Musselburgh

March 2025 - Musselburgh 

Optional theme - Simplicity 

Weather - Bright and sunny

Refreshments - Hollies Community Hub - Great scones, but only UHT milk for the coffee :( 

We saw all sorts in Eileen's photo of this driftwood - rabbits, jelly monsters, ghosts! 

Alex's close-up of the eroding paint on a boat's rudder looks like a drone shot of a sunny beach. 

Arthur found simplicity in a bare shrub on the seafront. 

Ada photographed this redshank in the harbour.

Beryl photographed the boats by the side of the harbour - waiting for better weather to be lowered into the water. 

Colin shared some photos from a recent trip to Spain. This image of a terrapin fitted the "simplicity" brief perfectly. 

Ian shared some photos from a recent trip to Newcastle. 

Cammo Estate

February 2025 - Cammo Estate 

Optional theme - Nature - this was a very easy theme for this location! 

Weather - Bright and sunny 

Refreshments - Caffé Nero, Queensferry Road - very chill atmosphere 

Lots of us photographed the snowdrops, but it was Ada who captured the best shot. 

Alex captured this image of the bare wintry trees and the watery spring sunlight.

Alison's photo tells the story of the Cammo Estate - the old mature trees giving way to new growth.

Arthur captured this crow looking down from a bare tree.

Barrie spotted this tree - a storm victim, and ready to be felled. 

Beryl's photo captures the long shadows of the trees on either side of the path. 

Who's watching who? This dog had no fear of the icy water. Photo by Ian. 

Kate was the only one of us who photographed the spring crocuses.

Maggie's abstract is actually very simple: trees reflected in a flooded path. 

Mandy found lots of birds, including this wren posing on a log. 

Sandra photographed many of the park's mature trees - including this specimen which surely has a story to tell. 

Eileen saw a grumpy face in this image of a gatepost.

Lochrin Basin

February 2025 - Lochrin Canal Basin

Optional theme - Reflections

Weather - Bitterly cold 

Refreshments - Loudons - The scones came highly recommended, but not everyone got them because they sold out

Maggie chose an abstract treatment for this photo

 

Sandra photographed a graffiti artist at work.

Ada's photo captures exactly how Lochrin Basin looks today in 2025. 

Alex captured this moody image of Union Canal.

This fabulous abstract was captured by Eileen. 

Arthur captured this photo of the lifting bridge. 

Beryl managed to find some sunshine! 

Colin found these tree reflections in the canal.  

Two outings: Edinburgh Park and the Omni Centre

January 2025 - Venue 1 - Edinburgh Park - Theme - Curves  - Weather - A crisp bright day 

January 2025 - Venue 2 - Omni Centre - Theme - Look Up - Weather - Dreich 

Refreshments - The Gyle Centre Food Court, Coffee Saints 

Alex chose black and white for Edinburgh Park, and captured this view of the business park and the wee lake. On East London Street, looking up revealed this beautiful panel of colourful tiles. 

Arthur's image of Edinburgh Street Food captures the dreichness of the day. The coffee afterwards was very welcome! 

Beryl escaped the drab day by nipping into John Lewis. 

Eileen's pair of images are strikingly similar, despite their very different subject matter. Top, a detail from one of Paolozzi's sculptures at Edinburgh Park. Bottom, looking up to a very sculptural traffic light on Leith Street. 

Ian's image from Edinburgh Park shows the curve of the elevated tram line. 

Kate found some lovely curves in an amphitheatre at Edinburgh Park. 

Maggie created this abstract from an original image of a circular cobblestone road surface. 

Sandra's image of pebbles at Edinburgh Park captures the theme of curves. From the Omni Centre, she made her way to the P's and G's Church to capture the Gothic Revival magnificence of this Grade A listed building. 

Ada found animals in both locations! 

Alison's first photo is a detail from the giraffe sculpture. Her second photo is titled One Gull, Two Rails. I'm sorry, it's a dreadful pun, but it made us all laugh. 

Colin's photos capture architectural details from both locations. 

Ian was the only one of us who thought to take a photo of Regent Bridge.

Mandy photographed the sculptures, and found similar poses in both locations.  

Portobello

December 2024, Portobello

Weather - cold but bright

Optional theme - street 

Refreshments - Eyden's. They made us very welcome but we chose the table poorly, and ended up crowded into a corner! 

Eileen was bang-on theme with her image of the young man carrying a Christmas tree on his shoulder. Her other photo shows a "found" still life with wicker chair. 

Ian found items of interest in some of Portobello's shop displays. 

Sandra found an inflatable Santa emerging from a chimney! Her other photo shows a winter flower. She told me what it was but I forgot to take a note. Sorry. 

Ada found an adorable wee dog and - by way of contrast - a menacing electricity pylon. 

Alex had fun playing with a fisheye lens. 

Colin photographed some of Portobello's shop window displays. 

Alison was unable to join us in Portobello so she shared some photos of Kinross' historic architecture.