A majestic looking church pointing to heaven.Thursday, 29 November 2007
Edinburgh
A very cold pre-dawn over Edinburgh. The two chimneys are Cockenzie Power Station - seen in a very early post.
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
Monday, 26 November 2007
Edinburgh skyline
A favourite view! Not many cities have such a dramatic skyline with a great set of crags (Salisbury Crags) in the background. Not to mention another hill (Blackford Hill) just minutes from work for the photographer to climb to get this great view!
Sunday, 25 November 2007
Saturday, 24 November 2007
Auchencorth Moss, Midlothian
Stopping off on the local moor just before dusk. Cold, wet and windy no glorious sunset but dynamic clouds!
Traquair House Gardens, Innerleithen, Scottish Borders
Winter woodland walk. Very ancient Yew trees.Traquair House, Innerleithen, Scottish Borders
The low building on the left contains a chapel with a brew house underneath at the back. It was a dismal day and the the sun was out only for about 30 seconds! Fortunately I was in the right place at the right time and I rushed around getting a few different pics. Mind I had to wait some time and the car got stuck in the mud wheels spinning - had to be pushed out! A great effort to get you a couple of pics today! As least we have deep winter to look forward to!Traquair House, Innerleithen, Scottish Borders
This time of year we have a lot of weather! This afternoon Traquair House stood magnificently in the sun with storm clouds behind. Traquair House is the oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland it dates back to 1107 - yes, that makes it its 900 anniversary!Friday, 23 November 2007
Rooftop view - Edinburgh
Everything is in this picture - Edinburgh's stone built heritage and columnar basalt cliffs in the background - just like the Giant's Causeway!
Edinburgh sunrise
You may be wondering why no posts during the last two days... well it has been very dreich - RAIN all the time! This morning was different - it was a VERY cold sunrise!Tuesday, 20 November 2007
Monday, 19 November 2007
Auchencorth Moss in the rain
Why does the weather always look better in a photograph that it actually was on the moor?Sunday, 18 November 2007
Tree in the wilderness
A last gasp small hint of pinkness in the sky before the sun set on an otherwise dreich and very short day. At least we got a few of the lichens that thrive on every fence post top on the moor when the weather is like this!
Life on a gatepost, Auchencorth Moss
Even on the dreariest of days there are masterpieces of nature to be captured. A gatepost on Auchencorth Moss.Lichens on the moor
Overcast and wet it may be - but our lichens thrive and come to life in these conditions!Imagination
Today proved to be wet and overcast. Let the imagination see the rolling Pentland Hills behind the tree!
Saturday, 17 November 2007
Beech skyline
This can be a great place to see buzzards. I've seen up to eight slowly wheeling around over the trees, today nil but with imagination you can see them!
Friday, 16 November 2007
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Stolen shot
To brighten up the days pics on what was a grey day, I crept up to this Christmas cactus and stole a shot before the owner found me!
Timepiece
Going for a walk at lunchtime its great to have the occasional wall mounted clock to check the time.Monday, 12 November 2007
Sunrise on the way to work, Penicuik, Midlothian
Not usually up early enough to capture such fiery skies... I wonder whether it is like this EVERY morning?!
Sunday, 11 November 2007
End of another day, Mendick Hill near West Linton
What better way to finish the day than with a great Scottish sunset! Late in the day at West Linton
Thirteen minutes past four and it is getting dark. Days are not very long up here!
Central Scotland scenery
Just north of Biggar, not quite like the Highlands but only a few minutes from home.Old landslide near Dunsyre, Lanarkshire
The low angle of the sun picks out an old landslide. Can you see the gap at the top where the rockfall started?
Lazy Sunday in Penicuik
Park End, Penicuik, didn't have to go too far - this interesting building is close by. It was quite stormy last night and this morning a mix of sun and strong cloud and the ability to walk a few hundred yards up the road got this one...! Saturday, 10 November 2007
Flat Cat Gallery, Lauder, Scottish Borders
This eye-catching shop sign caught the photographer's eye... good eh!Woodpecker in the garden
Wondering where to go to take an image for the blog today.. there suddenly appeared a Great Spotted Woodpecker in the garden! Within seconds I grabbed my camera and... it didn't work - no card in the camera - typical! He stayed around long enough to get this not too sharp picture.
Friday, 9 November 2007
What a skyline!
