Tag Archives: Princes street

Gillian and friends in Edinburgh

Just a few pictures from my wee trip to Edinburgh during the festival last weekend. My wonderful friend Gillian suggested it to get our two daughters together for a wee bit of fun as well as giving me a chance to talk photography with her friend Jane who is studying the subject. We had just...

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Balmoral Hotel 2

I was lucky to get this one sharp at all. It was dark and very rainy as well as getting into twilight. (The clock confirms this of course!). I selected ISO 1600 and only got 1/20th of a second using f10. I adjusted ISO up for my next few shots but luckily this one worked...

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The Scott Monument

While wandering along Princes Street yesterday in heavy rain, I stopped to grab a shot of the Scott Monument. Such sunlight as was peeking out of the clouds caused a degree of backlighting which meant that the detail on the monument had to be pushed using the highlights control in software. The other problem was...

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Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh

I had such a pleasant afternoon today. I was joining friends for a birthday in Newhaven, near Leith in Edinburgh for a 6pm dinner. This took me through Edinburgh Waverley station around 5pm as the light levels were dropping. I had my Canon 500D with me and its 24mm pancake lens was on. (This combination...

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