http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/ en mike@mikemcfarlane.co.uk Copyright 2011 2011-09-08T12:44:09+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/view-of-the-giants-causeway-from-the-coastal-path/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/view-of-the-giants-causeway-from-the-coastal-path/#When:12:44:09Z A view of the Giant’s Causeway from the coastal path in a 360x180° image. To see this panorama as an interactive Virtual Tour, please visit moosooboo.com Recent Work 2011-09-08T12:44:09+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/giants-causeway-by-starlight/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/giants-causeway-by-starlight/#When:12:42:20Z A study of the Giant’s Causeway in a 360x180° image. To see this panorama as an interactive Virtual Tour, please visit moosooboo.com Recent Work 2011-09-08T12:42:20+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/sandymouth-3/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/sandymouth-3/#When:12:41:29Z A study of the rocks at Sandymouth in a 360x180° image. To see this panorama as an interactive Virtual Tour, please visit moosooboo.com Recent Work 2011-09-08T12:41:29+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/sandymouth-2/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/sandymouth-2/#When:12:39:38Z A study of the rocks at Sandymouth in a 360x180° image. To see this panorama as an interactive Virtual Tour, please visit moosooboo.com Recent Work 2011-09-08T12:39:38+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/sandymouth-1/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/sandymouth-1/#When:12:34:49Z A study of the rocks at Sandymouth in a 360x180° image. To see this panorama as an interactive Virtual Tour, please visit moosooboo.com Recent Work 2011-09-08T12:34:49+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/fast-castle-head/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/fast-castle-head/#When:09:10:13Z The rock on this stretch of coastline between Edinburgh and Berwick upon Tweed has been folded and tilted to give large slabs of the most amazing shapes. The weather battered ruin of Fast Castle sits on this very exposed headland. Mainland Scotland 2010-08-19T09:10:13+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/untitled2/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/untitled2/#When:10:40:09Z A work in progress, I’m going back in September when the colours will be a bit better and the rising sun will be in a better position to light the scene. Lake District - England 2009-07-22T10:40:09+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/hyper-dis-focus-isia/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/hyper-dis-focus-isia/#When:10:39:33Z ‘Hyper-dis-focus-isia’ - def’n: An enhanced state of mind where you are too mentally and pysically exhausted to really think about anything and only see in terms of colour, shape and line allowing the eye to get on with intuitive picture making without your conscious self getting in the way! Especially applies to summer landscape photography with its 3am starts and 11pm finishes! Lake District - England 2009-07-22T10:39:33+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/the-long-path-to-scafell/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/the-long-path-to-scafell/#When:10:38:45Z High up above Borrowdale, so early in the morning, even the dog has bags under her bleary eyes, we scramble through wild trees and rocky gorges to reach the summit. Not a path in sight, unlike so many hills in the Lake District, we find our own way, enjoying unspoilt beauty. No one comes this way! Lake District - England 2009-07-22T10:38:45+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/derwentwater2/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/derwentwater2/#When:10:36:01Z I’m going to hang this on the wall!, Derwentwater, Borrowdale, Lake District, Cumbria, England Our memories of the same event can be very different. For the young couple enjoying champagne and a picnic as the sun went down on Derwentwater, it was about being together on holiday. One of their photographs, of the many they were taking, was going to go onto canvas in their new home, a reminder of a great trip away together. For the solitary landscape photographer, no hand to hold, but other experiences. A few hours earlier I had been climbing the waterfall at the Lodore Falls. No, not the path up the side, I was climbing the boulders of the falls, admiring the mossy walls and the water carved funnels. And at conversation distance, what comes past, but a large sleek otter! Ignoring me, it carries on climbing the falls past me. What a treat. What a highlight to any day. And who knows, maybe this photograph will end up on someone’s wall too. Lake District - England 2009-07-22T10:36:01+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/derwentwater1/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/derwentwater1/#When:10:33:15Z I’m going to hang this on the wall! II, Derwentwater, Borrowdale, Lake District, Cumbria, England Another take on this classic view down Derwentwater. Initially I liked the cloud reflections, but the whole look is a bit too artificial and I prefer the mood of the darker view later in the evening. More romantic! Lake District - England 2009-07-22T10:33:15+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/fitful-head/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/fitful-head/#When:09:33:23Z Conditions change so fast on Shetland. A cluster of tiny islands taking the full force and weather of the Atlantic. The sky changes totally within minutes. The 200m cliffs poking out the Atlantic seem to divert the clouds, sometimes. You need to be very organised, previsualised and patient. Very patient (with a bagful of dry cloths for drying lenses.) I made a series of photographs of this scene in this week, the week that my father in law, Ian Cochrane Millar died. I’ll never forget the contrast of the sublime happiness of coming back from a morning in the landscape to that extreme sadness. I’ll never forget the guilt that I felt that I wasn’t there for my wife or her mum when the phone call came. We used this photograph on the order of service for his funeral, it seems all to apt for many reasons, but mainly just for that tiny hint of sun on the clouds whilst all around is dark. (Incidentally, the rocks on the right are Fitful Head and this is the bay where the Braer ran ashore in 1993.) Shetland - Scotland 