Stock Photography: Dumfriesshire
Loch Ken & the Ken Dee Marshes
I have amassed a large collection of Stock Photography images which previously could be accessed via a link to Photographers Direct.com. This was a well-established website with well over one million images on record, supplied by thousands of photographers worldwide. However, in early 2019 the site folded without warning or explanation, I suspect as the result of a downturn in the Stock Photography market.
As an alternative means of displaying my stock images, I am in the early stages of creating a series of thumbnail gallery pages featuring shots previously held by PD in addition to some of those included in the main posts. Due to the large number of JPEG files I have not attempted to re-keyword individual files as before but have grouped them under general headings so that they can be accessed via a general search. Larger categories will be sub-divided and some subjects may be duplicated on one or more pages.
As an alternative means of displaying my stock images, I am in the early stages of creating a series of thumbnail gallery pages featuring shots previously held by PD in addition to some of those included in the main posts. Due to the large number of JPEG files I have not attempted to re-keyword individual files as before but have grouped them under general headings so that they can be accessed via a general search. Larger categories will be sub-divided and some subjects may be duplicated on one or more pages.
Please note that all my images are subject to copyright. They are not free to use and have been embedded with a digital watermark. Also bear in mind that the thumbnails displayed are relatively low-quality, may be under or over exposed, and do not fully reflect the standard of images produced from the high-resolution files supplied to clients.
The RSPB`s Ken-Dee Marshes Reserve located in the Galloway region of South-west Scotland. This RSPB reserve lies on the west side of a shallow-sided loch system just over 14 km (9 miles) long, flanked by marshland and meadows. It was created as a result of a dam built across the River Dee in the 1930s at Glenlochar, north of Castle Douglas. The RSPB reserve has two hides.
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Loch Ken was once a popular venue for anglers but is now infested with non-native North American Signal Crayfish which eat young fish and destroy their habitats. The crayfish were imported to the UK in the 1970s but escapees from fish farms and illegal releases into various waterways are not only damaging the environment but the economy too. These Crayfish were first found wild in Scotland in 1995 and this Dumfries and Galloway loch is one of the worst affected places in the country, despite a recent five-month trapping program which killed 700,000 of them. It is thought that millions still remain and several companies from overseas have proposed farming them as a commercial venture.
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