I just couldn’t resist snapping this shot when I walked – slithered – down to the pontoon to check my boat in Kirkcudbright this morning. There has been a mixture of rain and then heavy frost overnight and the air was pristine clear. More black clouds loomed in the west.
With the low sunlight behind me (frontlight) lighting the view down the River Dee as the tide receded and the boats heeled over onto the mud, this was the ideal situation to create vivid reflections in the water.
The composition is a bit messy due to the restrictions of me standing on the narrow pontoon and being unable to move around, but the photograph does demonstrate why so many artists have been settling in this beautiful part of Scotland for the last 100 years and more.
The beauty of the town and the glorious countryside and coastline of Galloway has attracted artists and photographers for well over a century - Now Kirkcudbright can claim to be Scotland's Photographers' Town. Photographed with Canon Ixus 960IS
Yes, Kirkcudbright’s claim to be Scotland’s Artists’ Town is certainly not a new marketing gimmick – it really is true.
Having attracted thousands of photographers over the last few years to my Photography Courses based in the town, perhaps Kirkcudbright can now also claim to be Scotland’s Photographers’ Town.
