Hello All, I wanted to write this and get it of my chest and wanted to share my opnion and get your opinions. I had first seen Scotland pretty well. I later decided to go to New Zealand, mainly South Island. It was always on my mind to visit it. I covered it extremely well, more than even Scotland since it is bigger than Scotland. I saw it all, from Mount cook to Lake Tekapo, to Queenstown, Te anau, Milford etc, you name it. I enjoyed my time there

However, when my trip was concluding, I kept wondering that while the scenery here is grand, and while it has more diversity than Scotland, somehow I still prefer Scotland scenery over NZ scenery. Not sure whether it is that Moody/gloomy look of Scotland, the raw feel, I kept remembering my drive from Glencoe to Skye via Localsh etc and other places I stopped at and how it was so pretty looking in the rain.

I have some extremely beautiful pictures of New Zealand from Milford Sound to Cook, but I feel I prefered Scotland a little more. I am not sure if I am crazy to say this since many rate New Zealand really high because of its beauty and sheer size. However, I guess there are some folks like me who prefer Scotland just by little bit.

October 2026

Middleburg Hts. Ohio

October 30, 2026

(a couple of buildings removed)

Found this one on a fallen beech branch, low enough that I could get the camera under the cap. With the light behind it the gills show straight through. The slime coating is what makes it glow like that.

Happy to share settings if anyone’s curious.