Lorraine Parramore

@loriargyll

Well travelled Brummie happily living in Scotland since 2012. Loves the coast, mountains, wild places, hence photography. I enjoy reading fantasy and sci-fi. Armchair follower of politics. Treasurer, Cowal Camera Club. All images are mine except re-posts.

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Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· 13d

Assaranca Waterfall, near Adara, from a recent trip to #Donegal. On this occasion the water flow was light. #WaterfallWednesday #Landscape #Photography #Ireland

A vertical image of a waterfall, that falls in two parts, down a shallow, gorge amongst ferns and grasses clinging to rocks. The top section is shorter with a light flow spread out over rock ledges. The lower section has deeper drops into a dark pool.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· 17d

Behind the Window. #BlueSkyArtShow #Glass #Photography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCurves

A plant of variegated white, yellow, mostly green leaves in a rounded, cream pot fills the window, and sits behind scroll patterned glass. A small, bright red, unknown object sits next to the pot.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· 25d

Love the way nature reclaims. #BlueSkyArtShow #Growing #Landscape #Scotland #Photography

The subject is a small, roofless, derelict stone cottage, with gables still standing either end, one with a chimney stack, standing on the banks of a loch. A bushy green tree is growing in the centre. The sunlit tree takes up most of the roof space, extending its branches to a grey cloudy sky. In the foreground a riot of green and yellow grasses grows high. In the far distance is a line of blue-green mountains.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· Jul 11

#BlueSkyArtShow theme #Quiet A beach to yourself at sunset. An archive image from my time in North Devon. Woolacombe Bay when the tides out. #Landscape #Photography #Sunset

A dark, dominant foreground is composed of a wide expanse of sand, broken up by tidal pools. The front pools feature lines of pink/orange reflections outlining their rounded shape. On the horizon the sun sets in an almost featureless sky, except for a few wisps of cloud.
By the sea stands the tiny, silhouette of a lone figure.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· Jul 7

Inside one of the Caves of Maghera, #Donegal from a holiday in June. Only accessible at low tide. A popular spot, so difficult to avoid footsteps unless you arrive as water retreats. #RockinTuesday #TidesOutTuesday #Landscape #Photography #Ireland

Looking out towards the sea from inside a cave with jagged rock on three sides, with some covering of green/yellow moss. The entrance makes a 'wedge shape' at a 45 degree angle. The floor is a sandy beach with footsteps of people who've visited. In the distance is a lone figure standing near the sea. The sky is mostly blue with light, white clouds.
Taken with a tripod and long exposure.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· Jul 4

#Bamburgh beach at low tide exposes a wide expanse of golden sand, exposing ripples underneath the pools. Early morning last February. #BlueSkyArtShow #Wide #Landscape #Photography #Beach #Northumberland

The foreground follows undulating, vertically rippled, sand patterns on a golden sunlight beach heading towards the sea in the distance. White tipped waves form the barrier to grey-blue stormy clouds in contrast.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· Jun 26

Claggan Island beach, County Mayo, on the west coast of Ireland. Achill Island mountains in the background. From a recent holiday ... one of the few days of fine weather! #Scape #Photography #Landscape #Ireland #beach

A wide expanse of golden sand, tide right out, which has windswept ripple patterns of different coloured sand in the foreground. A person and their dog walk in the distance by the sea. On the horizon are the distinct, rounds shapes of the mountains of Achill Island. The sky has hints of blue but is mostly light, high cloud.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· Jun 20

Fresh water carving its way to sea on Scarista beach at low tide, on the Hebridean island of #Harris last November. #BlueSkyArtShow #Curve #photography #landscape #ClassicMono #Scotland

A black and white image of a stream of water, in the foreground, carving its way across a sandy beach at low tide, in the form of a series of curves, with a small sand island splitting the first curve. On the horizon is the sea and a dark hill gently sloping into the waves.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· May 29

Looks like the fine spell of weather in Scotland, (heatwave elsewhere in UK), is ending. Previous wind, rain, and cool temps resuming. Just as I plan to go away...... Memories of winter sunsets on #Exmoor for Friday #Scape #landscape #Photography #Sunset #silhouettes

A silhouette of a lone, leafless, small tree against an orange sunset sunset sky, as the sun dips into hazy clouds on the horizon.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· May 25

On a day trip last Saturday to the woodlands of #Inchcailloch Island, a very short ferry ride from the Loch Lomond shore. This pair of LOTR 'Ent' type trees grabbed my attention! #ShareMondays2026 #landscape #Photography #Woodlands #Scotland #Trees #ClassicMono #BlackandWhite

A black and white image featuring dark, lichen covered trunks and raised 'waving' odd shaped branches. One is standing behind, and slightly above the other. They are surrounded by lighter young ferns, with thinner branched, young trees in the woodland background.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· May 22

The highly photographed #AshnessBridge, near Keswick, is an iconic 18th century stone packhorse bridge, with views over Skiddaw mountain. Very little flowing water sadly when I was there a few weeks ago, but still a pretty scene. #Scape #landscape #photography #LakeDistrict

