Evening Sunshine at Glenelg

We hoped to see the famous pair of Sea Eagles off the jetty at Glenelg but no luck although we did get views of Gannets, Cormorant, Seals, Common Ringed Plovers and Goosanders.

Common Ringed Plover

 Two Male Goosanders dispute a fish

A Wet Welcome to Scotland

We have made a minor diversion on our way up to Skye to visit a relative of Phil's and are staying for the night in Ayr. The promised clearance in the evening did not really arrive though the drizzle stopped for a while and there was a bit of light in the west.

Gannets

I needed an image to advertise a talk I am doing entitled Inspired by Nature and found this one from a trip over to Bass Rock. Obviously a composite but it is the feeling you get when the Gannets swoop in to get the fish thrown into the water from the boat.

Last Two from Glasgow

I have been working on the Mackintosh pictures and have put up a Gallery of images on my website (Ann Miles Photography).
These two are from The Lighthouse a building Mackintosh helped design as an apprentice in 1895

More from the Pipe Festival

A couple more reflection photos from the marching band displays on Tuesday. The American Cadets from South Carolina had the shiniest bells. There were bands from around the globe including Swiss Highlanders and a Polish Band. Here are two of the best turned out bands - the massed pipes of Scottish regiments and the Jordanian Pipers.

Reflections of Glasgow

Today's theme was reflections, starting with the intriguing planet earth type images in the euphoniums (?euphonia) of the Guards band. More of these to follow.

The Beresford Cinema reflected in a car rear window gave another spot of red (to counteract the green of the previous posting).

We have spent quite a few hours in the back alley ways and today was even more interesting with reflections in puddles after heavy rain.

We decided to visit the east side of the city today and ended up at a friendly match between Celtic and Blackburn. It is a very impressive stadium seating 60,000 when full but it was less then half full for this preseason match. There were lots of cute kids - especially young girls - all dressed up in green and white. I felt quite nostalgic for my days as Cambridge United Photographer and actually the football wasn't much better.

Tale of Two Cities

We visited Perth in the morning on Saturday to meet friends for lunch.
There are quite a few of the original tenement houses there with the communal entrances and staircases. In the afternoon we went on to Edinburgh - a great contrast to quiet Perth as it is the start of the Festival so the city was all youth and noise though I did find one back alley way that I liked.

House for an Art Lover

The House for an Art Lover was constructed between 1989 and 1996 from a design of 1901 by Mackintosh for his wife Margaret MacDonald. We weren't able to visit the whole house as there was a wedding on later in the afternoon but they allowed us to view the main rooms.

Scotland Street School

Scotland Street School,which was designed by Charles Renee Mackintosh, was opened in 1906 and closed in 1979. A very light interior with lots of CRM features. I was rather dismayed at how many of the rooms reminded me of my primary school - the desks, ink wells, outside toilets, clockrooms. My London County Council School was much drearier however with brown and cream paint not the vibrant blues and greens. I didn't take a shift lens today as it was raining heavily but wished I had for the exterior shots.

Patterns and Colour

A set of pattern colour images. The first is from Troon Harbour last night - we watched them unpack the fish into these coloured trays.



















The next two are from the Barras area of Glasgow. They are demolishing a lot of the red building and replacing with similar coloured but characterless tall flats.


















The last three are of the Tennets' brewery.