Location: Cramond
Theme: Boats
Refreshments: Shhhh! There is a fabulous community café but it isn't very well signposted. I suspect that's deliberate.
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| Kate found lots of texture in this old knotted rope |
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| Mandy found this leading line curving towards Cramond Island |
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| Vincent nailed the theme! |
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| Alex missed Cramond, but he shared this image of a kestrel spotted in Musselburgh |
Location - Museum of Scottish Fire Heritage
Weather - Rain forced us indoors
Optional theme - None. The original theme of "boats" - intended for Cramond - didn't seem relevant here
Refreshments - The Edinburgh Central Youth Hostel - welcoming, and with loads of space
Gotcha - The museum is small, and there was a lot of overlap in the things we photographed; I've tried to minimise this as much as possible.
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| Maggie found this abstract in the radiator vents of one of the fire engines |
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| Sandra photographed this magnificent old fire engine |
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| Alex focused on some of this fire engine's internal workings |
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| Dorothy shot this detail of a tarpaulin used in fire rescues |
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| Circles within circles, photographed by Eileen |
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| Ian found this tiny, toy-like, fire engine |
Location - Eskmills, Musselburgh
Weather - Sunny intervals
Optional theme - Industry
Refreshments - The Company Bakery - Excellent sweet treats; we sat outside in the sun
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| Kate photographed this abstract of the fish pond in the glasshouse |
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| Johnnie Walker in the window of Crolla's Italian Kitchen |
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| Bus stop on the approach to Eskmills, photographed by Alex |
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| Eileen took the industrial theme very seriously |
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| Ian explored the history of the site |
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| Dorothy found this woodland scene behind Eskmills |
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| Sandra shared a memory of a sunset at Port Seton |
Location - Saughton park
Weather - Fine sunshiny day
Optional theme - Red
Refreshments - The café in the park; lovely, but the service was slow
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| Apparently this is a weed that Sandra photographed; if so, it's a very pretty weed |
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| Abstract by Eileen, capturing shapes and reflections in the bodywork of a red car |
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| Ada found this beautiful light highlighting the ferns |
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| Alex found an eye in the trunk of this Himalayan Birch |
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| Ian concentrated on red textures |
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| Maggie found this lovely thistle |
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| Mandy took this macro shot, filling the frame with pink |
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
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| Vincent captured this dreamlike photo |
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| A lone yacht moored just offshore, with the Edinburgh skyline in the background; photo by Ada |
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| Alex found a high vantage point to take this photograph looking back towards the harbour |
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| Mandy caught a view of the island of Incholm |
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| Sandra captured rock textures |
Location - Starting from Fingal's Hotel
Weather - Sunny intervals
Optional theme - Layers
Refreshments - Relish
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| Abstract layers by Kate |
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| Maggie zoomed in to this abstract detail of a huge structure |
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| Sandra gave us a view across the dock to some of new new high rise buildings |
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| Ada found this layered view of Leith's varied architecture |
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| Alex used double exposure to create this layered effect |
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| Geometric composition by Colin |
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| Dorothy photographed these layers of kegs |
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| Eileen photographed layers of slate |
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| Ian was the only one of us to photograph an establishing shot of the magnificent Fingal |
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.
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| Eileen found multiple layers of gold frames in the gallery |
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| Kate's photo finds gold in the architecture |
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| New recruit Vincent found another layered composition in the gallery |
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| Ada found a yellow detail in a child's portrait |
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| An abstract detail from a portrait of Nicola Benedetti, found by Alex |
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| Beryl found a clash of gold and blue |
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| Colin found a yellow fingerprint reader on the gallery wall |
Further afield
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| Dorothy photographed a hummingbird hawk-moth |
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| Ian shared some photos from a recent trip to Orkney |
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| Sandra shared the first phot she ever took as a member of the group |
This is a mix of photos from various locations we've visited over the past three weeks.
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| Alex captured this abstract view of the Granton Gasholder lying on his back in the centre of the park |
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| Ada captured a classic view of Duddingston Loch from Dr Neil's Garden |
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| The theme at South Queensferry was black and white. This is Colin's interpretation of the theme |
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| Dorothy shared this very funny shot of a dog being prepared for his agility contest. Don't worry - he got to eat the treat! |
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| Eileen loves to photograph intentional camera movement so we assumed this was deliberate - but she tells us this time it was accidental |
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| Maggie shot this abstract of the Queensferry Crossing |
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| Mandy was tickled by these tapirs she saw at a recent zoo visit. Cute but deadly. |
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| Sandra's reflection of branches in a small pond feels very serene |
Location: Cramond Theme: Boats Refreshments: Shhhh! There is a fabulous community café but it isn't very well signposted. I suspect th...
