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Lorraine Parramore
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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 · Dec 10
Recently I've experimented with Intentional Camera Movement, ICM, a camera process that conveys the atmosphere and emotions I felt at the time. Here in the #OuterHebrides it was the sunset reflecting on the gentle waves.
#landscapephotography #seascapephotography #nature #abstractphotography
An orange tinted sunset behind a coastal hill and open sea, with gentle rolling waves reflecting the sunset colours of blue, purple, and orange. Composed using a gentle movement of the camera during a long exposure to create a soft blur. Taken on one of the stunning beaches on Lewis.
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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
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The Spout. A wave powered geyser on The East Coast Trail, #Newfoundland, Canada. #trail #hikibg #backpackibg
October 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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#BlueSkyArtShow today's theme #Small
Spot the upturned sea shell amongst the amazing tidal beach patterns found at Seilebost beach on Harris. A phone image taken last Monday. Heading there again today. ❤️
#beach #photography
A close up of diagonal ridges of black and light coloured sand patterns with a small seashell in the corner.
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Such a treat to be on Lewis and Harris when snow storms pass through. A phone image until I get home. Since Sunday, we've had calm sunshine, rainbows, freezing wind, intense white snow clouds. Just perfect for an already photogenic island.

#scape #landscape #Scotland #stormhour #coast
The glorious view of the tidal bay of Luskentyre with snow capped Harris hills in the distance. Small waves in a blue sea curve around small rocks in the foreground. In the middle distance the sun shines on the high Rosamol beach sand dunes.
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Winter blues. A cold day at Mellon Udrigle beach on the north-west coast of #Scotland

#landscapephotography #photography #coast
In the foreground a freshwater stream cuts through the smooth, soft brown sand forming mini 'cliffs' and a sand castle as it heads to the sea. On the horizon the hilly coastline and overcast sky have a blue tinge, the same as the sea.
November 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Evening swimmers, Woody Bay, North Devon.

#BlueSkyArtShow Theme #Evening

#photography #landscape #sunset
A rocky shore didn't prevent three swimmers enjoying a late evening dip, following a warm day that ends with a cloudless orange hued sky with the sun about to set.
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Little rocks can still make a big splash! Off the west coast of Barra last year.

#RockinTuesday #photography #landscape #StormHour #ClassicMono #PhotoHour
Black and white, close-up coastal image. Small black rock piles jut out into a stormy sea producing a large exploding splash of water as waves hit the shore. Set against a dark, almost black sky.
November 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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For #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Autumn Eas Chia-aig lies between Loch Lochy and Loch Arkaig. Eas is Scottish Gaelic for waterfall.

#landscapephotography #photography #waterfall #Scotland #nature
Two small drop waterfalls lie diagonally above each other. They flow over dark rugged rock covered in autumn/fall coloured small trees and bushes into a small pool known as the Witches Cauldren.
November 1, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Rhue #Lighthouse guards the entrance to Loch Broom and Ullapool, on the far north west of #Scotland. This image was taken on a dreich day in June this year, though overall we've had a great summer. 😁

#Stunday #Landscape #Photography #ClassicMono #blackandwhite
Foreground rocks, covered in white splodges of lichen, with a small pool of water nestled in between, lead to a relatively small, white lighthouse. In the background the hills are hidden by low, heavy clouds.
October 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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At what point when you’re paying troops with your own private money do they not just become mercenaries
October 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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The Kyle of Durness on the North-West Scottish coast, produces fascinating patterns on its sandbanks at low tide. A burst of evening sunlight penetrates the gloom inland.

#photography #landscapephotography #coast #Scotland #KyleofDurness
The image features a small, sunlit motor boat in the foreground, with zig-zag patterns over the golden sandbanks revealed by low tide in the centre. Mountains rise from the coastal edge overhung by dark clouds with a hint of evening pink sunset.
October 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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#BlueSkyArtShow theme today is #Vertical
The stunning cliffs of #Yesnaby on the west coast of mainland #Orkney featuring a stack with a natural arch known as the castle.

#photography #landscapephotography #coast
Taken on a sunny but blustery day last August, vertical rocky cliffs emerge from a deep blue, wave splattered sea. A delicate sea stack lies just off shore.
October 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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With all the drama you'd expect to encounter on Harris, sometimes it's just bloody lovely.

#Scotland
#Photography
October 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Glow
Last light on my local freshwater loch, Loch Eck, last January.

#landscapephotography #Scotland #nature #photography #sunset
A serene image on a clear winter evening, looking down the loch. In the foreground lies still water; dark forested hills on either side in the centre, with snow capped mountains behind. In the distance the sky glows orange.
October 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Pink and Blue Hour on a Northumberland beach. A hand held long exposure rather than true ICM late one evening, to portray a soft, painterly mood. Just booked a week back here for next February.
#landscapephotography #photography #coast #bluehour
A late evening sandy beach scene, of pastel pinks and blues, showing a glimmer of pink light in the sky and reflected in the wet sand. Shadowed undulations add depth to the beach, and gentle shadow waves line the sea.
October 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Where better to #relax than a deserted beach. The stunning Backaskaill Bay on the island of #Sanday, #Orkney this August.

#BlueSkyArtShow #landscapephotography #nature #coast #photography
At low tide, sand ripples spread vertically in the foreground along a long white sand beach, with a left-behind shallow pool adding a blue sky reflection in the centre, with a sliver of water running to the sea.
October 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Still feels like summer here in Dunoon, but foliage starting to turn.
#Scape taken a few years ago overlooking the Crinan Canal in Argyll and Bute. The 9 mile long canal, opened in 1801, provides a navigable route to cut off the long sail around the Kintyre Peninsula.
#landscapephotography
A view looking down on the Crinan canal, with a few yachts in the basin, showing the curve of the towpath separating the sea inlet from the canal. The small, local hillsides show the trees starting to turn from green to brown in places, but still mostly green.
September 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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It’s gone so quickly from ‘boat people’ to all immigrants. So quickly from ‘I don’t mind if they come here legally and pay taxes’ to ‘actually it’s anyone foreign’. We are living in the ‘first they came for’ poem. All to give the population a scapegoat so the super rich can hoard yet more wealth.
September 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Starting the week with #BlueSkyMonday. Dried winter reeds from St Abbs Head trip earlier this year.

#Photography #nature #landscapephotography
Looking up at tall, thin stalked, dried winter reeds, against a blue sky. The blackened, fluffy seed heads are blowing in the breeze.
September 22, 2025 at 8:46 AM