When I was last up in Glasgow for the day I was working on a personal project called reflections. As such I looked at every piece of glass to try and find something to reflect in it. This was above the entrance for an office building opposite the city’s Museum of Modern Art. I thought this particular reflection captured the contrast between old and new architecture very well.

I came across this sign back in December, walking along the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow. From what I could tell behind the sign was just a large overgrown area. The danger must have been due to the fact that it was right on the edge of a large river. I did keep out but I also liked the weathered look of the sign enough to make a record of it.

Here we see the one of the largest symbols of Glasgow’s engineering heritage, the Finnieston Crane. I took this photo on my day trip to the city last December. It was mid-afternoon and there was a mist over the city that could have put me off taking pictures. In fact it was so misted that everything almost looked black and white without me trying! I was there to shoot some night photos and I hoped this mist would clear. Fortunately when I returned a few hours later it had, as you can see in the later photo below.

As you can see from the huge, illuminated sign on the top right corner of this building, we are looking at BBC Scotland’s head office. The red line at the top kept changing through all the colours of the rainbow, but I thought that red would work best. Fortunately it was a very still but cold evening in December when the above image was captured and so the reflection is nearly perfect.