film, "The Odyssey". For this shot I had to wait for low tide, jump from rock to rock, and get back before I was cut off. #Scotland #landscapephotography #photography

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

The sunrise gently blushes the underside of the clouds as the remains of an old ship builder's slipway are exposed by the low tide at Aberdeen Harbour. More info in the "Alt" description #fsprintmonday #sharemondays2025 #Scotland #Aberdeen @postabdn.com #photography #landscapephotography

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The low tide at Aberdeen Harbour exposes the 100 year old remains of a slipway that was used by the "John Duthie Torry Shipbuilding Company," which was in use from 1904 to 1925.

The Duthie family were prominent shipbuilders in Aberdeen and had been building ships there since 1816.

On the horizon stands the mouth of Aberdeen Harbour, its mouth open between its protective sea walls with its buildings to the left, including the modern ",Marine Operations Centre" that belies the fact that "The Port Of Aberdeen" is Britains oldest existing business with it being established in 1136 by King David of Scotland.

Above the horizon, the light of the rising sun is gently kissing the underside of the clouds, giving them a subtle colour.
The texture of the clouds is contrasted by the water which is smoothed out by a 25 second exposure.

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Proud to say that I've got an image included in this book. Well done @dylannardini.com for organising this. Its a great community to be part of. Follow the link on the original post to order your copy.

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Last week I spent 5 days in the Kingdom of Fife and took many images which I hope to share soon. Here is a panoramic view of St Andrews which I took during the "Blue Hour" . I'm really pleased at how it came out. #sharemondays2025 #fsprintmonday #Scotland #photography #landscapephotography

A panormic view of St Andrews from ontop of the harbour wall.
Shot during the "Blue Hour", this image has a cool hue to it.

The harbour wall leads the eye to the centre of the image where the ruins of St Andrews Cathedral can be seen.

To the left of the Cathedral can be found the modern buildings lining the harbourside, the warm glow from their lights contrasting against the cool blues of the scene.

The right of the image is where St Andrews Castle is located.

A long exposure has smoothed out the water which is in contrast to the textured clouds, which frames the top of the image

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Out on a photo trip around Fife. Here is a preview of what I shot during the "Blue Hour" this evening #Scotland #photography #landscapephotography #StAndrews #BlueHour

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Aberdeen Beach at sunrise can be cold but its worthwhile suffering the low temperatures when the sky ignites like this. #sunrise #landscapephotography #photography #Scotland #Aberdeen #Seascape

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Rum At Sunset I loved the colour contrast in this scene so just had to shoot it. Those warm hues clashing with the cold blues as the day diminished was stunning to witness. #landscapephotography #photography #Scotland #Seascape

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Its been a while since Ive been out with my camera for many reason. But,since it was an especially high tide yesterday due to todays #autumnalequinox ,I took a trip to the coast. (reposted as I uploaded the wrong crop) #sharemondays2025 #FSprintmonday #landscapephotography #seascape #Scotland

The "De'il's Heid" on the Arbroath coast.
Waves crashing upon the rocks are smoothed out by a 1 minute long exposure which has also blurred the clouds.

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Rattray Head Lighthouse just before sunset. I loved the colour and form of the clouds and couldn't resist shooting this scene even though I was packed up and heading off to my car. #landscapephotography #photography #Scotland #Lighthouse #Seascape

Rattray Head Lighthouse sits on the horizon which is on the bottom third of the image.
The sea is smooth and still.
Colourful clouds dominate the top ⅔

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I got chatting to a lovely old lady today. Just one of those random encounters we all have from time to time. However it took a sudden, horrible turn whe she, unprompted, went into a racist, anti-immigration rant. She parroted all the Farage/ GBNews shite.

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Out for a family meal to celebrate 2 amazing young women. Cadhla, has done amazing with her exams and got accepted to Uni and Iona has just completed her first year of college and starting her HND in "Digital Communications" this year. They have both worked bloody hard ti get where they are

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Big day in the Rutherford house today. My youngest just got her exam results and crushed them. This was quickly followed by an email from her preferred University saying she's been officially accepted to their 6 year long Architecture course. Very, very proud that all her hard work has paid off.

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Another of my series of images of the Excelsior wreck found on a beach in North East Scotland. Feel free to check out my other images for the hustory of this wreck. @postabdn.com #aberdeen #Scotland #landscapephotography #Seascape #photography

Old timbers of a shipwreck jut out of the sea and sand, covered in algea.

