Dreich Day

[Rob MacKillop]

Yesterday, blazing sunshine, today sleet, rain, cold winds. Only one thing for it - take the camera to the graveyard...

Discovered a statue of Abraham Lincoln...a bit of a surprise...


Camera Roll-271 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


Camera Roll-272 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

This guy was a perfumier...wonder how he smells now...


Raeburn by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


face by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

This horologist ran out of time...


time by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

Surreal moment of the day...


rising from the grave by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

Just love the colours of the stone after the rain...

colourtomb by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

Talking of colours... Pewter?


silvertomb by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

A very Scottish-looking weed...


weed by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

This one upset me a little...the great Scottish philosopher of the Enlightenment, David Hume, who died insisting upon his atheism, gets a memorial stone with a quotation from the bible...


Hume1 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

 

[Pete Askew]

Well the flat lighting has led to some fabulous shots though Rob and I like the PP you have used. I especially like the plant in the gravel and the grave shots with the same PP. That statue of Abraham Lincoln is pretty damn dramatic isn't it?!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Yes, Pete, it is indeed a dramatic statue. I seemed to have cropped some important io, so here it is:


Abe2 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

 

[Pete Askew]

Ah, now that makes a bit more sense now!

Does the Biblical reference on the tomb of David Hume relate to him or the person above (as it were)?

 

[Brian Moore]

Thats a great set, Rob. Reminds me of the Necropolis in Glasgow. I think I like the weed image the best.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

You might be right. It is a little confusing. It is a strange monument, within a couple of feet of the Lincoln statue.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Aye, Brian, the Necropolis is a great place to visit. This one is much smaller. It's just twenty seconds away from the east end of Princess Street.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Loving the moody color PP Rob

And when I look at the pewter tomb door, I see peoples faces in the wall on the left, spooky...

Didin't know Abe could stand up - only ever seen him seated!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Whoa, I never saw the faces on the wall - I can see one, a guy with reddish hair. Creepy indeed...

 

[Pete Askew]

And these 'faces' Chris, what were they saying exactly?!