Category: Photography

  • Dark light at the Broch of Gurness

    Dark light at the Broch of Gurness

    These photos were taken at the Broch of Gurness in Evie, in the West Mainland of Orkney. It was a clear starry night and there was faint aurora borealis visible to the North behind Rousay. The photos are long exposures capturing light created by people with torches. The Broch of Gurness is an Iron Age…

  • White horses in the mist

    White horses in the mist

    White horses seen in unusually thick fog on a May morning in Deerness, Orkney. Perhaps the horses are sad that they don’t have much of a practical purpose in the modern world. I didn’t notice the creepy figure in the background at the time!