North Berwick

May 2024, venue - North Berwick 

Theme - Off Centre

Weather - It didn't actually start raining till we were on our way home. 

Refreshments - Seabird Centre

It was touch and go whether we would make it to North Berwick as the weather forecast was all over the place. But we decided to risk it, and the risk paid off with the rain-soaked streets and flowers giving us some beautiful colours to work with. The theme was a bit of a flop though. 

Alex's heavily-edited interpretation of St Andrew's Church went down well. The vintage feel was the result of some lengthy work in Affinity Photo. His other image is a view of the old changing rooms at the outdoor swimming pool. 

Sandra's photo of a rain-soaked tulip brought out all the lovely colours. Her more subdued image of the Bass Rock deserves to be viewed full-screen: look at all those gannets flying round the rock! 

Brian spent some time photographing the rocks by the harbour. I'm surely not the only person who sees an alligator in the shape of that rock formation in the second photo? 

Maggie's first photo of a path at the foot of Berwick Glen captures a feel of modern sculpture: compare it with the Landform at Modern One in Edinburgh. Her second photo gave us our theme for next week: Looking Through. 

Eileen was unable to join us on the day, so she shared some photos from a recent Urban Landscape course which she has been attending. The tutor told her that the first image was "a still life, not an urban landscape". Damn fine photo though.