Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Hexar and Kodak 400TX - no editing. Orange filter on lens.
1. The O Zone - a new art installation in the botanic gardens. At first I wish I'd had a zoom, but now I quite like the way it turned out. It's now about the fear of the new - people approaching it cautiously, even the photographer is hiding in a bush! Apes and Space Odyssey come to mind.
2. A picture of a tram on Princes Street:
3. Take A Seat. Why this art installation (now two years old) is outside the veterinary school of Edinburgh University, is anybody's guess!
3. Hope Cottage: "When Professor John Hope became the fourth Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1761, he made a momentous decision early on in his tenure: close down the existing small physic gardens at Holyrood and what is now Waverley Station, and create a new, much larger garden on a five acre site on Leith Walk. The move took place in 1763, and at the entrance of the new garden, Hope decided to build a little house which could serve as a gateway for visitors, a home for his head gardener, and a classroom in which he could teach medical students about botany – it would come to be known as the Botanic Cottage...In September 2014 work began on rebuilding the cottage in the RBGE Demonstration Garden, using the historic materials and traditional techniques...With a flourishing education programme for schools and students, as well as special community gardening projects such as the Edible Garden, RBGE is committed to helping people learn more about the world of plants. The Demonstration Garden is the outdoor hub for these activities, and with the new spaces created in the Botanic Cottage – including two new teaching and community rooms in the historic building, and two additional spaces in newly built wings on either side – opportunities for engagement will be greatly increased. It is hoped that people of all ages and backgrounds will make use of the new centre, with access and activities free of charge."
Work in progress:
4. The floor - sun dappled:
5. Dark Above - Light Below. One of my favourites for quite a while. It came out exactly how I hoped it wood.
6. Trees Playing Hide And Seek...or something like that:
I hope you like them
1. The O Zone - a new art installation in the botanic gardens. At first I wish I'd had a zoom, but now I quite like the way it turned out. It's now about the fear of the new - people approaching it cautiously, even the photographer is hiding in a bush! Apes and Space Odyssey come to mind.
2. A picture of a tram on Princes Street:
3. Take A Seat. Why this art installation (now two years old) is outside the veterinary school of Edinburgh University, is anybody's guess!
3. Hope Cottage: "When Professor John Hope became the fourth Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1761, he made a momentous decision early on in his tenure: close down the existing small physic gardens at Holyrood and what is now Waverley Station, and create a new, much larger garden on a five acre site on Leith Walk. The move took place in 1763, and at the entrance of the new garden, Hope decided to build a little house which could serve as a gateway for visitors, a home for his head gardener, and a classroom in which he could teach medical students about botany – it would come to be known as the Botanic Cottage...In September 2014 work began on rebuilding the cottage in the RBGE Demonstration Garden, using the historic materials and traditional techniques...With a flourishing education programme for schools and students, as well as special community gardening projects such as the Edible Garden, RBGE is committed to helping people learn more about the world of plants. The Demonstration Garden is the outdoor hub for these activities, and with the new spaces created in the Botanic Cottage – including two new teaching and community rooms in the historic building, and two additional spaces in newly built wings on either side – opportunities for engagement will be greatly increased. It is hoped that people of all ages and backgrounds will make use of the new centre, with access and activities free of charge."
Work in progress:
4. The floor - sun dappled:
5. Dark Above - Light Below. One of my favourites for quite a while. It came out exactly how I hoped it wood.
6. Trees Playing Hide And Seek...or something like that:
I hope you like them
