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. 

Edinburgh Tram

November 2024 - The view from the tram 

Weather - Cold, frosty 

Optional theme - Motion, though most of us ignored the theme this week

Refreshments - Food court at the Gyle Shopping Centre 

We boarded the tram at Princes Street and made our way to Gyle Shopping centre - stopping off from time to time for the odd photo. 

Eileen enjoyed experimenting with double exposures and unusual camera angles. But her highlight photo was of frosty leaves lying on the ground. 

Maggie's first photo is the result of some careful work in Photoshop Elements. Her other photos, however, are just very carefully chosen camera angles. 

Ada found nature even in this very urban environment. We all saw a dancer in that last photo of the dying thistle. 

Alex also found nature surrounding the tram tracks. 

Colin was unable to join us on the day, so he shared this idyllic image of a book-lover sitting under a group of palm trees in Malaga.