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Lorraine Parramore
@loriargyll.bsky.social
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Well travelled Brummie happily living in Scotland since 2012. Loves the coast, mountains, wild places, hence photography. I enjoy reading fantasy and sci-fi. Armchair follower of politics. Treasurer, Cowal Camera Club. All images are mine except re-posts.
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Lorraine Parramore @loriargyll.bsky.social · Jan 24
Overwhelmed by all the love for my North Devon image. 🙏 Feeling very battered by Storm Éowyn in Argyll today. Need a calm and soothing image taken last year walking on #Camusdarach beach on the west #coast of #Scotland. Hand held 1.5sec exposure.
#landscapephotography #seascape #photography #scape
A painterly scene of a smooth sandy beach, lapped by gentle waves from a light blue- green sea which meets a cloudy blue-grey sky. A dreich day as Scots call low cloud and drizzle. The darker blue smudges in the distance are part of Skye and the Small Isles. The sailing ship was at anchor, but not here! Taken from another recent shot at Criccieth Bay off the Welsh coast. I believe it was there for a film set. I felt the image needed more interest.
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Arrived on the #Northumberland coast for a week's photography. Weather looking much better than it did some weeks ago. 😁
An image from my last visit, looking out from Bamburgh.

#landscape #photography #coast
A long exposure image looking out from a sandy shore to sea, with a small lighthouse on an island in the far distance. The colour tones start from golden sand to flat, black rocks with whispery waves between them. Then blue green water, and lightly pink clouds above darker blue ones.
February 14, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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Room with a View!
Great scene, shame about Moine House ruin, lying in the Flow Country between Durness and Kyle of Tongue.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFramed #Photography #Scotland #ClassicMono
An image taken from inside a dark ruined building, looking out through an empty, rectangular window frame onto a bright scene of moorland and mountain in the distance.
February 10, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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Just an expanse of ocean, storm clouds, a lone bird, and weird sunset light on a previous trip to West Lewis, #OuterHebrides

#Landscape #Photography #Coast #Stormhour #Clouds
Nothing but dark grey water in the immediate foreground, and an expanse of sky filled with dark storm clouds. A burnt orange coloured gap in the clouds floods bright light rays onto a patch of sea in the distance. A lone bird can just be seen flying above the light.
February 4, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Last light, West Lewis, for #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Clouds

#Landscapes #Photography, #Seascape #photohour #nature
Late evening pink and blue clouds reflect in a tidal pool on a sandy beach, separated by low level coastal hills.
January 31, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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Couldn't resist a repost from a year ago for #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Clouds
New images later. Love clouds. ❤️
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A dramatic cloud formation, taken while I was on the lovely beach at Oldshoremore, features more strongly in black and white. There are many stunning bays in the remote North-west Sutherland area of #Scotland
#Landscapephotography
#Clouds #Photography #blackandwhitephotography
#Nature #Seascapes
Mono image of gentle wave heading for wide beach amongst dunes and hills, with a large semi circular shaped rain cloud inland.
January 31, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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Amazing patterns left behind as the tide goes out on Seilebost beach, #Harris

#landscape #TidesoutTuesday #coast #Photography
A close-up abstract maze of intricate patterns and ridges, formed by the dark silt of the outflowing river, across the golden sand beach at low tide.
January 27, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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It took me more than 4 years to capture a scene I could only dream of. A magnificent Condor soars above the peaks of Argentina's Mount Fitz Roy, as they are spot lit in beautiful morning light.

#bluesky #photography #landscape #birds #nature #art
#landscapephotography #naturephotography #sunrise
January 26, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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Quite glad that the big story in British politics is whether Andy Burnham will apply to stand in a by-election and not people being gunned down by state militias.

Solidarity with Minnesotans resisting this barbarity.
January 24, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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For #BlueSkyArtShow today's theme #Cold

The rocky, north side of Ben Nevis, UK's highest mountain, taken while walking by Aonach Mor ski centre, near Fort William.

#landscape #Photography #Scotland #mountains
A black and white image with splashes of snow on rounded hills. In the background, the snow crevassed, rocky aspect of Ben Nevis rises to a dark sky with sun lighting up some clouds.
January 24, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.
January 21, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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A collection of majestic, ocean-themed photos
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January 19, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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So lucky to be in #Harris when snowstorms arrived last November. Looking across to the Harris hills from Seilebost.

#photography #landscape #stunday #nature #stormhour #photohour #snowstorm
A view across a low-tide beach with blue sea and gentle waves curving over the river outlet, looking across to sunlit snow capped hills, and a stormy sky.
January 18, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,

The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance

Iconic imo
Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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Greenland Is Ready

#greenland #denmark #trump
January 17, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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For #BlueSkyArtShow today's theme #Vibrant
One of those winter sunsets reflecting on the wet sands at Woolacombe Bay, North Devon.

