I’m Daniel Long and I hope you enjoy my photos!
All tagged Forest Photography
An extremely wet and rainy day but that doesn’t mean landscape photography can’t be done! I went to one of my favourite rainy day locations, the Birks of Aberfeldy. A wonderful forest walk with a cascading river full of small rapids, a landscape photographer’s dream. Short of time and light and wanting to concentrate on photography, I filmed most of it from my point of view…
During Lockdown I discovered this little loch not too far from home. It was spring and the lilies were in full bloom. I knew then that I wanted to photograph this lily loch during a colourful sunrise. Fast forward a while and I return to the loch in the autumn to finally photograph it with a beautiful sunrise.
A new location for me up on the Moray Coast lent itself to wonderful forest and beach photography. This remote sandy beach was hidden through a large pine forest requiring a hike of several kilometres to arrive, and as the beach comes into view there is a dead forest that is so unique I had to photo it! Then great sunset colours appeared over the sea!
Whenever I go to photograph red grouse, I see these rocky outcrops and hills and I’ve always wondered whether they would be good for landscape photography? Curiosity finally got the better of me and an evening walk was in order. The weather was changing so much that it brought the landscape to life and I had to go handheld to photograph the changing conditions. An excellent day of photography!
A quiet and calming exploration of a forest with several lochs inspired me to try various different landscape photography techniques and styles. Painterly reflections, black and white intimate abstract reflection, ICM photography of the forest, and a classic viewpoint composition. A great day of Landscape Photography!
After discussing the pressure of photography and the feeling of burning out, Daniel manages to find a couple of compositions on the loch shores as he looked for detailed landscape photography compositions. A bit of a mixed day with some images that don’t work out, but taking the time and slowing down allowed for a contemplative and rejuvenating day.
Battling the never ending midges, Daniel explored a local birch forest hoping that the misty conditions will develop into a full fog. While exploring he discovers vibrant colours blanketing the forest floor, oranges from dead bracken, pretty pinks and purples from flowering heather, and vibrant greens from the lush summer growth. An interesting morning of landscape photography…
Finally a calm day with no wind or rain, perfect conditions for photographing reflections on a small loch near by in the Cairngorms National Park. Daniel explores a small loch in this vlog episode during which he has to create an HDR image by combining several exposures together in post processing.
A very wet and drizzly morning meant that I went out to the birch woodland near to home to capture some forest photography. It was a surprisingly good morning, I managed to get some great traditional forest photography. As well as experimenting with ICM to create some interesting abstract woodland images.
It's the morning after a terrible day of photography, but this morning goes a lot better. Rising early, I went out in search of the mist for a second morning in a row and I encountered some amazing landscapes that created beautiful images. Swirling mist and colourful skies made for an amazing morning of landscape photography.
Wondering around the snowy forests of Abernethy led to a great photographic morning. I got some wonderful forest images of the snow and I even did some ICM. The second vlog I filmed, and I couldn’t have asked for more atmospheric conditions.
My first Vlog Upload. On an ill-fated morning I went out in search of misty conditions to photograph the local forest during the Corona Virus pandemic. The midges were out in full, and it was undeniably a Scottish morning. Inevitably things did not go according to plan…
