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Sunsets are probably one of the most popular photographic subjects, and I guess that I have my fair share too.  A few of my sunsets have proven very popular with calendar publishers, but generally sunsets don’t sell that often.  So, this week I’m highlighting an image I took many years ago and which has just sold for the first time.  Licenced through Alamy, it is being used as a greetings card.  I spotted this stand of trees near home and knew there was potential for a good picture given some nice light.  A setting sun dropping into a bank of fog and some snow were the final ingredients.

If you would like to licence this picture then click on this winter sunset link.

 View my other stock images of sunsets.

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PhotoShelter have added a few neat features, some of which I have incorporated into Scot-image.  Most noticeable will be the larger thumbnail images, increased from 100 to 160 pixels.  A less obvious but useful new feature is the gallery flash slide-show.  Here’s an example slide-show from my Vatersay gallery. Finally, PhotoShelter have tweaked the gubbins (IT tech term) and speeded up display times.

One of my favourite places in Scotland just has to be Buachaille Etive Mor on the edge of Rannoch Moor.  From just about all angles, time of day or season you can find a good shot (its a superb view from the top too!).  Blackrock Cottage is a popular foreground and this image, taken in the warm morning light of late summer, was licenced for use in an educational book in Japan.

If you would like to licence this picture then click on this Blackrock Cottage link. 

View my other stock images of Blackrock Cottage and Buachaille Etive Mor.

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The sale of the week this time around is this self portrait!  Yes, I used to be a drystone dyker (or waller for those south of the border) and earned my living for a decade practicing this fine rural craft.  Hopefully, I can still remember how to do it as I’m about to start landscaping our new garden!  The image was licenced via Alamy for a magazine sold in South Africa.  For anyone interested in learning more about drystone dyking visit the Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain.

If you would like to view other photos of drystone dyking, or licence this picture, then click on the image. 

 A drystone waller repairing a wall.

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Well, not anymore!  When the present paint job is completed in 2012 the world famous Forth Rail Bridge should not need painting for another 25 years, perhaps even as long as another 40 years, thus putting an end to the meaning of the phrase “like painting the Forth Rail Bridge”

The Forth Rail Bridge is an iconic image of Scotland.  For the photographer, the bridge’s structure and colour make it a great subject, and when viewed against either the sunrise or sunset it is quite stunning.

Click the pictures below to find Rights Managed, high-resolution photographs of the Forth Rail Bridge, ready for instant licencing and download.

 Painting the Forth Rail Bridge. View from North Queensferry.

 Forth Rail Bridge.

 The Forth Rail Bridge from the Superfast Ferry.

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Scottish sales are back in the fore this week again.  Most notable were three pictures of Torridon licenced for use in a tourist brochure, all of them autumn shots.  This illustrates well the forward planning and lead-in times for many publications.  On that basis then, it will be Christmas soon!  This image, with its chocolate box colours, was one of them.

If you would like to licence this picture then click on the image. 

 Beinn Eighe in Torridon.

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As you would expect, its the Scottish images that form the backbone of my business but pictures from many trips over recent years provide a steady income.  This week has seen a flurry of sales from overseas destinations such as Slovenia, Northern Cyprus, Belfast, and this one from Luxembourg.  It’s an image of a beautiful stained glass window depicting the Luxembourg City skyline and it is found in the city’s Gare Centrale .

Click the picture below to licence this image at Alamy.

 Stained glass window of Luxembourg City skyline. 

See my other stock images of Luxembourg City at Alamy.

See my stock images of Luxembourg outside the City at Alamy.

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I have one picture of a roundabout and it was licenced this week!  For a good fee too, via Alamy.  I had been shooting the Edinburgh skyline at first light from Salisbury Crags a couple of years ago and was about to pack up and head for a coffee when I spotted this roundabout.  It just seemed a clean graphical image.  Its no snap though - the camera was tripod mounted and I waited 20 minutes or so for two cars to appear in position.

Click the picture below to licence this image at Alamy.

 Roundabout with traffic.

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I’m often asked which pictures I sell and where I sell them.  Well, that’s not the kind of info I like to give away but I thought I would highlight a sale each week that is unusual, is licenced for a good fee, or surprises me in some way.  Don’t expect to see many “chocolate box” type images here.

A new version of scot-image has just been released!  Rather than migrate the site into WordPress I decided it would be easier to rewrite the old site using the wordpress theme.  A days worth of trial and error coding later and it was finished.  I hope you like it!

I’ve still to add a few more images to the home page and for some reason the pixellated effect slide show doesn’t work in Firefox.  Another day!

If you spot any mistakes, broken links, etc., please let me know.  Thanks.