Chris Bowness' photos
At the Beach
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Beech Trees
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Back of Beyond
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Looking over the Rough Bonds of Knoydart, in Scotland, from near the top of Luinne Bheinn. Some people call this mountain "Loony Bin".
Rhododendron
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Where the wind blows
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The Lairig Leacach Bothy
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I took this picture the morning after we had spent the night in this bothy. The bothy used to be a shelter for shepherds and land workers, but now is open for anyone to use. It is maintained by the Mountain Bothy Association (MBA) and this picture was included in their 2020 calendar.
Newburgh
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This twilight picture was taken handheld with my mobile. It is of the Tay estuary, from Newburgh, looking eastwards towards the distant lights of Dundee. The clouds were reflected in the still water. I liked the surreal look of this.
Beneath a falling tree
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This is a bracketed seven shot HDR that I took with my Olympus EP-1 around a dozen years ago. I used the open source QTPFSGUI to tonemap it and finished it in Gimp. After taking this picture I realised I was standing under a tree that had fallen and was being held up by just a few small branches above me. I learned to take more care in the woods that day...
A lane in Prague
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I took this picture with my phone as I liked the light. I made it B&W as I found the colour distracting.
Wood Hill
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Wood Hill is my favourite viewpoint on the Ochil Hills. I've taken many pictures here of which this is one. I set off with the intention of getting a sunset picture and I was in luck on this occasion. This is a five shot bracketed HDR which I tone mapped in Luminance HDR and finished in Gimp.
Neon Skyline
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I took this picture from a hill called Ben Buck. It's about a 680m climb and 4.5 km walk from the valley below. This picture looks south and beyond the top of Ben Cleuch (721m) in front, you can see the light pollution from the Forth Valley of Scotland which has many hundreds of thousands of people living there.
Law Hill
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I had to go somewhere, but I planned to leave earlier to grab a few picture, since it was a clear night. This was one of them.
Going down
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I took a few shots with my mobile as I was about to head down from King's Seat Hill in the Ochil Hills. That night, Google photos just randomly stitched this panoramic together for me.
Whiteout
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My friend and I were walking on a snowy plateau in the hills of Scotland when a cloud enveloped us. Suddenly everything was white and it was very surreal. Knowing where you are in this situation is essential.
Derry Cairngorm
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This picture was taken at the very windy summit of Derry Cairngorm in the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland.
My friend and I were on the third day of a wild camping trip. The adventure was meant to last a week, but we gave up after climbing here due to the misery of the Midges, which are small biting insects that attack in their thousands when you're trying to camp.
At the top of the Devil's Staircase
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I took a day off work a couple of weeks ago to walk from Kinghouse Hotel in Glencoe to Kinlochleven. My friend wanted to go up the steep part that is called the Devil's staircase. It wasn't that steep to us day trippers, but I can understand that folks who've walked a 100 odd miles on the West Highland Way may have other ideas! My friends little Jack Russell lead the way.
The Red Shed
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This picture was taken on the north banks of the Beauly Firth in Scotland during the month of July. It didn't look right in colour so I made the surrounding landscape black and white whilst keeping the original red colour of the shed.
