A 6am start on Friday morning found me heading north on a 365 mile round trip to photograph 3 castles, two in the Cairngorms and one on the coast at Stonehaven plus check out a piece of art called The Watchers (four folded steel cowls forming hooded shelters over individual larch seats) by the side of the road at Corgarff in the Cairngorms National Park. My plan was to go via the A93, the section between Blairgowrie and Braemar is known as the Snow Roads and is the highest road in Britain (summit 2199ft). It was well named as the road was closed due to more overnight snow, so I had to sit at the closed snow gates at the Spittal of Glenshee, along with dozens of other cars, until the police decided the road was passible. Well worth the wait though as Glenshee was like a winter wonderland with huge queues waiting for ski chairlifts 
Glenshee Snow Roads - Mavic 2 Pro - 1/500 sec at f9, 100 iso
Corgarff Castle - Mavic 2 Pro - 1/100 sec @ f9, 100 iso
Craigievar Castle - Mavic 2 Pro - 1/100 sec @ f6.3, 100 iso.
Dunnottar Castle - Mavic 2 Pro - 1/100 sec @ f4.5, 100 iso
Found a 4th castle, just sitting at the bottom of someone’s garden 
Glenbuchat Castle - Mavic 2 Pro - 1/100 sec @ f10, 100 iso
The Watchers - Nikon Z6 - 1/500 sec @ f10, 200iso
A few more shots from my Nikon Z6.
I was knackered by the time I got home though.
