We have been lucky during the last month or so as we had several evenings/nights suitable for night time photography with some clear skies, supermoons, amazing auroras and more. Below a selection of photos taken by Visions members after sunset. Night time in Marrakesh - by Graeme Youngson. A bit closer to home: Amsterdam at... Continue Reading →
Visions Summer 2024
It has been a while since our last post about Bullers of Buchan in June. But Visions activities don't stop during the summer, our program carries on. Following a few of the images taken during the our various programmed activities. 27 June - Social night at the Noose and Monkey 9 July - Isle of... Continue Reading →
Visions Visits Bullers of Buchan
June 20, 2024 Instead of a cosy evening sitting inside Ruthrieston Community Centre, Visions had organised an outing to Bullers of Buchan to try and photograph the Puffins and others inhabitants of the cliffs. The puffins are far outnumbered by the razorbills, kittiwakes, fulmars, shags and guillemots along with herring gulls and black-backed gulls. They... Continue Reading →
Astro Photo Outing
After an excellent talk by Simon White on Astro Photography he took us out a few weeks later to give us a chance to try it out for ourselves. After a change of venue to avoid low lying mist in the valleys, ten of us met at Tomnaverie Stone Circle near Tarland on a clear... Continue Reading →
Visions at Fittie
Last month a few of us wandered around Footdee, the old fishing village of Aberdeen. To make things more challenging we were handed a brief to take foto's fitting the following categories: Action, history, colour, texture, different perspective. Here are a few of the shots that members posted on Facebook:
Puffin hunting – 7 June 2018
On the 7th of June Visions organised a wee trip to RSPB Fowlheugh Reserve at Crawton, just south of Stonehaven. Thousands of seabirds nest here on the steep cliffs, mainly razorbills, kittiwakes, guillemots, fulmars and still a few puffins. As puffins are cute and colourful they are a popular bird to photograph. Puffins only come... Continue Reading →