function photo(i,c,m,q,d,j,h,o,p,a,l,f,k,b,r,n,g,e){this.id=i;this.galleries_id=c;this.photo_ref=m;this.section_code=q;this.src=d;this.width=j;this.height=h;this.caption=o;this.home=p;this.gallery=a;this.description=l;this.takendate=f;this.photographer=k;this.location=b;this.item_price=r;this.purchase_instruction=n;this.payment_groups_id=g;this.server_id=e;this.src=getServerPath(this.server_id)+"/"+this.src}function gallery(e,c,d,b,a){this.id=e;this.featured_images=c;this.title=d;this.section_code=b;this.photoIDs=a}var backgrounds=new Object();backgrounds[108289]=new photo(108289,"54813","","gallery","Cloud_reflections_beyond_the_surf_Dunnet Beach.jpg",400,301,"Cloud Reflections beyond the surf - Dunnet Beach",1,0,"Surf crashing on Dunnet beach with Holborn Head on the horizon and great cloud reflections in the wet sand.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 20D WITH 18-125mm Sigma zoom lens.<br>\r\nAperture - f8.<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/60 seconds.<br>\r\nISO 100","17/04/05","Sandy Menzies","Dunnet beach","","","",15);backgrounds[713139]=new photo(713139,"54824","","gallery","_MG_1658-01 bwcopy copy.jpg",271,400,'"Rockpool" - Study #1',1,1,"","12/07/06","Sandy Menzies","Gigha","","","",15);backgrounds[108298]=new photo(108298,"54813","","gallery","Downpour_Dunnet_Beach.jpg",400,301,"Downpour - Dunnet Beach",1,0,"Rain clouds making there way across Dunnet sands from Castletown. Thank god for Berghaus gear, I got soaked!<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 20D with 18-125mm Sigma zoom lens.<br>\r\nAperture - f4.5.<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/125 seconds.<br>\r\nISO 100","17/04/05","Sandy Menzies","Dunnet beach","","","",15);backgrounds[108299]=new photo(108299,"54813","","gallery","Flagstone_fences_Castletown.jpg",400,268,"Flagstone Fence - Castletown.",1,0,'Flagstone fences were erected during the 19th century all over Caithness as boundary fences and are unique to the area.<br>\r\nCastletown was one of the largest quarries in the area and once paved the streets of Edinburgh and London with Caithness "Flags".<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 20D with 18-125mm Sigma zoom lens.<br>\r\nAperture - f8.<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/80 seconds.<br>\r\nISO 100.',"16/04/05","Sandy Menzies","Castletown","","","",15);backgrounds[108309]=new photo(108309,"54813","","gallery","Lone_tree_and_5_rocks _Glen_Loth.jpg",400,301,"Lone Tree and 5 Rocks - Glen Loth",1,0,"One of my favourite shots. Glen Loth is an uninhabited glen situated just south of Helmsdale but with many signs of past habitation. <br>\r\nI really like the way the rocks,semi hidden in the dead bracken, lead into the lonely sentinel like tree.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 20D with 18-125mm Sigms zoom lens.<br>\r\nAperture - f5.6.<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/160 seconds.<br>\r\nISO 100.","16/04/05","Sandy Menzies","Near Helmsdale","","","",15);backgrounds[108312]=new photo(108312,"54813","","gallery","Snow_fence_Kinbrace.jpg",400,301,"Snow Fence - Kinbrace",1,0,"Since 1978 I have wanted to photograph this disintegrating snow fence which stands beside the railway line between Forsinard and Kinbrace. At long last in 2005 I have done it!<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 20D with 18-125mm Sigma zoom lens.<br>\r\nAperture - f8.<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/320 seconds.<br>\r\nISO 100.","16/04/05","Sandy Menzies","Near Kinbrace.","","","",15);backgrounds[564780]=new photo(564780,"43518","","gallery","_MG_Beacon_Pocra_Quay copy.jpg",263,400,'"Beacon" - Pocra Quay, Aberdeen Harbour',1,0,"Really like the foreground texture and the curving lines in this moody long exposure shot.