Photographing Incredible Geology on the Moray Coast!

[@joncothranphotography9375]

Those ares are so wonderful for exploring and photography. I just love places like that. Thanks for bringing us along! I'm not sure how I missed this one...

[@judilecompte9377]

I LOVE the idea of a geology project! Way to go, Kim!

[@jazzydebs]

Morning Kim, loved this 🙌 The Moray coast is just incredible, love seeing it all! Fascinating seeing all the geology side of things. Images are superb ! I love how you speak about connecting with your inner child, as the sad part of adulting is we get a bit distracted & miss the wonder of so much around us! Many thanks 😊 x

[@kimgrantphotography]

Really glad you enjoyed it Debbie. It certainly is a beautiful part of the world! Thank you very much for the kind words. I'm sure I'll speak more about connecting with your inner child soon

[@richmatlock2396]

Goes to show you, there is photographic opportunities all around us... we just need to take time to look for them. Nature is so beautiful.

[@599miata]

Great photos Kim 👍👍!

[@oneeyedphotographer]

I should point my camera more directly down more often. You could try off-camera flash, with landscapes on that scale illuminating them yourself is quite practical.

[@Rob.1340]

Thank you. 👍📷😎

[@richinderbyshire4779]

That was great. I love your enthusiasm... and your pics were fantastic.

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you very much

[@robertdavis1255]

Again thanks Kim for sharing your experience with great results... love the location and interesting subject...you always capture the mood whatever you photograph so well done... just love your work... cheers from Australia 😀❤️❤️

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you very much Robert. It is greatly appreciated 🙂

[@daniellegrandpa]

Great sunday morning video, as I watch you, I am thinking not only is your photography great, but your energy for what you find and see, I am sure your clients go away after a workshop, not only with learning photo tips, but an inner feeling of peace, happiness, your are surely blessed and it's great to see you "pay it forward" with your passion for mother earth.

[@kimgrantphotography]

That's very kind of you to say. Thank you for your continued support and kind words

[@bobbowring1702]

Love this subject matter plenty of opertunitys there.

[@kimgrantphotography]

It's a great one to work with!

[@cliffterpher]

Thanks so much Kim. I'm a geologist and photographer. Historically, geology was always work or study and I never considered it a photographic opportunity. This and ICM will be my next subjects. BTW, love your channel. Reminds me of when I lived in Scotland many moons ago.

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you Cliff! Do enjoy trying out some rock and icm photography. I'm sure you'll enjoy them ☺️

[@mariesmith7803]

What an inspiring video, Kim. I totally enjoyed the Mindful Photography workshop last week. It gave me so many ideas - and it also just taught me to slow down, not force things. But seeing these images and those rocks? Wow! See, I think I have the bug now 😉

[@kimgrantphotography]

This is beautiful to hear Marie! So glad that you now have the bug for this style of photography. Will be a great addition to your wildlife shoots.

[@mariesmith7803]

@@kimgrantphotography I hope so!

[@martinbuttrick]

Really loved those photos Kim. Thanks for sharing your coastline with us.

[@kimgrantphotography]

You're welcome Martin and thank you!

[@keithratcliffe5576]

With a bit of luck your Geology project will go on for ever! Lovely pictures but I agree about the light. I spent a couple of hours at Cummingston when I was up in Moray and some of my best pictures were taken when there was a bright sky. As you probably know there is a lot of potential there. Thanks for the vlog.

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you for sharing Keith. I'm excited to experiment with different weathers and lights

[@dirkverkimpe4586]

Nice video Kim thank you. Beautiful texture in those rocks, imagine how the coastline was formed millions of years ago

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you! It blows my mind to think of this.

[@peterfindlay2756]

Thank you so much for your videos, Kim. You have taught me to look at the smaller, closer, view of so many interesting things. I photograph when taking my dog for a walk on the Exe Estuary. Not so many rocks, but lots of things washed up - such as an old very rusted prop shaft. Really tells a storey.

[@kimgrantphotography]

You're very welcome Peter. That is brilliant to hear! Really glad you're enjoying the process 😊

[@timrosenburgh9485]

Interesting video Kim. You have certainly got lots of compositions there to choose from. You captured some really nice image's and i can imagine with better light they will be even better.

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you very much Tim. I'm excited to try them in different light

[@royjenkins-packer173]

Smashing photos. I even saw a dinosaur head with an eye, plus a ant being held down by a rock. What imagination we get from simply photography. And it gives you a clear mindset. Thanks for sharing.

[@kimgrantphotography]

Amazing that you are able to see these things Roy! Thank you for sharing your vision

[@oneeyedphotographer]

We actually have real dinosaur footprints a few hundred km north of me.

