08/08/2019
Falls of Muick
The Scenery of the
Dee Book
is now reissued
by the
Deeside Bookshop at Ballater
and is on sale at various outlets in Aberdeen and on Deeside.
WWW.CROOKTREE.COM
This is my online library of my
current photography for sale.
Please check it out as well as see my
latest work of Aberdeenshire
Seeing the Aurora Borealis in
Scotland and the UK.
Three Internet sites that will help
you to see displays:
www.spaceweather.com
Site gives best predictive
information about Solar activity and likely storms affecting the Earth.
http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk
Alert service for the AuroraWatch
advising of storms happening from data source using a magnetometer source
from Crooktree.
www.auroraspy.co.uk
Offers Scottish overview of various
sites including direct link to Spaceweather European Aurora Oval map, the
Crooktree data and useful cloud forecasts.
Interesting article in
wheretraveler.com about seeing
and photographing Aurora displays:
http://www.wheretraveler.com/alaska/take-great-photograph-northern-lights
Countryside Pleasures
One of the benefits of
living off the public road and between a forest and fields is as seen in
this photo. Wandering on the track, the size of a cat and very wobbly I
encouraged it to go into the long grass next to a stone wall-it remained
there all afternoon; had gone the next day.
River Dee at Invercauld
River Feugh near Banchory
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Born in Torphins with my early schooling in Banchory
I later returned to Royal Deeside in Aberdeenshire
in 1974. In 1986 I began compiling an
extensive collection of my photographs when I established my freelance
photography business. I was a BAPLA registered
photo-library from 1990
- 2010.
Jim at Crooktree 
Images from that
activity are on Crooktree.com and
see the Links Aurora Photography article for useful information and links.
A small display on the evening of the 13th January,
2012 between 8-10.30pm.
During the summer of 2015 there were many Noctilucent
Cloud displays over Europe but I only saw two over Deeside, one in June
and the photo below was taken in July.
This was taken 3rd July, 2017 and was best of only two
displays I saw this year.
Misty Dawn over Beltie Hill
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© All photographs used to illustrate this Website are my Copyright.
Only
photographs in the various Galleries can
be enlarged by double-clicking them.
None of the photographs can be
reproduced for commercial purposes but I am delighted for them to
be used for
personal use.
If you
require higher quality versions then please contact me at any of the ways
shown below.
Crathes Castle
Balmoral Castle
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Where to see and purchase my photographs My own online library is at Crooktree.com . A selection of my Scottish and Aurora photographs are also on the Collections Library where they are available for purchase. At the end of 2017 I also added all my collection of some 11, 700 photos from Crooktree Images to PICFAIR and these are available at the fixed price of £31. |
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Crooktree Dawn Crooktree Sunset
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Oban Harbour
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Tomnaverie Stone Circle near Tarland
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Jousting at Castle Fraser below and Massed Pipebands at Braemar Games at bottom centre and of course my girlfriend near Tarland. | |||
Noctilucent Clouds Display over Deeside on 23rd July
2015
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