Just one more because it was really good. I promise not to put up the other twenty I took!
Scottish riviera?
Maybe not. It was windy and freezing as is usual in this part of the world. North Berwick is great for photography though - if you like sea and sky!
Breakers at Bass Rock
OK, so the rest of the east coast is having great breakers the size of houses, all I managed was a little bit of swell. But they don't have Bass Rock! Some of you may enquire why is Bass Rock there? Well, it just happens to be the plug of a volcano that was active 340 million years ago. For a far more interesting story follow this link and be amazed!
Scotland is full of castles
Tantallon Castle between Tyninghame and North Berwick is looking majestic - apart from the scaffolding. I was very tempted to Photoshop them but resisted. Great contrast though with the dark clouds behind - my sort of picture!
Why does the sun always shine at Tyninghame?
Dunno, but it always does when I pass though - you can see from the dark cloudy background that it doesn't shine anywhere else!Pot plant
I should have been photographing gravestones in Prestonkirk Kirk but I saw this pot plant - just a bit out of context - nice pot plant though. Don't know what it is - plants are a bit out of my context too!
Penicuik Town Hall, Midlothian
I was out shopping... and took my camera with me .. just in case....!
Thursday, 8 November 2007
Storm beyond Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders
Fortunately the stormy weather was away over the fields.
Eildon Hills, Scottish Borders
Leaving Bowden and looking back to the Eildon Hills, the foreground and hills were lit up against the gathering storm clouds - this was it for the day now.Bowden Church, Roxburghshire - main gate
OK, I can't resist a good silhouette either! First signs of cloud appearing.Stained glass window, Bowden Church, Roxburghshire
Stained glass just aks to be photographed - I couldn't resist this one. It is part of a much larger window amongst a number of other impressive stained-glass windows in this Borders' kirk.
Storm? What storm?
Despite the severe weather warning, this morning started out fine in the local Penicuik woods, Lowrie's Den. Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Auchencorth Moss
The cloud seems to stream over the line of the Moorfoot Hills in the distance. So that's it for the day! I wonder what tomorrow will bring... we could be storm chasing, reading the weather forecast! 
Cockenzie Power Station
Looking the other way from the nicey nicey seascapes is an even finer view... a huge exciting coal-fired power station glowing in the late afternoon sun!
Prestonpans, East Lothian
Another view as the sun gets low.A local legend suggests that Prestonpans was first founded by a shipwrecked pirate called Althamer in the 11th Century. Prestonpans is of course famous for the Jacobite victory over the English in 1745.
Prestonpans, East Lothian
Further east along the coast is Prestonpans. Looking over the sea towards Edinburgh, the large mass of Arthur's Seat is clearly visible.Portobello, Edinburgh
A sparkling wall of sandstone buildings on Portobello sea front.
The name, 'Portobello' is derived from 'Puerto Bello', a port captured during Admiral Vernon's campaign against the Spaniards in 1739. A retired sailor, George Hamilton called his house after Puerto Bello and the name seemed to stick!
Tuesday, 6 November 2007
Edinburgh sky
Edinburgh is full of wonderful stone buildings and often great skies - today we had both.Chimney pots against an Edinburgh sky
Another image 'worked' in Photoshop to get an image more true to life. Neat pipework.The Reid Memorial Church
Nice picture but I cheated. Taken into the light exposing for the sky it vastly underexposed the building. I created two images from the RAW file one with exposure optimized for the building and one for the sky and then superimposed them to get an image of what it actually looked like. Art eh!
Grasses
Grasses in the garden at the Reid Memorial Church, Edinburgh. The sun streamed through against the background shadow making them jump out at me!
The Reid Memorial Church, Edinburgh
Managed to get this without ANY traffic lights, lamp-posts and other assorted street furniture - it was difficult!
Monday, 5 November 2007
Edinburgh Castle from Blackford Hill
It was a cracker of a day and a lunchtime walk up Blackford Hill saw a really great view of Edinburgh Castle and the hills of Fife behind. The black basalts of the volcanic plug that the castle sits on are clearly visible. After the serious exercise and the strong wind I was surprised this picture was sharp!
Sunday, 4 November 2007
Lagonda motor
Something different - a very old car but in excellent condition. You go out photographing gravestones and you come back with an old car!Saturday, 3 November 2007
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