cairngorms national park

Haiku: Heavenly Portal

Lochan Mor

a male mallard duck pecking at the ice on a frozen loch

iced-up loch
so many rainbows
resting here

a male mallard duck standing on a frozen loch

Wishing you all a blessed Sunday,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/4 – 1/160 s – ISO 160, f/2.8 – 1/100 s – ISO 160 and f/2.8 – 1/100 s – ISO 200.

Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Portal

Carpe Diem #1795: New Beginnings – Rainbow

Haiku: Autumn Air

a stream flowing through the glen below pine trees, heather and ferns

green to gold
in a world of treasures
autumn air

close up shot of golden ferns with a shimmer of green still showing

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/3.2, 1/125 s, ISO 100 and f/3.2, 1/60 s, ISO 125.

Rag Tag Daily Prompt: Fall

Tanka: Red Squirrel

Cairngorms National Park

red squirrel eating a nut in a pine tree

so gentle
his eyes, the curl in his tail
red squirrel
at home in this pine forest
I will always remember

red squirrel sitting on a branch in a pine tree

We wish you all a very happy Saturday and a wonderful weekend!

With love from Xenia xxx

Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018: Finding the Way

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge: Soft

Tanka: Where Ducks Fly

Cairngorms National Park

close up of a male mallard duck, a drop of water falling from his beak in the loch

evening glow
on rustling leaves, a castle
this dance with time
a pause in all our journeys
before we fly away

a mallard taking off from Loch an Eilein, the castle and hills shimmer in the evening glow

We wish you all a blessed and relaxing weekend.

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ200, Settings: f/5, 1/800 s, ISO 100 and f/4, 1/250 s, ISO 100.

Carpe Diem Summer Retreat 2018: Finding the Way

Frank J Tassone’s Weekly Haikai Challenge #43: Afterglow (yuuyake)

Rag Tag Daily Prompt #51: Duck

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge: Time to Relax

Tanka: Embrace

Cairngorms National Park

west side of Lochan Mor, trees in full leaf and reeds waving in the breeze

embraced by reeds
a breeze ripples the water
in this heatwave
a shaded rock offers a seat
covered in grateful glances

Lochan Mor with reeds in the foreground and lush green birch and pine-clad hills across the water

We wish you all a very happy Saturday and a wonderful weekend!

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/5.6, 1/200 s, ISO 250 and f/4.5, 1/100 s, ISO 100.

Dutch Goes the Photo Tuesday Photo Challenge: Heat

Carpe Diem #1467: Bench in the Park

Rag Tag Daily Prompt #37: Embrace

Haiku: Lairig Ghru

Cairngorms National Park

Spring pine and heather and view to Lairig Ghru

a fusion of light
where clouds flow with rain and snow
mountain moon

Spring pine and heather and view to Lairig Ghru

snow here
and on Mount Fuji
a cloud’s journey

Spring pine and heather and view to Lairig Ghru

With love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

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