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The world is tilting! Look at the guy with the rope in the background. He's trying to hold on. ;)

Highland games A successful turn of the caber.

Highland games The most fascinating event, caber tossing. The purpose of the throw is to tip the caber, which is a huge wooden log, over so it lands straight ahead. Competitors are judged on how close the caber lands to 12 o'clock. In the competition I watched there were several athletes (about...

Highland games Weight throw for distance. These things weigh two stones (28 lb, 13 kg) or four stones (56 lb, 25 kg). Very heavy! Two-stone weight. Four-stone weight. I'd struggle to lift it off the ground, these guy toss it like little toys. Here, an Icelandic big man does a little warm up...

Highland games Big men walking.

Highland games Hammer throw. A metal ball is attached to a wooden shaft. It is thrown overhead, with feet in a fixed position (no spinning like in the Olympic hammer throw). Hammer landing.

Highland games Stone put. Two competitions with a 16 lb and 22 lb stone.

Highland games Cycling on a grass track. Not traditional, but often included in modern games. Fierce competition! The winner does the lap of honour.

Highland games There is nothing more Scottish than the Highland Games, held throughout the year in different parts of Scotland. They consist of several events: bagpiping, highland dancing, heavy events and often additional (not traditional) athletic sports like running and cycling. Let's start...

My first serious attempt on replacing background.

Bubbles! I'm making bubbles!

I learned one thing since I started doing BIF. Birds move fast!

For comparison, here is a 100% crop from Sigma 150-500, @390 mm. Mind you, my lens requires some fine-tuning, I noticed front-focusing at the longer end. I haven't checked it that carefully at shorter focal lengths.

Looked outside this morning, and decided to take a picture.

And now for something completely different.

Regeneration Some of the old council houses have been already removed a few years ago and new homes build in their place.

Regeneration Some old terraced house in the same are there to stay. This is a typical inexpensive terrace of homes. Very typical for many places in the country. I'm sure many British Nikonites recognise this: