Down the Clyde to Arran. As usual, the colours and light changed constantly, and these were taken when the light favoured the sky rather than Arran itself. Reminds me of my North Berwick photo of last December.

Just a quick snap of the magpie building a nest just outside my window. won't get such a good view once the tree gets leaves on it, but at the moment it is great. I've seen a definite change in behaviour over the last few days. Far less chattering, and more tinkering of the nest construction. They were very perturbed by the snow at the weekend which engulfed the nest, and you can still see some remnants of it in the base now.  

Sunrise at the Sighthill flats. 

Starting to get the hang of the 50mm f1.8, even though this isn't a particularly interesting shot, it shows the detail you can get. 

The Botanics in Glasgow are really just another public park, so building snowmen is not frowned upon as it might be in Edinburgh. Also, as there are lots of Students around, the snowmen tend to get quite big. 

A beautifully tranquil Kelvin. 

A very hastily created snowman - easy though as the snow was more than 6 inches deep. See the park benches. 

This car isn't going anywhere soon! 

A first test of the 50mm f1.8. Looks great so far - obviously, its forte (at least indoors) will be portraits, and these won't be going on the site. But I shall try and take some landscapes with it - I remember the days before zooms and am quite looking forward to the discipline of a prime again. 

See the next post. I initially posted this without any PP, then thought that I should do the lens a bit of justice. So I had to then edit the entry to reflect that this is the 'straight from camera shot' and the next is the PP'd one.