Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
From a wander around the New Town district of Edinburgh...not looking so new these days, but very expensive. London prices. These broken, neglected garages are more expensive to buy than our house. Still, I can walk around it freely, and take pictures. Little has changed since the New Town was constructed 150 years ago.
I find the Delta 100 a little flat. I was tempted to add a little punch, upping the contrast, but have resisted - no changes other than reduced size again for online consumption.
Here's the old Stockbridge to Princes Street tunnel, now blocked off. It would be great if they opened it again, as the climb is a steep one.
I think this next one shows an influence on J.K. Rowling - not just the stairs, but if you zoom in you will see a sign for Dobie and Son. It's a beautiful old sign, and I'll return with a zoom lens someday to get a good close up of it.
Garages...
Just to the right of the above...
For whom the bell tolls...
The next one reveals the main problem with the Nettar - although there is a pop-up viewing screen, it is not a great deal of help. I do remember taking my time to compose this shot - down on one knee, the camera steadied on the other, while trying to peer through it...but it was off. However, it has revealed some interesting scratch marks - from a crazed Robert Louis Stevenson, no doubt, who lived round the corner...
And the camera in question - still in perfect condition, from 1937, Dresden...
I find the Delta 100 a little flat. I was tempted to add a little punch, upping the contrast, but have resisted - no changes other than reduced size again for online consumption.
Here's the old Stockbridge to Princes Street tunnel, now blocked off. It would be great if they opened it again, as the climb is a steep one.
I think this next one shows an influence on J.K. Rowling - not just the stairs, but if you zoom in you will see a sign for Dobie and Son. It's a beautiful old sign, and I'll return with a zoom lens someday to get a good close up of it.
Garages...
Just to the right of the above...
For whom the bell tolls...
The next one reveals the main problem with the Nettar - although there is a pop-up viewing screen, it is not a great deal of help. I do remember taking my time to compose this shot - down on one knee, the camera steadied on the other, while trying to peer through it...but it was off. However, it has revealed some interesting scratch marks - from a crazed Robert Louis Stevenson, no doubt, who lived round the corner...
And the camera in question - still in perfect condition, from 1937, Dresden...
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Edinburgh is such a great city for it.
