Saturday in Edinburgh - new batch

[Rob MacKillop]

A stroll through the Stockbridge area brought out these shots. All X100 and CS3.

First, Cafe Florentin:

I just darkened this to get rid of my reflection in the door window...


Florentin by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

Discovered the Gradient adjustment...don't know who the people are.


Florentin 2 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

Great old bench, darkened in Levels and desaturated a bit:


bench by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

Chaos:


chaos by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

Liking the desaturation idea:


white roses 2 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

When we got to Princess Street, it was very foggy. I couldn't see the castle without the help of exposure compensation at -2, or was it +2??


Castle Fog by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

Finally, stopped for a coffee. What can one do with skies like this?!


cupboard by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

 

[Paul Lange]

Rob, I don't know where you find the time. There must be 48 hours in the day where you live! The second one looks particularly French to me. Not just because of the name it's the woman's pose and dress as well.

 

[Davie Hudson]

love these rob, you captured Stockbridge beautifully

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Paul. She may well be French. Edinburgh is very cosmopolitan these days. Stockbridge is a slightly bohemian area.

Thanks, Davie. Appreciated. Still waiting for your Edinburgh shots...

 

[Davie Hudson]

Thanks, Paul. She may well be French. Edinburgh is very cosmopolitan these days. Stockbridge is a slightly bohemian area.

Thanks, Davie. Appreciated. Still waiting for your Edinburgh shots...

for my own stuff i'm not really into cityscapes, too many people...i don't like people lol

 

[Darren Turner]

lovely set, really like the 2 cafe shots they ar every french style as already mentioned

I intend to visit sometime this summer, want to see them pandas at the same time



Daz

 

[Emma Pugh]

Lovely set!

 

[Kev Pugh]

Nice Set Rob liking the Bench well done keep shooting these work well...

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Love #2 - as others have noted, very French - maybe try even more of an angle on comps like this - really go with a slanted view?

Also love the Castle in the fog - very atmospheric, and a nice balance comp with the trees.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, everyone.

 

[adrian jordin]

I do like that bench and the treatment you given it. I also like the door in that first shot...

There could be an interesting theme there to follow up, call it 'distressed paintwork' or something similar...

Great pictures, though...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Distressed photographer, more like...

 

[Pete Askew]

What a great set Rob. I like the saturated colours in No 1 and the juxtaposition of scaffold and lamp. As for the flat sky, it helps focus the eye on the detail of the step and door. I'd probably crop square and lose the window on the right but I like the shot a lot as is. Have you trued the film grain simulation in LR yet?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Trued? Oh, 'tried'? Had me confused for a second No, I haven't. I'm trying not to get too attached to LR, as my free beta version runs out in a couple of days. And in the meantime I'm trying to get familiar with CS3. I will get a fully paid-up version of LR in a month or two. But I know what you are getting at - a touch of grain could help that shot. It might be possible to do it with CS3, but I haven't noticed it yet.

 

[Pete Askew]

It's a slider in LR and there is one in PS - Filter/Artistic/Film Grain. The various plugins like Nik and FilmPack make a better job as they distribute the grain randomly and simulate the look of certain films etc.