Taking only photographs – leaving only footprints
Taken on Princes Street in the early hours of a winter morning. I was looking east across the gardens towards The Scotsman Hotel (in the middle of the frame with the Union Jack flag on the top of the building). In the foreground you can see the National Gallery of Scotland and to the right of the hotel is the Museum on the Mound.
This wide angle photograph taken at dusk shows the main entrance to the Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh. Although it might have gone over budget and caused much controversy (as previously discussed) I find it an interesting building to photograph. If you look closely you can see a police officer / security guard in front of the sign, as he kept starring at me as I took photographs from across the street. I approached him before taking this shot just to double check I was fine taking a quick snap.
Some visitors my have seen my photographs from Antony Gormley’s Another Place and this statue is very recognisable from either my images or having visited Crosby Beach. This figure has been sunk into the pavement outside the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and from here there is a lovely walk along the Water of Leith (a river in Edinburgh) to the town of Leith. There are 5 other statues along this walk and although I have walked by the river a number of times over the years I haven’t yet been able to photograph all 6 statues.
This is Princes Street Gardens taken about half an hour before sunrise. I pretty much had the whole area to myself. In the middle of this photograph is the Scott Monument with the Balmoral Hotel on the right. I did try to Continue reading “Princes Street Gardens at Night Edinburgh”