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 5D with 24-105mm IS USM zoom lens<br>\r\nAperture f22<br>\r\nShutter speed 60 seconds<br>\r\nISO 100","11/08/06","Sandy Menzies","Pocra Quay, Aberdeen Harbour","","","",15);backgrounds[1714182]=new photo(1714182,"115217","","gallery","_MG_Whirlpool_BerriedaleXco.jpg",400,275,'"WHIRLPOOL" - Berriedale',1,1,"","","Sandy Menzies","Berriedale - Caithness","","","",15);backgrounds[1714205]=new photo(1714205,"55389","","gallery","_MG_dunnottar_castle.jpg",400,275,'"DUNNOTTAR CASTLE" - Stonehaven',1,1,"","","Sandy Menzies","Dunnottar castle - Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire","","","",15);backgrounds[564787]=new photo(564787,"43518","","gallery","_MG_Impact_Cruden_Bay copy.jpg",257,400,'"Impact" - Cruden Bay',1,0,"Had to take around 50 shoots to get the timing right for this one!<br>\r\nI really like the feeling of motion in this shot. It was a wild, windy day!<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 5D with 24-105mm IS USM zoom lens<br>\r\nAperture f22<br>\r\nShutter speed 0.3 seconds<br>\r\nISO 100","09/09/06","Sandy Menzies","Cruden Bay","","","",15);backgrounds[564792]=new photo(564792,"43518","","gallery","_MG_Squall copy.jpg",263,400,'"Squall" - Catterline Bay',1,1,"All day showery squalls moved down the coast past Catterline Bay.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 5D with 24-105mm IS USM zoom lens<br>\r\nAperture f20<br>\r\nShutter speed 30 seconds<br>\r\nISO 100","26/08/06","Sandy Menzies","Catterline Bay","","","",15);backgrounds[1714207]=new photo(1714207,"55389","","gallery","_MG_potarch_bridge.jpg",400,275,'"Potarch Bridge" - The River Dee',1,1,"","","Sandy Menzies","Potarch Bridge - the river Dee, Aberdeenshire","","","",15);backgrounds[564791]=new photo(564791,"43518","","gallery","_MG_Seapool copy.jpg",276,400,'"Seapool" - Aberdeen Beach',1,0,"Really liked the cloud reflections in this curiously shaped seapool.<br>\r\nAperture f8<br>\r\nShutter speed 1/6 of a second<br>\r\nISO 100","29/04/06","Sandy Menzies","Aberdeen Beach","","","",15);backgrounds[1714194]=new photo(1714194,"115217","","gallery","_MG_whirlpool_no2.jpg",275,400,'"WHIRLPOOL #2" - Berriedale',1,1,"","","Sandy Menzies","Berriedale - Caithness","","","",15);backgrounds[564810]=new photo(564810,"43518","","gallery","_MG_Stacks copy.jpg",261,400,'"Stacks" - Cruden Bay',1,0,"Stormy day at Slain's castle, Cruden Bay, looking out over the rocky granite reef's and pinnacles.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nAperture f22<br>\r\nShutter speed 11 seconds<br>\r\nISO 100","09/09/06","Sandy Menzies","Cruden Bay","","","",15);backgrounds[564965]=new photo(564965,"43518","","gallery","_MG_Todhead_lighthouse copy.jpg",267,400,'"Lighthouse" - Todhead, Kinneff',1,0,"Another long exposure shot to capturethose moving clouds.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nAperture f20<br>\r\nShutter speed 30 seconds<br>\r\nISO 100","26/08/06","Sandy Menzies","Todhead, Kinneff","","","",15);backgrounds[565001]=new photo(565001,"43518","","gallery","_MG_Tidecatcher.jpg",269,400,'"Tidecatcher" - Catterline Bay',1,1,"One of my favourite shots. I walked past this circle of large pebbles built by some children as a little paddling pool, but as I walked back along the pebble beach it was just beginning to fill with water and I realised what a great image this could make.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nAperture f20<br>\r\nShutter speed 200 seconds<br>\r\nISO 100","26/08/06","Sandy Menzies","Catterline Bay","","","",15);backgrounds[235412]=new photo(235412,"43518","","gallery","_MG_groyne_no.2.jpg",280,402,"Groyne No.2 - Aberdeen Beach.",1,0,"One of my first experiments with long exposure shots.