#landscape #photography #sunset #beach #nature #photohour
The silhouette of a lone walker and dog at sunset strolling along a sandy beach at low tide. The vibrant yellow/orange sunset sky lights up the wet sands into various shades of bright orange, highlighting the patterns and ridges of the sandy beach in the foreground.
January 10, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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If your home is covered in snow, or battered by wind, here's a reminder of warmer days. Taken last August on the island of #Sanday #Orkney #Scotland
The beautiful Tres Ness peninsula, a narrow white sand dune strip separates a tidal lagoon from the North Sea.

#Scape #landscape #beach
A mix of white sand and stones, and sparse long grasses in the foreground. Large dunes stretch to the horizon with calm, blue water either side. The sky is blue with occasional light cloud. There aren't many other places in Orkney like Tresness & Cata Sand. The beach itself is part of a thin peninsula, splitting a sheltered tidal bay, and the North Sea. Backed by huge dunes, the white sand carries on northwards up the coast of the Bay of Newark. Cata Sand is the name given to the tidal lagoon behind the dunes. This flat, sandy plain quickly fills with water when the tide comes in.
January 9, 2026 at 9:48 AM
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A bit of serendipity this morning - didn’t feel safe going out in the car so went to the canal instead and saw this. My comedy moment for the year 🦢🤪

[Vertical video so needs a click]

#sillyswan #iphone15pro
January 3, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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Happy New Year #Bluesky A huge thank you to followers for your support. It means a lot. 😁
May all your storm clouds end in rainbows.
I've visited the #Callanish Stones on #Lewis many times, but never bettered these conditions a few years ago.

#Photography #Scotland #StandingStones #HistoricMonument
A large group of historic standing stones bathed in late sunlight. A rainbow arcs behind the stones across the black sky. The 5,000 year old Neolithic stone complex, older than Stonehenge, features a 13 stone circle with a central monolith. A cross shaped arrangement of stone rows extends outwards. Made from local Lewisian gneiss.
January 1, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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I can watch waves breaking on the shore for hours. Hand held long exposure from last November. Just one of the large sandy bays on the north-west of #Lewis

#landscape #photography #coast #ICM #seascape
A late afternoon image filled with low, fluffy clouds above distant white rolling waves, flooding a golden sand beach with white streaky foam.
December 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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I couldn't resist a photo of these unusually coloured and shaped coastal rocks on the Isle of #Sanday, #Orkney Outgoing tide had left behind small pebbles making a contrasting composition. One that gave me a surprising win at my camera club. 👍😁
#RockonTuesday #TidesoutTuesday #landscape
A close up of flat, smooth surfaced, golden coloured rocks, intersected by ridges and lines, with a diametric wider ridge filled with dark, small pebbles.
December 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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To celebrate one year of #BlueSkyArtShow. Glorious late afternoon light on a stormy day on the isle of #Lewis recently. I had little time to dash to the car before the rain arrived.

#OpenHouse #landscape #StormHour #Nature #Photography #Coast
The foreground features the remains of frothy waves swirling onto a golden sandy beach. In the distance a dark rain cloud heads across the horizon. Warm sunlight at the end of the day, lights up rugged sea cliffs on the distant headland, and forms golden highlights in the water.
December 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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On my way to a beach near Leverburgh, on South Harris, this #silhouette of houses along the Northton road, and distinctive outline of Ceapabhal hill stopped me in my tracks. Taken on November trip to #OuterHebrides

#photography #landscape #Stunday #Scotland #sunset #photohour
A sliver of bright yellow sunlight lies on the horizon behind a few houses and a low lying elongated hill. In the foreground a tidal loch reflects the pink, orange, blues and greys of the dark cloudy sky.
December 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Ardalanish Beach on the island of #Mull is a haven for interesting rocks. This small stream finds a way through at low tide.

#scapes #photography #landscape #coast #Scotland
Flat smooth rocks on one side of the image contrast with a jagged rock face on the other side. Threading its way through over wet sand is a tidal stream, heading out to the distant sea, and cold, grey sky.
December 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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A snow squall sweeps over the mountains of #Harris a few weeks ago. November can be an exciting time to visit the #OuterHebrides

#blueskymonday #stormhour #landscape #mountainmonday #photography #Scotland
Snow laden storm cloud engulfs snow capped hills with blue sky above. In the foreground lies a windswept sandy beach and deep blue choppy sea.
December 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Just starting to edit #Fujifilm #HarrisandLewis images from November. Starting with the view over Scarista for #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Sky There was recent snow on the North Harris hills nearby, but in South Harris none.

#photography #landscape #coast #stormhour #Scotland
A blue sky filling the horizon with a striated sky behind the dark rounded hill of Ceapabhal, and a storm cloud with a bright, partial rainbow on the other side. In the foreground completing the curve of a sandy bay is the cropped green grass on the golf course.
December 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM