Coming back down from Glencoe yesterday, and on the way up, saw lots of frosted trees and grasses, and some fog in Glen Dochart. I stopped in a lay-by and took some shots but not sure how good yet as it was getting dark and my wife sitting in the car wouldn’t likely appreciate me getting the tripod out. Will try to post a few at some point.
Twilight in Glen Dochart
[edit: messing with rgb primaries so maybe too pink, though there was some of that in the scene - tried again]
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Makes me think of some 007 “Skyfall” scene 
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You wouldn’t be too far out. The “Skyfall” road runs from the A82 near Kingshouse through Glen Etive, finishing at Loch Etive. It’s an interesting drive, a single track road with lots of hairpin bends…
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We drove the single-track Glen Etive road, thankfully quiet in the Winter
Sorry about the repetitive pics. These were earlier shots that better show the amazing sky that prompted me to stop in a random lay-by. I also toned down the edit closer to how the scene probably was and that better captures the frost. I wish I’d taken the tripod out of the car now as I had to use the lenses more or less wide open and so I’ve been forced to try to sharpen up the cottage in post.
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Three from this afternoon at the Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge near Archie, Louisiana (and if you actually know where Archie, Louisiana is located, you have my condolences… )
Little Lake
Water is ever-so-slowly returning – a little at least – to Louisiana’s lakes and streams after a hot dry summer. We’re not back to normal, but there’s more than three months ago. Little Lake is at least no longer almost completely dry land. It’s no more than a few inches to a foot or two deep, but there’s some water now.
Big sky and low water
Panorama alternative version of the first shot. I’m not sure which I like better. Maybe both. They communicate different things.
Bald Cypress in low water
The afternoon January sun lights up bald cypress trees in the barely-there bayou.
This image has a dirty little secret. It’s a 16x9 landscape crop … of a 3x2 portrait 24mp image. *sigh*
Why did I shoot it in portrait orientation? Good question and I don’t really have an answer. I think I was noticing some foreground water reflections, thinking they’d be nice. But when I got home and viewed it on the computer, there was way too much in the frame and it needed to be cropped. So I did.
And now I have a display-res-only image, basically. I guess if I decide it’s important enough I’ll have to drive the 30 miles back over on a nice afternoon and reshoot it properly. Maybe it’s not worth the trouble?
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Been there, done that… 
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I do a fair bit of post-processing cropping. See things in the frame I didn’t see standing in the scene… I’m not going to apologize, and I have quite a few web-only renditions…
Edit: Oh, meant to comment on the cypress image - really nice light. IMHO it’s really all about that, not necessarily where you are.
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It seems like no matter how long I stand behind the camera, nor how intently I peer through the viewfinder or at the LCD screen, I can always look at it later and think, “How could I not notice that?”
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love the light and colors, the second one especially
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I took nine photos at this spot waiting for a car to come over that ridge (it only came after I’d just got back in my own car) without noticing that dead bird/fertiliser sacking just in front of me
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A fountain for those hiking around Türlersee. Temperature was around freezing point, well below it during the night. Thanks to the short exposure time, the water itself appears frozen.
Here’s a wider shot to illustrate the fountain. I really like how in Switzerland such fountains are available along most easier hiking trails, even in the mountains, and how animals are also taken into consideration: the overflow often feeds into another outlet close to the ground, where for example dogs can have access to water.
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My wife has recently had a hip replacement, but now is up to walking limited distances. We walked into Pitlochry for a coffee and a cake. When we walked into the café, the ground was clear. When we came out, it looked like this:
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If you had picked an outdoor / sidewalk cafe, you wouldn’t have been surprised by the weather.
Just sayin’… 
I did a long train trip recently… I took my old Fujifilm S5600 ‘bridge’ camera along, as well as a newer camera, just for fun - it was my first proper camera - way back in 2006!
Interestingly, it can shoot raw - albeit rather slowly. While it’s only 5mp, it’s amazing how much better the images look when processed in darktable.
The in-camera sharpening and noise reduction is a bit primitive I suppose, compared to modern methods.
Having said that I’ve actually left most of these un-denoised and unsharpened, as at least with this subject matter I feel like a slightly lo-fi style suits it.
Sydney Central Station. Next two images as well.
First Class Coach corridor
Taree Station
Forgotten where!
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