Winter on the Gatehouse Road

You would be forgiven in thinking that we have a lot of snow here on the coast, but you would be wrong. The reason there are snow pictures is because it’s less usual so you have go out when it happens and take lots of photos. This was taken on the day when I went to Castle Douglas to visit the surgery when I should have been in Gatehouse of Fleet.

15 thoughts on “Winter on the Gatehouse Road”

Sreejith Nair on February 14, 2015 at 5:13 pm said:

Quite an interesting work, John 🙂

Have a beautiful weekend 🙂

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- smithiesshutter on February 14, 2015 at 6:47 pm said:
  
  Thanks Sreetith. Off to a national photo championship tomorrow. All the best to you.
  
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Amy Sampson on February 14, 2015 at 9:24 pm said:

I wish snow scenes were rare here in Atlantic Canada. *sigh*

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- smithiesshutter on February 14, 2015 at 11:04 pm said:
  
  Ah, we certainly get variety here……so there’s much more to complain about here! Thanks Amy.
  
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allentimphotos2 on February 14, 2015 at 10:37 pm said:

Stark but a dramatic image. I particularly like the curve of the road and the dark moving to light. Very nicely done.
Did you hear how you did on the competition where you had the village scene in color?

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- smithiesshutter on February 14, 2015 at 11:01 pm said:
  
  Thanks Tim, I’m off to Stirling tomorrow to hear the results of a national competition, so it will be a long day.
  
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  - allentimphotos2 on February 14, 2015 at 11:18 pm said:
    
    I’ll have my fingers crossed
    
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    - smithiesshutter on February 15, 2015 at 11:11 pm said:
      
      Last time I was awarded a bronze medal for a judges favourite image. This time not so good. I think one print got a 12 out of 15. They seemed to be quite harsh marking the monochrome prints. You win some, you lose some!
      
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      - allentimphotos2 on February 16, 2015 at 3:36 am said:
        
        John, I’m sorry to hear that. Judges can and are subjective. They would like to think other wise but…. I preferred the color version. How many images were you allowed to enter?
        
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        smithiesshutter on February 17, 2015 at 12:16 am said:
        
        I entered 3 mono and three colour. There were 3 doing the judging, so I think it was a balanced assessment.. Our club has improved its position, coming about 18th out of 30 Scottish clubs…..quite good as we’re only a small club and have done better than some larger clubs.
        My best result was for Winter Haze. https://smithiesshutter.wordpress.com/2015/01/12/winter-haze/
        
        allentimphotos2 on February 17, 2015 at 1:33 am said:
        
        Congratulations to you and your photography club. Competitions with criticism can be valuable to improving. It sounds like that is the case in your club. The Santa Rosa Photography Society of which I’m member, seems to do well among those 11 clubs in the San Francisco Bay Area.
        I too like Winter Haze. It is more than just a nice landscape. It has tension and dynamics.
        
        smithiesshutter on February 17, 2015 at 1:10 pm said:
        
        Hi Tim and thanks for your observations. With one club competition to go (and that will have Winter Haze as an entry), I am currently ahead this season in group 1, so keeping my fingers crossed!
        
        allentimphotos2 on February 17, 2015 at 6:43 pm said:
        
        Congrats and I too have my fingers toes crossed
mjculverphotography on February 16, 2015 at 1:15 am said:

Lovely composition and tone. Have a great week.

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- smithiesshutter on February 16, 2015 at 1:17 pm said:
  
  Am now following your fascinating blog….thanks for dropping by.
  
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