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Aberdeen based Visions Photography Club have a great article on them in this months "Amatuer Photographer" Amazing images. Although I'm no longer involved with the club, I get a wee quote. For the full article, the magazine is available in newsagents now. #photography #aberdeen @postabdn.com

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Seaside Pod Review @seasidepodreview.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Maybe it's not too late to learn how to love and forget how to hate. RIP Ozzy you gloriously mad, brilliant, wonderful bastard. Without you and your mates, metal as we know it wouldn't exist. 🟨 go.goodpods.com/DXI6S4 🍎 tinyurl.com/55xv2e83 🟢 tinyurl.com/3hf9f3h8

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

The 3rd and final of my Black and White Arbroath images i took last week. f16 180 sec ISO 100 #blackandwhitephotography #landscapephotography #photography #longexposure #Scotland #coast

A large stone stack on the very edge of the coast in Arbroath known as the "De'il's Heid"
A long exposure has smoothed out the water.
The water has turned white around the coast and rocks

The image is black and white.

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

"The Monoliths Of Arbroath" These are the foundations of a jetty or wall that was never completed at Arbroath Harbour. At high tide, I thought they'd make an interesting subject to shoot. f16 180 sec ISO 100 #ShareMondays2025 #fsprintmonday #photography #blackandwhitephotography #longexposure

A long exposure smooths out the water that surrounds 9 concrete blocks.
They are laid out in a curve, one slightly overlapping the one behind except for the very last one which breaks the pattern

The block's shadows spread out to the left of the image

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

The Tall Ships Race cane to Aberdeen last week (and will be here until the 22nd). Tis is the "Fryderyck Chopin", last years winner and this year's race leader, being led into Aberdeen Harbour by a dolphin. You'll need to zoom in to see the dolphin. @postabdn.com #Aberdeen #tallships #Scotland

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Another from my "Excelsior" series of images from Rattray Head in Aberdeenshire This one is taken from a head-on perspective. I like the circle the timbers make. #photography #landscapephotography #shipwreck #Scotland @postabdn.com #Aberdeenshire

A head on perspective of the wreck of the "Excelsior" of which Ive posted other images.
The shape makes a rough, broken circle. Its rotting timbers jutting up from the same and sand like a rusted "man-trap".

A long exposure smoothes out the water and blurs the clouds.

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I spent a morning at "Bullers Of Buchan" in North East #Scotland to see the Puffins who never disappoint. I liked this close up detail of this #Puffin mid-groom, beak amongst its feathers. #fsprintmonday #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #photography

A close up of a Puffin, its orange beak buried in it's feathers.

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Its been a while since I posted a new image as life has been getting in the way of pleasure. This is the wreck of "The Excelsior" which ran aground in North East #Scotland in 1881. All 12 crew were saved #photography #landscapephotography #ShareMondays2025 #Fsprintmonday

The timbers of a boat wreck protrude from the water like the rotton teath of a long dead sea creature.
The texture of the algea covered wood contrasts against the smooth blue water.
The wreck is curved like a jawbone from left to right.

The horizon divides the image in half, the upper section filled with blurred clouds that shows their movement during the long exposure of the image.

Details of the wreck:
"The Excelsior" was a Norwegian barque, which ran aground near Rattray Head in Scotland on November 22, 1881. The ship was carrying a cargo of phosphate rock from Coosaw River, South Carolina to Bo'ness (Falkirk, Scotland). The 12-member crew, along with a pilot, were all rescued.

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Pank @pankp007.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

He was simply unbeatable and beautiful. And we miss him. #LiveAid.

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Live on location Hopefully a decent image of a shipwreck to show you all soon

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I expect you peasants to bow your heads in my presence and to be carried around on a litter.

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

A wee bit of my family history to entertain your day.

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

While researching a possible story I may write, loosely based upon my ancestral history, I found that a curse was placed upon my family in 1525 by the Archbishop of Glasgow. Its epic and far too long to post here with the rest in the ALT text I think my ancestors were a tad naughty.

May the fire and the sword that stopped Adam from the gates of Paradise, stop them from the glory of Heaven, until they forebear, and make amends.

May the evil that fell upon cursed Cain, when he slew his brother Abel, needlessly, fall on them for the needless slaughter that they commit daily.

May the malediction that fell upon all the world, man and beast, and all that ever took life, when all were drowned by the flood of Noah, except Noah and his ark, fall upon them and drown them, man and beast, and make this realm free of them, for their wicked sins.

May the thunder and lightning which rained down upon Sodom and Gomorrah and all the lands surrounding them, and burned them for their vile sins, rain down upon them and burn them for their open sins.

