On the western edge of Aberfeldy is a pretty but rather ordinary looking forest. It's only once you head into these woods that you will find what is one of my favourite spots for photography in Scotland. A clear path circles round around a wooded gorge through which the Moness Burn runs. Once called the Den of Moness, it was renamed after the famous Scottish poet Robbie Burns wrote about it in his poem The Birks o' Aberfeldie. A commemorative statue of the man can be found on the walk. Along the walk you will find a number of waterfalls, ranging from delicate branching streams to thunderous cascades. In this case the largest of these, the Falls of Moness, is actually not very easy to photograph because there is only really one point up high along the edge of the gorge from which it can be seen through the trees. Getting near it on the ground level isn't really possible unless you have waders to go through the river. The other, medium sized waterfalls are much easier to photograph and produce some really nice results. There is a brief window in autumn where the leaves change to warmer shades and that it when the setting is at its most photogenic, but even when the vegetation is a vibrant green, the natural beauty of the place is apparent.
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