2009-06-04T09:33:23+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/big-waves/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/big-waves/#When:09:32:33Z The cliffs are about 50 feet high! And that shadow from the wave ... Shetland - Scotland 2009-06-04T09:32:33+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/scatness/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/scatness/#When:09:31:52Z I spent one week exploring this tiny peninsula, a mile long and maybe a hundred meters wide. The character of geology, sea, flora, fauna and light was different in each tiny little bit - almost a macrocosm for the rest of Shetland. The iron age blockhouse can be seen as a rounded hump on the right side of the horizon - 2000years ago brought other travellers to this area too. Shetland - Scotland 2009-06-04T09:31:52+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/calm-scatness/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/calm-scatness/#When:09:31:43Z A calm morning at Scatness, Shetland. I love the reflection of the morning sky in the wet rock of the headland Shetland - Scotland 2009-06-04T09:31:43+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/windy-morning/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/windy-morning/#When:09:26:05Z Many people think that it is the wind that has resulted in the lack of trees on Shetland, but a change in the climate in the 18th century was the true cause. However, the high winds are the bane of the landscape photographer. That and the ever present moisture in the air. Shetland - beautiful, but challenging. Shetland - Scotland 2009-06-04T09:26:05+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/brae-wick4/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/brae-wick4/#When:09:25:12Z tba Shetland - Scotland 2009-06-04T09:25:12+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/brae-wick1/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/brae-wick1/#When:09:24:33Z tba Shetland - Scotland 2009-06-04T09:24:33+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/sea-stack/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/sea-stack/#When:09:24:21Z tba Shetland - Scotland 2009-06-04T09:24:21+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/grimsta/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/grimsta/#When:09:23:41Z In truth, I’m not very enamored with the composition of this photograph, but that wave. How full of life it is Shetland - Scotland 2009-06-04T09:23:41+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/i-forgot/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/i-forgot/#When:09:22:54Z I forgot how good it was to be alive With the wrens and the finches twittering in the cliffs above that I had just scrambled down from crumbly ledge to sharp little handholds A flotilla of diving cormorants floats past me Sitting on a 100 ton boulder As the next giant waves breaks feet away A wave that could crush or grind me to paste It disappears under my boulder shaking it and drenching me in spray Now I am alive. Shetland - Scotland 2009-06-04T09:22:54+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/waves-2/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/waves-2/#When:09:22:30Z tbc Shetland - Scotland 2009-06-04T09:22:30+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/tombolo-and-white-horses/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/tombolo-and-white-horses/#When:09:21:48Z tbc Shetland - Scotland 2009-06-04T09:21:48+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/waves-1/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/waves-1/#When:09:21:38Z Many are drawn to St Ninians Isle for its history and the world class tombolo, which despite many visits I have failed to make a pleasing photograph off. But I’ve been looking at the wrong thing! I’m always drawn to the amazing waves here, driving in from both sides forever rebuilding the tombolo. It’s important in art to follow instinct and emotional response - now I realise. Shetland - Scotland 2009-06-04T09:21:38+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/brae-wick2/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/brae-wick2/#When:09:19:10Z tbc Shetland - Scotland 2009-06-04T09:19:10+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/brae-wick3/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/brae-wick3/#When:09:19:00Z Even the gloom has grandeur and glorious subtlety in Shetland. Shetland - Scotland 2009-06-04T09:19:00+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/muckle-roe/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/muckle-roe/#When:09:18:20Z tbc Shetland - Scotland 2009-06-04T09:18:20+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/orton-scar/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/orton-scar/#When:09:17:01Z My first visit to this limestone pavement. I wanted to capture some of the wildness and remoteness of the area, but show that life does survive there, with difficulty! North of England 2009-06-04T09:17:01+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/twisted/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/twisted/#When:09:16:37Z Walking towards this castle, I got the feeling that I had walked into a hall of crazy mirrors. The castle looked like it had twisted the landscape around it due to sheer presence. The bed of dolerite that the castle sits on has been twisted and compressed by the weight of the castle fighting the earths rotation. the wall struggles to keep up and the poor old sea routs in terror. The nightmare king among castles, maybe the ring was used to tie it up! Northumberland - England 2009-06-04T09:16:37+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/stormy-morning-at-howick-bath-house/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/stormy-morning-at-howick-bath-house/#When:09:16:24Z Waves and light, two of my favourite parts of landscape photography. The lovely old house must receive a severe battering in big storms. Northumberland - England 2009-06-04T09:16:24+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/first-light1/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/first-light1/#When:09:15:50Z I was in tears by this point. The photograph says it all. Northumberland - England 2009-06-04T09:15:50+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/newton-haven/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/newton-haven/#When:09:15:01Z Edge of the land, edge of the day, edge of the weather, edge of