May the evil and confusion that fell on the Gigantis for their opression and pride in building the Tower of Babylon, confound them and all their works, for their open callous disregard and oppression.

May all the plagues that fell upon Pharaoh and his people of Egypt, their lands, crops and cattle, fall upon them, their equipment, their places, their lands, their crops and livestock.

May the waters of the Tweed and other waters which they use, drown them, as the Red Sea drowned King Pharaoh and the people of Egypt, preserving God’s people of Israel.

May the earth open, split and cleave, and swallow them straight to hell, as it swallowed cursed Dathan and Abiron, who disobeyed Moses and the command of God.

May the wild fire that reduced Thore and his followers to two-hundred-fifty in number, and others from 14,000 to 7,000 at anys, usurping against Moses and Aaron, servants of God, suddenly burn and consume them daily, for opposing the commands of God and Holy Church.

May the malediction that suddenly fell upon fair Absalom, riding through the wood against his father, King David, when the branches of a tree knocked him from his horse and hanged him by the hair, fall upon these untrue Scotsmen and hang them the s…

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Due to some various, uncontrollable but important issues I havent managed to take any new images recently so here is one from the vault This image of a groyne in the haar at #Aberdeen beach garnered 2nd place in the #Seascape Category in a competition #photography #Scotland #landscapephotography

A long exposure of water, which is smoothed out just enough to not lose almost if it's texture, along side a wooden beach groyne.
The groyne, covered in green algae, is placed on the right side of the image, diagonally from the bottom corner and stretching into the middle of the image. Its supports are to the left if the main groyne and dip into the water with a wooden, anchor stump just peeping out of the water too.
An old rope is hanging from the front most suport.
There is a thick haar (coastal fog) that obscures the horizon abd mutes the colour palate of the whole scene.

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Im proud to have an image involved in this. If your one of the 18 photographers, please get in touch with Dylan

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Christopher Molan is filming part of his new film "The Odyssey" at Findlater Castle, Scotland, which reminded me of this image I took of that location a few years back. I could only access this viewpoint at low tide and was terrified that I'd be cut off. #photography #Castle #landscapephotography

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

As of right now, I have no children within the School system. Education is still ongoing with one at College and the other off to University soon. My kids are fantastic. I love having them in the house so I hope their further education is long and fruitful.

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Looking through my archive, I came across this image. I did a quick process of it and present it to you all. The famous St Monans Harbour Wall. #photography #landscapephotography #seascape #Scotland

The St Monans Zig Zag Harbour Wall.

20 sec exposure to smoth out the water and get some movement in the clouds.

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

The Split Rock at Clachtoll, Scotland. I was soaked to the skin by a surprise torrential rain shower and ended up thigh deep in the sea while shooting this. But it was worth it. #landscapephotography #Scotland #photography #seascape

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

So proud of my Wife who did a charity walk today. She, and her colleagues, are raising money for a bus for the the kids with additional support needs that they work with at Bucksburn Academy. They've nearly quadrupled their target but still lots more to raise. www.justgiving.com/team/friends...

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

The view of the island of Rum from the island of Eigg. A long exposure was needed to smooth out the water so that the texture in the rocks stood out. #Seascape #photography #landscapephotography #Scotland

The island of Rum sits on the horizon. In the fore to mid ground, various rocks stand out on the beack of Eigg, surrounded by water that is smoothed out by a long exposure

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

A long exposure of Rattray Head Lighthouse in North East #Scotland. I've always loved shooting at this location. #photography #landscapephotography #Seascape ##longexposure #minimalist

A simple composition of a photo of Rattray Head Lighthouse.
The Lighthouse stands alone, surrounded by water that has been smoothed with a long exposure.
The water colour changes from white at the base of the image to green on the horizon where the Lighthouse stands proud.

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

The Chasm. While scouting the coast south of #Aberdeen #Scotland I came across this chasm where the tide rushed in and out. I was drawn to the green algae on the stone so used that to anchor the shot. #photography #landscapephotography #landscape ##longexposure #coast

A slow exposure of tidal water going over pebbles.
The image is flanked on the left and right by solid stone, creating a chasm in the middle where the water flows in and out.
A lone pebble is covered in green algae which makes it stand out.

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Fit Light Photography @fitlightphoto.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

The entrance to #Aberdeen harbour is protected to the south by this "Leading Light" that helps guide ships in. I thought a long exposure of the water over the rocks at the shoreline would look good. Settings in "alt" #thephotohour #Scotland #classicmono #photography #blackandwhite #seascape

A black and white image of a towering on a harbour wall.

The foreground has a series of rock layers with water, smooth due to a long exposure, separating them.

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