52 Frames

This week’s challenge was ‘Red’. Edinburgh used to be called Auld Reekie because of the dense clouds of smoke from coal fires. (Reek is a Scots work for smoke). The Clean Air Act in 1956 started the process of creating ‘smoke control areas’ although it was 1995 before the entire city was smoke free. When

The 52 Frames challenge was to pretend we were using a roll of film and only take a small number of shots. I set myself a triple challenge: Shoot wildlife in action. Use a lens with manual focus. Use a 100mm lens to reduce the field of view. The ducks, seagulls and pigeons were mostly

The 52 Frames challenge was to take a photo from above the subject. The Scottish National Portrait Gallery has a series of portraits of key people in the history of Scotland. Everything from writers to medical pioneers to Kings and Queens. This particular shot goes from 1400 to 1750. (I think the only English faces

The 52 Frames challenge was to ensure most of the image was bright (‘High Key’) Campbell’s Magnolia provides a dramatic spring feature in the Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh. The flowers are up to 30 cm in diameter. I had originally planned to take photos of white magnolia flowers against a backdrop of white clouds but