Grantchester Walk

Walked from Barton through Grantchester into Cambridge yesterday on a cold and very dull-light morning giving a rather sombre collection of images - probably suiting the mood in our household at the moment where everyone other than Matt and I (so far) have gone down with a particularly nasty D and V bug. The sun came out just as I reached Cambridge

Focus Stacking Examples

We ran a focus-stacking workshop at Scotsdales Garden Centre just before I went to Edinburgh and I have just got time to process the images. They are stacks of 60, 50 and 30 images respectively at f2.8 taken on a Fuji T2 with focus bracketing and stacked in Zerene stacker - not a perfect result as 

the floor is sprung so there was some movement between 'frames' 

Edinburgh 9. National Galleries

I completed my last day  doing the sights in Edinburgh with a visit to the 
Royal Scottish Academy Building and the National Gallery of Scotland - interesting buildings and interiors plus some great art.

Edinburgh 8. Walk to the Castle

My last day in Edinburgh and a walk from my B&B in West coates through Princes Gardens with its wonderful fountain up to the Castle. The Old Town is full of alleyways and steps. As expected my favourite view was from the Castle entrance back across to Arthur's Seat with all the tourists milling around in the forecourt. 

Edinburgh 7: Scottish Parliament Exterior

The rainy conditions suited photographing the exterior of the building with its mix of metal and concrete. The branching tree motifs on the concrete walls are part of the architect’s “sitting in the land” vision with Scottish wildflowers, trees, shrubs and water adding to this ambition.

Edinburgh 6. Scottish Parliament Interior

From the outset, the building and its construction were controversial, scheduled to open in 2001,it did so in 2004, with an estimated final cost of £414 million, many times higher than initial estimates of between £10m and £40m. Enric Miralles, the Spanish architect who designed the building, died before its completion.The building aimed to achieve a poetic union between the Scottish landscape, its people, its culture, and the city of Edinburgh. The Parliament Building won numerous awards including the 2005 Stirling Prize. Here some interior shots - Barry, its exterior with its abundance of concrete will follow.