Stockbridge

September 2024 - Stockbridge 

Weather - bright and clear

Optional theme - Curves 

Refreshments - Nero's - cinnamon buns highly recommended 

We dived enthusiastically into this theme. Maggie's images come from the opposite ends of her zoom range - a still life and a long zoom of some distant chimneys.

Sandra's photo of the door gave us our longest discussion of the day. Is it blue or is it green? Eventually we decided it was turquoise. A good old British compromise! 

Everyone loves a dog - Ada found three cute wee dugs standing just by a curve in the pavement. 

We found lots of curves in Alison's photo of this very comfy-looking chair. Her other image highlights an art deco-style sunburst in the road markings. 

Colin used black and white to emphasise the curves in these semi-abstract images. 

Kate found intricate curves in the stonework of Stockbridge's historic buildings. 

Granton Park

August 2024, Granton

Weather - Sunshine and clouds 

Optional Theme - Black and white 

Refreshments - Morrisons Cafe

Alison captured the men at work on the old Granton gasometer. Her second image is of a beautiful modern building nearby. We were all taken by the clean lines which worked so well in black and white. 

Colin captured this perfectly-timed image of a passenger jet, framed by the struts of the gasometer. His other photos capture more peaceful images of park life. 

Remember that building that Alison photographed? Here it is again - this time as seen by Eileen. I told you those clean lines looked good in black and white. Eileen's last photo is presented in its original colour version - the orange of the jumpsuits standing out against that subdued blue sky. 

Maggie enjoys finding abstract compositions by working on her photos in Photoshop Elements. Her interpretation of the communications mast evokes the feel of a pixelated image from the early days of the internet. Ah ... remember the days before the internet was filled with relentless advertising!  Her final image is a variation on Eileen's interpretation of the men working on the gasometer. This is a more colourful view which emphasises the diagonals of the structure. 

Sandra's photos concentrated on the beauty of the natural life to be found in the park. But she found time for a moody black and white of a detail from a gate. 

Alex wandered home via Granton Harbour, where he captured this serene image of the old wooden jetty at the end of the breakwater. Does anyone else see a big letter A there? His other images are infrared black and whites from Granton Park. 

Ada captured a dreamlike set of abstracts. Her first photo, showing the curve of the boardwalk, foreshadows our theme for next week: curves.  

Kate took two photos of guerrilla art in the park. The first one, according to Wikipedia, is yarn bombing. Not sure about the second one though.