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one of my favourite subjects to photograph is water movement around rocks in rivers, i find it best to experiment with the shutter speeds for this type of shot to get the best outcome.

You also may need to use a polariser and also a ND (neutral density) filter to get to the shutter speed you require.

The location is the River Tay, Nr Pitlochry in the Southern Highlands of Scotland.

The River Tay is a river in the southern Highlands of Scotland; it was made somewhat famous (or infamous) by William McGonagall's The Tay Bridge Disaster. It is the longest river in Scotland and the sixth-longest in the UK. It is also the largest river in the UK with a catchment of approximately two thousand square miles (the Tweed is 1,500 square miles and the Spey is 1,097 square miles).

The Tay drains much of the southern Highlands, its source being high on the slopes of Ben Lui. The source is only c. 20 miles (c. 32 km) from the west-coast town of Oban, in Argyll and Bute. The waters flow through Perth and Kinross to the Firth of Tay and the North Sea, some 100 miles (160 km) to the east.

The river has a variety of names in the upper catchment: for the first few miles the river is known as the River Connonish; then it is called the River Fillan, and then the name changes again to the River Dochart until it flows into Loch Tay at Killin.

The River Tay emerges from Loch Tay at Kenmore, and flows from there to Perth which, in historical times, was the lowest bridging point of the river. Below Perth the river becomes tidal and enters the Firth of Tay. The largest city on the river, Dundee, lies on the north band of the Firth.

The main tributaries of the River Tay are the Rivers Almond, Isla, Earn, Shockie, Ordie, Braan, Tummel and Lyon.

Like the River Spey, River Dee and River Tweed, the River Tay is a famous salmon river.