The Last Day of Summer - already!

[Rob MacKillop]

A beautiful day, here in Edinburgh, to end a beautiful week-long summer. Snow has been forecast for tomorrow!

I went to a Harp Festival, where I was to give a class, and took the opportunity to take a few photos at about 8am. It was being held in a posh private school for posh private boys. The grounds were glorious...


tree9 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


house by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


field by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


Shadow Of A Man by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


goal by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


tree7 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


Caught In The Act by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


harps by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Hmm, I could have made more of the harps actually being made from trees, maybe positioning one by a tree. But maybe that would have looked cliched?

 

[Brian Moore]

Do you play the harp also?

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Loving #1 with the tilted comp to get the shadow in frame

Also #2 - beautiful setting

Did you use the pano mode on the X100 Rob - or crop a full frame?

 

[Kev Pugh]

Nice set Rob,

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Chris, I tried to do the pano mode, but quickly realised I didn't know how to do it, and had left the instructions at home So these are crops. Shame, it was the perfect place for a panorama shot.

Brian, I play the harp very badly and rarely. I was there to talk about historical Scottish music, and even run a ukulele class for those who wanted to give it a try. It was a very well attended class, surprisingly.

Kev, ta!

 

[Allan Batchelor]

Nice set Rob

Ye shouldnt have mention ukelele Kev will have you giving him a lesson now as he has one sitting beside him

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Well, I have four uke books published by Mel Bay, each with a C D, with three more about to appear. It was my first instrument, aged eight, and got me started. So, I have a soft spot for it.

 

[Brian Moore]

My pal is a music book publisher out here on the west coast. (ADG Productions.) I wonder if he has any of your books?

 

[Pete Askew]

Love the main shadow shot and the tree and the lighting in general. Generally I'm not a big fan of the harp although I do like the work on Vespertine (Bjork) very much.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I'm not a great fan of it myself, so it was odd to be surrounded by about a hundred of them!

The light was beautiful today, but already the dark clouds have moved in.

 

[Pete Askew]

[video=youtube;kpSqaHEaH6w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpSqaHEaH6w[/video]

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Very good...

 

[Allan Batchelor]

ye there talking snow up here today.........really was the last days of summer

 

[Jim Kuo]

Love the first and the second!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Jim, and thanks for faving them on Flickr. I did some shots today, and you wouldn't believe the contrast in sky colour and mood. Just one day, and a different world.