In the immediate foreground stands a fresh, green clump of ferns, alongside a shallow, flowing stream running over rocks and stones towards the old, arched, stone bridge. Alongside and beyond the bridge lie bushes and trees, cascading down the hillside. These form a frame for the distant mountain view of the Skiddaw range in the distance. A blue sky with little puffy clouds completes the picturesque view.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· May 18

Something completely different to start the week. An #IntentionalCameraMovement image of bamboo shoots, taken while walking in my local botanical gardens. Upward movement aided by a breezy day! #Photography #Nature #ICM

A minimalist image of tall, green and soft brown, bamboo stalks, slightly blurred by intentional camera movement. In the centre long, bright green leaf fronds hang down moving gently in the breeze, forming soft, wispy shapes.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· May 11

Enjoyable holiday near Keswick in #Cumbria last week. Not many photo ops, but tried a few woodland shots. 🤔 The 'wild branching' tree in the centre caught my eye! #ShareMondays2026 #Photography #Landscape #Woodland

A deciduous woodland scene of bright green leaves and mosses and ferns. Looking upwards to a grey sky background, in the centre is a diagonally leaning tree with spindly branches going out in all directions like an octopus! Either side in contrast, stand two solid, upright trees, though they too have odd shaped branches.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· May 1

Sunset over calm waters at Camasdarach Beach, near Mallaig. Have a good weekend. I'm heading south for a change to the Northern Lake District. #Landscape #Scape #Photography #Sunset #Coast #Scotland

A simple, minimalist image. Mostly a flat calm sea with a few ripples of waves coming ashore. The sun has gone behind low lying clouds before setting, but still there's an orange glow in the sky reflected across the darkening water. In the far distance can be seen the outline of low hills.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· Apr 24

A storm passing by Bagh Dhail Mor last November, on the small, but stunning, sandy bay on the west coast of Lewis. The dark streaky patterns are from the outflow of a stream at low tide. #Scape #Landscape #Photography #Coast #StormHour #HarrisandLewis #Scotland

A two-tone moody image, with a golden sand beach covering most of the foreground, a line a white waves, and then a dark blue-grey sky above. A small hint of a rainbow shoots down from a small patch of light to the sea. The sands are covered with dark streaky patterns at low tide.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· Apr 22

I love the vivid green, beech leaves lining the #Exmoor combes, (steep sided, wooded, valleys), even when they cover up the waterfalls along the rivers. This one was along the East Lynn River, near Watersmeet. #WaterfallWednesday #Landscape #Photography #Waterfall

A vertical image of a two tier narrow, drop waterfall, hiding behind a mass of vivid green leaves/branches of beech trees, on both sides of a steep gorge.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· Apr 19

Some more long exposure swooshery from Spittal Beach, #Northumberland . In the distance the long pier and lighthouse at Berwick-onTweed. #Stunday #Photography #Landscape #LongExposure #Coast #Lighthouse

A minimalist image of swirling waves around a line of beach groynes just poking their tops above the sea. In the far distance is the long, dark, straight stone pier, with the red and white Berwick Lighthouse sticking up at the end. The sky is a moody canvas of blue tones, the same as the water.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· Apr 12

More coastal magic from #Lewis last November: on the north west coast, the small, but perfectly formed beach inlet of Bagh Dhail Beag. Sediment from a freshwater stream leaves behind stunning patterns at low tide. #Stunday #landscapephotography #Scotland #coast #Nature #Seascape #Photohour

A wide stream of rippled water cuts across a golden sand beach, flowing out to sea, on the side of of small bay, cut between rocky headlands. In the foreground black sediment forms intricate, sweeping patterns.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· Apr 11

Pink Glow over Loch Eireasort, #HarrisandLewis before dawn last November. Being a night owl I struggle to get up early enough for #dawn light in Scotland for most of the year, but in winter I cope! It is worth it. Must try harder. 😊 #BlueSkyArtShow #New #Landscape #Photography

A sliver of low lying hills form the end of the sea loch, lying across the centre of the image. Sandwiched between a glowing pink sky and reflections in the water in the foreground. The sky is mostly clear, except for a dark blue low cloud base on the horizon.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· Apr 4

#BlueSkyArtShow #Openings Along the coast of #Orkney mainland peninsula #Deerness last summer. A maze of cliff erosion and inlets. #Landscape #Photography #Coast #Rocks #Scotland

A walk along the cliffs on a bright sunny blue sky day. The view looks down onto a small inlet behind the eroded cliffs. A narrow passage allows the sea forms a stony beach covered by clear blue water. On the other side the small rocky island is a narrow section of rock joined to the mainland. On the horizon a tiny white yacht sails the calm sea.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· Apr 3

I recently put together an audio visual of my images taken when I lived in North Devon, for the camera club. Realised I missed the spring greens of beech trees on #Exmoor. Must return. Spring's not really arrived in Scotland yet! #Scape #Photography #Landscape

