Scotland in Pictures by Martin Sweeny

Linlithgow Palace
A solitary duck creates a ripple on the cold still water of Linlithgow loch.







River Forth

The moon lights up the sky over the Forth rail bridge casting a beam of white light over the dark water.

Forth rail bridge
Snow blankets the banks of the Forth estury, this is a very unusual sight as snow rarely lies so close to the salty water.

Scotland in Pictures by Martin Sweeny

Falkirk wheel at night
By Martin Sweeny
For the girls at Gerry's work, here are a few more images of the Falkirk wheel at night, there are a lot more but I don't want to bore you all with the same stuff hope you like them

Scotland in Pictures
Low light photography

This section is dedicated to low light and night photography.
As you will see the Forth bridges are one of my favorite subjects, I am amazed at the different moods that can be achieved controlling aperture and shutter speeds, I could keep going back to the same spot and never get the same result,the ever changing Scottish weather makes sure of that.


Falkirk Wheel at night

Moon light over rail bridge

Rail bridge reflections

Drive time, heading home at night







View from under the road bridge
at night, the rail bridge on the right

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Scotland in Pictures
Loch Ness

Image: Urquhart Castle on the banks of Loch Ness

Loch Ness and the legend of 'Nessie', the famous Loch Ness monster has inspired the imagination of young and old for generations & makes Loch Ness one of the top travel destinations for visitors to Scotland.

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Rest & be Thankful

The top image is of the famous telephone box at the top of the Rest & be Thankful, I drove 180 miles to find this box thinking it was the old red type, unfortunately BT have swapped it for the new type.

Bottom image:

This stunning view pictured from the top of Rest & be Thankful shows how rugged the Scottish landscape is, just visible at the bottom of the valley is a croft, this shows the scale of things the mighty mountains just swallow it up.

Scotland in Pictures
Linlithgow Palace

This image zooms in on Linlthgow Palace from the far side of the loch, the palace was the birth place and home of Mary Queen of Scots, Mary was beheaded by her sister during the protestant revolution.

Over the years the palace has been ruined by fire, now only the outer walls remain, to the left of the photo is St Micheal's church.

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The Scots monument

This picture shows the Scots monument at night, the Ferris wheel in front is part of the hogmany celebrations, Edinburgh is host to one of the biggest new year parties in the world.

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Edinburgh's disgrace

Calton hill is the home of Ediburghs disgrace, the town did not have enough money to complete the project, to this day this piece of roman style architecture dominates the landscape reminding us of hard financial days gone by.

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Images of Scotland by Martin Sweeny

This image was taken during a re-construction battle, this is the Scots rushing to defend the castle from cromwell's in invading army, to ad a bit of intrest I made the photo black and white but left the saltire colour.

Scotland in pictures

Images of Scotland by Martin sweeny

A fantastic piece of engineering, the Falkirk wheel is one of Scotlands newest tourist destinations.

It connects the Clyde and union canals lifting vessels up to the higher level without them leaving the water.

This picture was taken from the visitor centre June 05.

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images of Scotland by Martin sweeny


This image of the Forth rail bridge was taken on a cold winter night, the long exposure gives the water a misty look.

Scotland in pictures

Images of Scotland by Martin Sweeny

This image of Ileene donnan castle was taken on a very wet and windy day, Ileene Donnan is the most photographed castle in Scotland and has been used as the back drop for many Scottish movies.

Scotland in Pictures
Images of Scotland by Martin sweeny

This black and white image shows the Forth rail bridge on a calm winter day, in the foreground is a life boat engines running ready to go.

There is a lot of maintenance work being carried out on the bridge the scaffolding can be clearly seen giving the bridge an industrial feel.