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 5D with 24-105mm IS USM zoom lens<br>\r\nAperture f22<br>\r\nShutter speed 11 seconds<br>\r\nISO 100","29/04/06","Sandy Menzies","Aberdeen Beach","","","",15);backgrounds[108260]=new photo(108260,"43518","","gallery","The_perfect_dune_Newburgh.jpg",400,518," Perfect Dune? - Newburgh",1,0,"Thought this seemed like an incredible piece of natural sculpture vandalised by a human footprint. I think the footprint actually balances the shot rather well.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon D30 with 55mm Canon lens.<br>\r\nAperture - f13.<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/250 second.<br>\r\nISO 400.","31/10/04","Sandy Menzies","Ythan estuary near Aberdeen","","","",15);backgrounds[149518]=new photo(149518,"43518","","gallery","_MG_0636-01 bw2ecopyx.jpg",400,592,"Flotsam on Balmedie Beach",1,1,"Beautiful Newyears day morning walking along the beach at Balmedie blowing the cobwebs away.<br>\r\nLoved the way the foam at the edge of the surf framed the spiky branches of this lonesome pine.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 5D with Canon EF 24-105mm zoom lens with image stabiliser.<br>\r\nAperture - f13.<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/50 of a second.<br>\r\nISO 100.   ","01/01/06","Sandy Menzies","Balmedie Beach, Aberdeenshire","","","",15);backgrounds[565513]=new photo(565513,"43518","","gallery","Stranded-copy.jpg",247,400,'"Stranded" - St Cyrus',1,0,"I like this rather incongrous, surreal image of this large piece of drift wood sitting like a beached whale in this shallow seapool.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 5D with 24-105mm IS USM zoom lens<br>\r\nAperture f20<br>\r\nShutter speed 7 seconds<br>\r\nISO 100 ","29/09/06","Sandy Menzies","St Cyrus Beach","","","",15);backgrounds[564790]=new photo(564790,"43518","","gallery","_MG_Reef copy.jpg",294,400,'"Reef" - Cruden Bay',1,0,"Long exposure shot capturing the movement in the surf near Slain's Castle.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 5D with 24-105mm IS USM zoom lens<br>\r\nAperture f22<br>\r\nShutter speed 61 seconds<br>\r\nISO 100","09/09/06","Sandy Menzies","Cruden Bay","","","",15);backgrounds[108302]=new photo(108302,"10152","","gallery","Hawthorn_and_drystone_dyke_Caithness.jpg",400,599,"Hawthorn and Drystone Dyke - Hastigrow",1,1,'Really liked the look of this gnarled old Hawthorn bush, a "caithness bonsai" perhaps!<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 20D with 18-125mm Sigm zoom lens.<br>\r\nAperture - f13<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/20 second.<br>\r\nISO 100.',"24/09/05","Sandy Menzies","Hastigrow near Lyth","","","",15);backgrounds[3309275]=new photo(3309275,"201674","","gallery","_MG_5421-01bwecopy.jpg",400,275,'"Uprooted" - study #1.',1,1,"Long exposure shot of large fallen tree stuck in a sand bar on the beach","16/12/07","Sandy Menzies","Tentsmuir beach, Fife","","","",15);backgrounds[953129]=new photo(953129,"71998","","gallery","_MG_4183-01bwwebcopy.jpg",400,274,"Vik study #2",1,1,"","09/04/07","Sandy Menzies","Vik, south Iceland","","","",15);backgrounds[953132]=new photo(953132,"71998","","gallery","_MG_4211-01bwwebcopy.jpg",400,264,"Vik study #3",1,1,"","09/04/07","Sandy Menzies","Vik, south Iceland","","","",15);backgrounds[953143]=new photo(953143,"71998","","gallery","_MG_4243-02bwwebcopy.jpg",400,259,"Dyrrhoaley study #1",1,1,"","09/04/07","Sandy Menzies","Dyrrhoaley, south Iceland","","","",15);backgrounds[953145]=new photo(953145,"71998","","gallery","_MG_4260-01bwwebcopy.jpg",400,239,"Dyrrhoaley study #2",1,1,"","09/04/07","Sandy Menzies","Dyrrhoaley, south Iceland","","","",15);backgrounds[1714138]=new photo(1714138,"71999","","gallery","_MG_Petrified_Deadvlei-copy.jpg",400,247,'"PETRIFIED" - Deadvlei',1,1,"","","Sandy Menzies","Deadvlei - Namibia","","","",15);backgrounds[108222]=new photo(108222,"10153","","gallery","Deserted_Beach_South_Uist.jpg",267,400,"Deserted beach - South Uist",1,1,"Another beautiful October day in South Uist on another deserted strand.