[@arnienassuk4810]

Awesome

[@neilalmond9354]

Your last shot reminds me of a hand, I think it was a success.

[@susanswinny588]

Fascinating rocks. I'm a fan of them.

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you Susan

[@jamesgrant8470]

Kim did you notice the faces. Watching this I think I seen 6, 3 in your pics and the rest in the b role. Only you'll know what I'm on about. 😂 😂 😂 Catch up soon. Nice vlog... X

[@kimgrantphotography]

😂😂😂 you and your faces in rocks! You're so good at spotting them. Can't beat your wolf shot x

[@suzannesparkes5097]

Love this post! I’m heading for the beach the next time I go home to my island. I would have liked to see your camera gear and settings posted with the pictures.

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you Suzanne. I hope you enjoy your trip to the beach 😊

[@oneeyedphotographer]

Hi, Suzanne. Camera settings depend on your vision, you develop that by photographing stuff, by trying things out, and observing the consequences. It looks to me that Kim is using a camera with a telephoto lens, 70-200 equivalent. The gear isn't as important as your understanding of it. I would use a macro lens because that would let me get closer, but that's my vision, not Kim's.

[@suzannesparkes5097]

@@oneeyedphotographer Thnaks. I was thinking more like aperture, shutter speed, ISO.

[@judilecompte9377]

Great video, even if the light wasn’t great! What lens did you use?

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you Judi. For this one I had a 24-70mm lens

[@SwanSycorax]

Very nice Kim. Brings back great memories of our workshop with you back in March. Was it only two months ago?? Seems ages!!

[@kimgrantphotography]

It certainly does seem like a lot longer ago!

[@dominiclester3232]

Hi Kim, is IV30 5SP the closest parking to your Rocky area please?

[@kimgrantphotography]

Yes 😊

[@imagennativa]

The problem when you have so many possibilities of subjets and composition, we do not know where begans..!!

[@robertoambrosi9876]

❤

[@brendanwhite3731]

Hi a thought came to me that I was getting a run down comtery of the rock formation on Mars Perseverance and the geology stone features and how the sand and stone are being shaped by the wind. But back on earth the water has some what the same affects with the large boulders form in the ice ages and they lay to rest on the different color stone. Cool Brendan IRL

[@kimgrantphotography]

Beautiful Brendan!

[@cwl1354]

You are well blessed. Have a good day.

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you - you too 😊

[@robertvarner9519]

Hi Kim. Hope you are doing well.

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you Robert 😊

[@carltanner9065]

Here's something to ponder...all those great looking rocks you're taking pics of were just the sand and pebbles on the beach surrounding and in between the cracks of very similar rocks over 400 million years ago :) So, if you had a TARDIS, you could go back to then and take pics of those rocks as well :)

[@kimgrantphotography]

Wow! Need to get someone to lend me their tardis! That would be fascinating

[@duncanmit5307]

👍💜👍💜👍📷📷📷

[@nigelunsworth5885]

Really liked the photos of the rocks especially the one with what you described as having one eye you can definitely see a smiling face. Have you a problem with your Mike as you can here every time you take a breath which is a bit distracting

[@briansture4353]

I don't think you realise you are looking touching and photographing material that was produced in the stars which was created billions of years ago and exploded in a supernova and eventually ended up forming part of a nebula where our sun and planets were formed. During that lifetime the material these rocks and pebbles are made of has journeyed around our galaxy at least 24 times. Hold them, close your eyes and visualise that journey and how they arrived here today for you to hold. You may be the first person ever to hold them since their creation. Isn't that special? One day when you are photographing on the beach you find that special stone it will stand out. Take it home and keep it for the rest of your life. Then tell people about its life story and how you come to own it.

[@spidersj12]

I think your geologic timescale is slightly off with respect to the age of those sandstones. If you consult local national geological maps, published papers of the geology of the area, you'll likely find that the sandstones are tens - hundreds of millions of years old at a minimum, they were uplifted above sea level they progressively eroded over tens of millions of years as well. They are possibly Triassic - Cretaceous aged sedimentary rocks, but could also be vastly older. You'd do well, to think about the enormity of cosmic time that has elapsed between when those sediments were deposited, until the moment you captured them with your camera. Also taken into account that in order to have sedimentary rocks you have to have pre-existing rocks that were eroded in the first place, transported through wind or water, then laid down layer by layer, then through compaction and temperature lithified into rock through the eons.

[@kimgrantphotography]

Thank you for sharing your studied information on geology. I appreciate my comment of "thousands of years" is an understatement 😅 It was a reaction. In time I will learn more about the rocks I am photographing. For now I want to enjoy the process and connection. Thank you again 😊