An earth and stone pathway, (an old Exmoor lane), leads away into the background, bordered on one side by old beech trees growing on a earth/stone bank. On the other side is an earth bank covered in patches of green moss. The beech leaves are bright green, and the sunshine dapples through the leaves and an overhanging branch creating shadows on the walkway.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· Mar 28

#Berwick #Lighthouse 13.5m high at the end of the 877m long breakwater, is exposed to the worst of the North Sea gales on the #Northumberland coast. Completed in 1826, it is a major landmark, not least in the iconic painting by L S Lowry. #BlueSkyArtShow #Background #Landscape #coast

In the distance stands a lighthouse at the end of a dark, long breakwater pier wall. Sunlit, with its bright red top, and horizontal bottom stripe, it stands tall against a darkening blue, late afternoon sky, with hints of white cloud. In the foreground there is nothing but a stormy blue sea with streaks of foamy, white, swirling waves and surf, accentuated by a long exposure image, forming a contrast with solid lighthouse structure.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· Mar 21

#BlueSkyArtShow theme #Stone #Brochs are unique to #Scotland. The impressive Broch of Gurness village on the #Orkney mainland dates back to 500-200BC, the Middle Iron Age. It consists of deep ditches and ramparts, plus a circular broch tower. #Photography #History #Archaeology #Iron

A black and white image overlooking the ruined walls and ditches of an iron age village settlement about 45 metres across. A circular stone wall and ditch is featured in the foreground, and continues towards the back on the opposite side. The remains of a circular stone broch tower, the main dwelling, stands in the centre, surrounded by the remaining stone slabs of other dwellings. The late summer sky consists of light, fluffy clouds and open sky.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· Mar 11

Some mid-week calm. The ever changing, amazing patterns when the tide goes out on #Seilebost beach on #Harris #photography #landscape #art #coast #Scotland

The centre foreground is dominated by dark streaks in striking, flowing patterns made by soil deposited on a white sand beach at low tide. They stretch into the mid-distance to a small group of low, flat rocks. The top third of the image reveals a calm, blue-grey sky, featuring the rounded hill of the island of Taransay, and the distant Harris mountains in dull light. Both are reflected in the remaining flat calm water from the river that flows to the sea separating the beaches of Luskentyre.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· Mar 7

#BlueSkyArtShow theme #Flowing Waves and Intentional Camera Movement make for flowing colours. A Northumberland beach in winter. #ICM #Photography #Coast #Landscape

Rolling waves in the middle distance break into gentle eddies and ripples onto a golden sand beach. The sky has tonal ridges of blue and grey sky.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· Feb 27

Time for an abstract #ICM image. Taken on Orkney island Sanday last summer, on a dry, but moody day of weird light and colour on the sea and sky. #Scape #landsapephotography #photography #Intentionalcameramovement #abstract

An abstract image of horizontal planes of light and colour using intentional camera movement to create atmosphere. The camera panned from left to right across a beach scene. In the foreground dark sand, above it the sea in tones of silver and pale green, then the sky shades of silver to dark blue cloud.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· Feb 24

Successful night at local camera club #ClassicMono competition. Won digital section with #Seilebost image from last November's Harris trip. Low tide, fresh water, and sunlit white sand. Perfect for a graphic image. #TidesOutTuesday #Landscape #Photography #Coast #Scotland #photohour

A high contrast black and white image. In the foreground fresh water emptying onto the white sand beach has eroded the smooth, tidal beach into shallow, curving lines, which then descend into the water with deeper pockets and ripples. The whole creates a diagonal, curving line across the image from right to left, disappearing into the mid distance.
The morning winter sun blazes across the sand. On the horizon lies a line of cloud darkened hills, topped by an, ominous, moody sky.
Perfect for a graphic mono image. 👍😁

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· Feb 23

Great trip to #Northumbrland last week. Mostly dry for a change. Though just when you want calm seas some days, there were none. So the view from Spittal Beach over to Berwick-on-Tweed Lighthouse in rough seas! #ShareMondays2026 #Photography #Landscape #Lighthouse #Coast

A minimalist, long exposure, late afternoon image consisting of the tops of six groynes poking out of a stormy sea. On the horizon is the long pier and eventual Lighthouse, which is white with two red flashes top and bottom. The blue tinted sky is reflected in the sea.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· Feb 14

Arrived on the #Northumberland coast for a week's photography. Weather looking much better than it did some weeks ago. 😁 An image from my last visit, looking out from Bamburgh. #landscape #photography #coast

A long exposure image looking out from a sandy shore to sea, with a small lighthouse on an island in the far distance. The colour tones start from golden sand to flat, black rocks with whispery waves between them. Then blue green water, and lightly pink clouds above darker blue ones.

Lorraine Parramore@loriargyll· Feb 10

Room with a View! Great scene, shame about Moine House ruin, lying in the Flow Country between Durness and Kyle of Tongue. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFramed #Photography #Scotland #ClassicMono