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Fiona McLean
@fionamclean.bsky.social
🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Canadian based in Scotland & BC
📷 Landscape photographer focusing on waterfalls, drone, ICM & macro
🥾Qualified hiking guide in Canada & UK
🌎 Tour operator & travel advisor
🚺 Advocate for women in photography & outdoor industry
Happy World Tourism Day!

This year’s theme is “Tourism and Sustainable Transformation” to highlight tourism’s transformative potential to bring about positive change.

This video shows some of the places where I take clients when they come on a trip with me in Scotland.

#visitscotland #scotland
September 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
That’s a wrap for this year’s Edinburgh Festival.

The Tattoo finished on Saturday, the Festival finished yesterday, and the Fringe finishes today.

I missed most of it but got to take clients to see the pipers coming down the Royal Mile after their performance at the Tattoo.

#edinburgh #scotland
August 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A little bit of urban ICM (intentional camera movement) from Montreal when I was there last September/October. I love how the modern architecture there lends itself so well to ICM.

#icm #intentionalcameramovement #longexposure #motionblur #abstract #femalephotographer #montreal #quebec #canada
April 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Oops! I missed sharing this yesterday for Waterfall Wednesday.

I found this gorgeous little waterfall last summer while in northern Italy for a few days after a scouting trip in Slovenia and Croatia. It was one of my faves.

#waterfalls #waterfallphotography #longexposure #landscapephotographer
April 3, 2025 at 6:37 AM
One of my favourite moments from the winter was an afternoon in mid-Jan spent at one of the beaches in Vancouver. It was just before sunset with the golden pink of the clouds above reflecting on the waves.

#icm #icmphotography #longexposure #landscapephotography #femalephotographer #vancouver
March 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
If you saw my last post where I asked about the difference between two similar looking images, here’s what made them different.

The NiSi True Color circular polariser. The first image was with the polariser, the second one was without it.

#longexposure #landscapephotography #femalephotographer
March 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
What’s the difference between these two images?

They were shot at exactly the same settings and I edited them exactly the same.

#scotland #longexposure #naturephotography #landscapephotography #femalephotographer #womenphotographers #nisiuk #canonuk
March 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I’ve just spent a couple of weeks on Vancouver Island and took a much needed break from social media.

Here’s a video from a sunset ICM shoot ☺️

#canada #explorecanada #explorebc #westcoastbestcoast #vancouverisland #landscape #reflections #sunset #seascape #femalephotographer #womenphotographers
February 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Happy Burns Night!

Today we celebrate the 266th birthday of Robbie Burns, the Scottish Bard.

Hope you get to enjoy some haggis with tatties and ‘neeps tonight and maybe a wee dram of whisky 🥃

#burnsnight #robbieburns #scotland #visitscotland #scottishcastles #scotlandtravel #scottishhighlands
January 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is my favourite drone shot and also one of my faves overall.

The story behind the image is in the alt text.

#topdowntuesday #womenwhodrone #dronephotography #aerialphotography #drone #femalephotographer #womenphotographers #britishcolumbia #canada
January 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Here’s a pretty scene and some nice music as a dose of positivity and calmness for anyone who needs it today.

#vancouver #vancouverbc #vancity #explorebc #westcoastbestcoast #canada #explorecanada #femalephotographer #womenphotographers #calmness #staypositive
January 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We’ve had some absolutely stunning sunsets in Vancouver over the past week. The sky has been on fire! 🔥

#vancouver #vancity #explorebc #westcoastbestcoast #canada #explorecanada #femalephotographer #womenphotographers #sunset
January 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I’d been wanting to see puffins for years! Each year I’d tell myself I’d go see them but I’d wait and suddenly it was too late. I wasn’t going to let that happen again. I finally made it.

#wildlifewednesday #wildlifephotography #wildlifeconservation #puffins #scotland #hebrides #femalephotographer
January 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I haven’t had many opportunities to get drone images in Scotland with snow. So when you’ve got snow around, you have to take advantage of it!

#topdowntuesday #womenwhodrone #dronephotography #dronepilot #scotland #scottishhighlands #womenphotographers #femalephotographer #abstract
January 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Narcissus Poeticus

Also known as Poet’s Narcissus or the Poet’s Daffodil.

I shot this last spring just as the daffodils were starting to wilt. I quite liked the curling petals.

#macro #macrophotography #macromonday #closeupphotography #edinburgh #scotland #femalephotographer #womenphotographers
January 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Happy Macro Monday!

I love the transition between autumn and winter when the two seasons collide.

I enjoy shooting dead and dried up leaves and plants for their patterns and textures.

#macromonday #macrophotography #macro #closeupphotography #closeup #femalephotographer #womenphotographers
December 30, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Merry Christmas from a very wet, grey and rainy Vancouver! 🎄

Maybe the Vancouver version of the song should be more like “I’m dreaming of a *wet* Christmas” 😆

#raincouver #vancouver #beautifulbc #merrychristmas2024 #notawhitechristmas #wetchristmas #canada #westcoastbestcoast
December 25, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Wishing everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy holiday season!

Here’s an image of the remains of a burnt forest covered in snow.

#topdowntuesday #womenwhodrone #dronephotography #dronepilot #djimini3pro #aerialphotography #femalephotographer #womenphotographers #abstract #canada #alberta
December 24, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Happy Winter Solstice! ❄️

We don’t get snow in Scotland that often, so when we do, you have to get out and make the most of it.

Scenes from Speyside a month ago today.

#wintersolstice #winterishere #scotland #scottishhighlands #visitscotland #womenphotographers #woodlands #naturephotography
December 22, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Two years ago I spent a month in Brazil visiting my brother over Christmas. We spent a few days at the beach, so I did a little ICM.

#icm #intentionalcameramovement #icmphotography #motionblur #longexpo #longexposure #brazil #santacatarina #femalephotographer #womenphotographers
December 20, 2024 at 2:37 PM
I love how using a drone gives you a perspective that you don’t get from below on the ground.

This river in the Rockies had started icing over and the colour of the water under the ice was stunning!

#topdowntuesday #dronephotography #aerialphotography #womenwhodrone #abstract #femalephotographer
December 17, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Is Macro Monday a thing?

This is one of the first shots I took after buying my macro lens. I was looking for some interesting plants next to the sea and found this fishing rope instead.

#macro #macromonday #macrophotography #closeupphotography #closeup #femalephotographer #womeninphotography
December 16, 2024 at 2:14 PM
This is not only the place that I used to love, it’s the place I still love more than anywhere else and the one I’ll always love, no matter where I live or travel. It’s home 🥰🥹

#vancouver #britishcolumbia #beautifulbc #explorebc #canada #explorecanada #femalephotographer #sunrise #fog
December 14, 2024 at 4:04 PM
A little ICM to start the weekend off. This is a shot of some fresh grass back in the spring.

#icm #intentionalcameramovement #icmphotography #longexpo #naturephotography #scotland #edinburgh #femalephotographer #womenphotographers
December 13, 2024 at 5:08 PM
I started doing macro a few years ago, but just dabbling as I was using my 24-105 lens. I finally bought a macro lens a couple of years ago and have enjoyed playing around with it, including with abstract scenes.

#macrophotography #macro #closeupphotography #femalephotographer #womeninphotography
December 11, 2024 at 4:20 PM