Eskmills, Musselburgh

Location - Eskmills, Musselburgh

Weather - Sunny intervals

Optional theme - Industry 

Refreshments - The Company Bakery - Excellent sweet treats; we sat outside in the sun 

Kate photographed this abstract of the fish pond in the glasshouse 

Johnnie Walker in the window of Crolla's Italian Kitchen 

Bus stop on the approach to Eskmills, photographed by Alex 

Eileen took the industrial theme very seriously 

Ian explored the history of the site

Dorothy found this woodland scene behind Eskmills 

Further afield 

Sandra shared a memory of a sunset at Port Seton 

Saughton Park

Location - Saughton park

Weather - Fine sunshiny day  

Optional theme - Red

Refreshments - The café in the park; lovely, but the service was slow

Apparently this is a weed that Sandra photographed; if so, it's a very pretty weed

Abstract by Eileen, capturing shapes and reflections in the bodywork of a red car 

Ada found this beautiful light highlighting the ferns 

Alex found an eye in the trunk of this Himalayan Birch 

Ian concentrated on red textures 

Maggie found this lovely thistle

Mandy took this macro shot, filling the frame with pink 

Aberdour

Location - starting from Aberdour railway station 

Weather - Initially excellent, but it got too hot as soon as the haar burnt off 

Optional theme - Seaside 

Refreshments - A bistro on the high street; not sure what it's called but they let us order breakfast rolls even though breakfast service was over 

Vincent captured this dreamlike photo 

A lone yacht moored just offshore, with the Edinburgh skyline in the background; photo by Ada 

Alex found a high vantage point to take this photograph looking back towards the harbour 

Mandy caught a view of  the island of Incholm 

Sandra captured rock textures

Port of Leith

Location - Starting from Fingal's Hotel 

Weather - Sunny intervals 

Optional theme - Layers 

Refreshments - Relish 

Abstract layers by Kate 

Maggie zoomed in to this abstract detail of a huge structure

Sandra gave us a view across the dock to some of new new high rise buildings 

Ada found this layered view of Leith's varied architecture 

Alex used double exposure to create this layered effect 

Geometric composition by Colin

Dorothy photographed these layers of kegs 

Eileen photographed layers of slate 

Ian was the only one of us to photograph an establishing shot of the magnificent Fingal

The Portrait Gallery

Location:  a poor weather forecast made us decide to visit an exhibition of digital photography at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. On the day, the weather was better than expected, so some of us explored the surrounding streets instead. 

Weather: dull but dry; better than expected. 

Optional theme: yellow. We leaned heavily into this theme - several of us based our whole morning's shooting around the colour yellow.

Refreshments - The gallery café. Coronation chicken focaccia was very warmly received! 

Memorable moment: when reviewing these photos, we had a spirited debate about whether gold was a shade of yellow, or a different colour. 

Eileen found multiple layers of gold frames in the gallery

Kate's photo finds gold in the architecture 

New recruit Vincent found another layered composition in the gallery 

Ada found a yellow detail in a child's portrait 

An abstract detail from a portrait of Nicola Benedetti, found by Alex 

Beryl found a clash of gold and blue 

Colin found a yellow fingerprint reader on the gallery wall 

Further afield 

Dorothy photographed a hummingbird hawk-moth 

Ian shared some photos from a recent trip to Orkney 

Sandra shared the first phot she ever took as a member of the group