my tether this morning. As a photographer I am fascinated by the edges of things. Northumberland - England 2009-06-04T09:15:01+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/sand-ripples/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/sand-ripples/#When:09:14:23Z Many people visit Bamburgh to walk along the miles of golden beaches and enjoy the fresh, fresh air. The tide and the wind create many ripples in the sand. Add some morning light and I was happy. Northumberland - England 2009-06-04T09:14:23+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/moonrise/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/moonrise/#When:09:14:11Z I’ve always wanted to try this milky sea effect from a really, really long exposure during the night. It turned out to be a really scary experience. The tide had just turned and was going out, but the waves were still crashing over the rocks, and me! The rock was really slippery and it was really dark so I couldn’t see a thing. Great combination for a scary trip back to dry land. Northumberland - England 2009-06-04T09:14:11+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/cloud-reflections/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/cloud-reflections/#When:09:13:34Z I did a number of compositions of this seaweed and patterned sand showing the morning clouds reflected in the wet sand. I like the way in this one that the shape of the seaweed flows into the cloud reflection. Northumberland - England 2009-06-04T09:13:34+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/quartz-and-granite/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/quartz-and-granite/#When:09:12:53Z A study of grantite, quartz and mussel inlets on Knoydart, Scotland. Mainland Scotland 2009-06-04T09:12:53+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/howick/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/howick/#When:09:11:48Z Howick was the site of one of the earliest UK settlements. Did the ancients wonder at the beauty of this place in the same way that I did? Northumberland - England 2009-06-04T09:11:48+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/silence2/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/silence2/#When:09:10:00Z Dunstanburgh Castle is much photographed and for good reason. The classic shot involves the gorgeous round black boulders nearer the castle, but I was looking for something different. I took a strong simple foreground that minimised the castle and waited for the light in perfect silence. Northumberland - England 2009-06-04T09:10:00+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/silence1/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/silence1/#When:09:09:11Z I was stood talking to a real live Viking whilst watching this scene. Whilst I usually like photographing alone, sometimes company is good. A long shutter speed with an inverted 0.6 ND grad gave the water a smooth look and darkened the water down for this zen like composition. Northumberland - England 2009-06-04T09:09:11+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/natures-song-sheet/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/natures-song-sheet/#When:09:08:33Z With the swallows twittering and the seals barking in the background, this was quite a symphony. (Holy Island of Lindisfarne 2006. This was a good year with most breeding pairs having 3 or four broods over the summer.) Northumberland - England 2009-06-04T09:08:33+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/autumn-rowan/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/autumn-rowan/#When:09:08:21Z I took this photo for my wife who loves rowan trees, very Scottish you see, my wife and rowan trees. Taken as the last rays of a stormy day lit up the tree and the wonderful sky was captured in Crag Lough. Northumberland - England 2009-06-04T09:08:21+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/lobster-pot/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/lobster-pot/#When:09:07:56Z Who has caught who? Northumberland - England 2009-06-04T09:07:56+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/sycamore-gap/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/sycamore-gap/#When:09:07:44Z A rainbow of colour as the sun sets on Sycamore Gap, Hadrian’s Wall. Northumberland - England 2009-06-04T09:07:44+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/a-new-road/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/a-new-road/#When:09:06:25Z Well, not really a new road, actually a very old one leading up to the magnificent Durham Cathedral. The title is in honour of my sister and brother in law who are expecting their first baby in February 2007 - this photograph is dedicated to Kate and Bernard. North of England 2009-06-04T09:06:25+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/saltburn-by-the-sea/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/saltburn-by-the-sea/#When:09:05:40Z coming.. North of England 2009-06-04T09:05:40+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/infinity/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/infinity/#When:09:04:25Z Saltburn is the classic British holiday resort with it’s long beaches, tall sea front hotels and of course, a pier. I liked the hard geometry of the pier with the soft dusk clouds. North of England 2009-06-04T09:04:25+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/still-life/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/still-life/#When:21:06:02Z Inspired by a tabletop still life. Skye - Scotland 2008-06-12T21:06:02+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/waterlilies-on-the-way-to-elgol/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/waterlilies-on-the-way-to-elgol/#When:21:05:23Z I’ve missed you! The break in my heart is matched only by the size of the gulf of loneliness at my side. Where are you? Why am I here? Alone? In this giant world of wonder, You are my waterlily, A small pinprick of beauty in bloom. Skye - Scotland 2008-06-12T21:05:23+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/foxglove/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/foxglove/#When:21:05:13Z Dare to be different! Skye - Scotland 2008-06-12T21:05:13+00:00 http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/morning-blues-and-hues/ http://www.mikemcfarlane.co.uk/gallery/view/morning-blues-and-hues/#When:21:04:33Z I can barely see through sleep clouded eyes, still in the dreamtime, maybe awake, maybe in between Skye - Scotland 2008-06-12T21:04:33+00:00