Swift Hands

Supporters

Tall Bike

This was one of a pair of rather unusual looking tall bicycles doing a tour of the UK.
The Tall Bikes website:-

www.tallbiketourbritain.com

says much more than I ever could about the bikes and the
tour.

Olympus SP500UZ; ISO 80; f4; 1/640s; 12mm.

Scottish Air Ambulance

A closely cropped shot of the the starboard side of the Scottish ambulance service's helicopter based at Glasgow. The other is based at Inverness. Both are Eurocopter EC135's. The service also has two King Air 200c fixed-wing aircraft based at Aberdeen and Glasgow. Between them these four aircraft oveer 3,000 missions every year.

Olympus SP500UZ; ISO 200; f3.7; 1/125s; 63mm.

Owl

A bird of prey at Rugby Park.

Olympus SP500UZ; ISO 80; f3.7; 1/320s; 63mm.

Pineapple

Olympus E-500; ISO 100; f14; 1/125s; 26mm.

Concept Saab

Total Lunar Eclipse

This is a series of images taken of the total lunar eclipse which occurred on 3 March 2007. At totality the moon takes on an amazing deep blood red colour......... before returning to its more familiar white as the earth's shadow passes by.

Macro Twist

Why? I don't know. Just liked it I suppose.

Olympus SP500UZ; ISO 80; f3.2; 1/100s; 11mm.

Safety Car

A wet day often means a busy shift for the safety cars at Knockhill.

Olympus E-500; ISO 200; f4.5; 1/500s; 150mm.

Pink Stretch Hummer

I saw this monster at the Limousine Show at Excel in London. Very weird......

Olympus E-500; ISO 1600; f4; 1/50s; 18mm.

Clydeside Dereliction

The remains of a building that no-doubt had a very important function in the life of the River Clyde in days gone by.

Olympus SP500UZ; ISO 200; f3.7; 1/50s; 63mm.

Upside-down World

Could a glass of water be used as a lens? Answers on a postcard please........

Olympus E-3; ISO 100; f16; 1/30s; 46mm.

Fire & Rescue

Don't worry, it's just a mock-up: a demonstration by the fire and rescue service of how they extricate casualties from crash damaged cars.

Olympus E-330; ISO 100; f8; 1/160s; 32mm.