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 20D with 18-125mm Sigma zoom lens.<br>\r\nAperture - f8.<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/500 seconds.<br>\r\nISO 100.","23/10/05","Sandy Menzies","South Uist","","","",15);backgrounds[108226]=new photo(108226,"10153","","gallery","Seaweed_ North_Uist copy.jpg",266,400,"Seaweed - North Uist",1,1,"The entire beach was covered by about an inch of water and the fine seaweed was swirling in the oncoming tide on a really beautiful October day.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 20D with 18-125mm Sigma zoom lens.<br>\r\nAperture - f6.3<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/320 seconds.<br>\r\nISO 100.","21/10/05","Sandy Menzies","Traigh Ear beach in North Uist","","","",15);backgrounds[1714142]=new photo(1714142,"71999","","gallery","_MG_Mudcracks_Deadvlei-copy.jpg",247,400,'"MUDCRACKS" Deadvlei',1,1,"","","Sandy Menzies","Deadvlei - Namibia","","","",15);backgrounds[108237]=new photo(108237,"10153","","gallery","Looking_Towards_Berneray.jpg",400,267,"Looking Towards Berneray - North Uist",1,0,"Traigh Ear beach looking towards the island of Berneray. Incredible beach and sky!<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 20 D with 18-125mm Sigma zoom lens.<br>\r\nAperture - f3.5.<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/1000 second.<br>\r\nISO 100.","21/10/05","Sandy Menzies","Traigh Ear beach, North Uist.","","","",15);backgrounds[108238]=new photo(108238,"10153","","gallery","In_The_Surf_Benbecula.jpg",267,400,"In The Surf - Benbecula",1,0,"Thank goodness my boots are waterproof as the tide caught me out while taking this picture. I Really like the feeling of motion in this shot.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 20D with 18-125mm Sigma zoom lens.<br>\r\nAperture - f13.<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/125 second.<br>\r\nISO 100.","22/10/05","Sandy Menzies","Benbecula","","","",15);backgrounds[108267]=new photo(108267,"10155","","gallery","Shifting_Sands_Newburgh.jpg",400,517,"Shifting Sands - Newburgh",1,1,'Great "S" movement in the shifting sands and sky in this shot.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon D30 with 55mm Canon lens.<br>\r\nAperture - f13.<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/250 seconds.<br>\r\nISO 400.',"31/10/04","Sandy Menzies","Newburgh","","","",15);backgrounds[108269]=new photo(108269,"10155","","gallery","Snow_on_Scolty_Hill1.jpg",400,267,"Towards Strachan In The Snow - Scolty Hill ",1,0,"Deep snow towards the top of Scolty hill with a forboding line of dark clouds following the line of the drystone dyke.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 20D with 18-125mm Sigma zoom lens.<br>\r\nAperture - f25.<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/13 second.<br>\r\nISO 100.","20/02/05","Sandy Menzies","Near Banchory, Aberdeenshire","","","",15);backgrounds[108270]=new photo(108270,"10155","","gallery","Between_a_rock_and_a_hard_place_no.2_Scolty_Hill.jpg",400,600,"Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Scolty Hill ",1,0,"Seemed to me that the large rock in the foreground was guarding the lone pine on the ridge.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 20D with 18-125mm Sigma zoom lens.<br>\r\nAperture - f5.6.<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/500 of a second.<br>\r\nISO 800.","06/02/05","Sandy Menzies","Near Banchory, Aberdeenshire","","","",15);backgrounds[190904]=new photo(190904,"10155","","gallery","_MG_0979-01 bwe2copy.jpg",400,577,"Between a Rock and a Cold Place",1,1,"Deep snow in March on Scolty Hill.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 5D with Canon EF 24-105mm zoom lens with image stabiliser.<br>\r\nAperture - f22.<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/100 of a second.<br>\r\nISO 200.","05/03/05","Sandy Menzies","Scolty Hill near Banchory - Aberdeenshire","","","",15);backgrounds[108255]=new photo(108255,"10156","","gallery","Sun_breaks_through_the_clouds_Aviemore.jpg",400,599,"Sun Breaks Through The Clouds - Loch Nan Eilean ",1,1,'I was sitting eating my "sannies" in the pouring rain when all of a sudden the rain stopped and the sun came through a gap in the clouds for just long enough for me to fire off a few shots.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 20D with 18-125mm Sigma zoom lens.<br>\r\nAperture - f22.<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/13 of a second.<br>\r\nISO 100.',"08/03/05","Sandy Menzies","Loch nan Eilean near Aviemore.","","","",15);backgrounds[108247]=new photo(108247,"10156","","gallery","3_dead_trees_Loch_Garten.jpg",400,518,"3 Dead Trees - Loch Garten",1,1,"Thought this rather abstract silhouette was interesting with the shadows off the rotting trees leading into the trees themselves which cut through the horizon line.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 20D with 18-125mm Sigma zoom lens.<br>\r\nAperture - <br>\r\nShutter speed - <br>\r\nISO","08/03/05","Sandy Menzies","Loch Garten near Boat of Garten","","","",15);backgrounds[108251]=new photo(108251,"10156","","gallery","Ripple_in_Loch_Garten.jpg",400,523,"Ripples - Loch Garten",1,0,"Yes, I lobbed a rock into the water just beyond the rocks to create the ripple effect. One of my favourites!<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 20D with 18-125mm Sigma zoom lens.<br>\r\nAperture - f22.<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/25 of a second.<br>\r\nISO 100.","08/03/05","Sandy Menzies","Loch Garten","","","",15);backgrounds[108246]=new photo(108246,"10156","","gallery","The_lily_loch_after_the_rain_Aviemore.jpg",400,309,"The Lily Loch After The Rain - Loch Nan Eilean ",1,0,"The sun breaks through the heavy rain clouds illuminating the reed beds.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 20D with 18-125mm Sigma zoom lens.<br>\r\nAperture - f22.<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/15 of a second.<br>\r\nISO 100.","08/03/05","Sandy Menzies","Loch nan Eilean near Aviemore.","","","",15);backgrounds[108258]=new photo(108258,"10156","","gallery","3_rocks_Loch_Garten.jpg",400,309,"3 Rocks - Loch Garten",1,0,"3 old men huddled together turned to stone, perhaps? Great reflections from the snow covered hills.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 20D with 18-125mm Sigma zoom lens.<br>\r\nAperture - f7.1.<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/30 of a second.<br>\r\nISO 100.","08/03/05","Sandy Menzies","Loch Garten near Boat of Garten","","","",15);backgrounds[174225]=new photo(174225,"10156","","gallery","_MG_0826-01 bwecopy.jpg",270,400,"Fallen Tree - Loch Garten.",1,1,"Very still cold morning at Loch Garten with the light just touching the limb of a fallen tree.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 5D with Canon EF 24-105mm zoom lens with image stabiliser.<br>\r\nAperture - f4.<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/2000 of a second.<br>\r\nISO 800.","24/02/05","Sandy Menzies","Loch Garten, Speyside.","","","",15);backgrounds[108316]=new photo(108316,"10167","","gallery","Waterfall_Talisker_bay.jpg",400,599,"Waterfall - Talisker Bay",1,0,"A really wild, windy day! The only time I have ever seen a waterfall be blown back up a cliff!<br>\r\n<br>\r\nCanon 20D with 18-125mm Sigma zoom lens.<br>\r\nAperture - f5.6.<br>\r\nShutter speed - 1/200 of a second.<br>\r\nISO 100.","27/09/05","Sandy Menzies","Talisker bay, Skye","","","",15);