The snow is mostly gone, here on the prairies, but it will be some weeks before we see greenery and flowers blooming. I can’t wait! It has been a long winter and I sure could use a bit of color. Late spring or early summer images are great for it because all is fresh and green is bright and not dimmed by dust of late summer days.
We are lucky here in Alberta, because some nights are full of light show. We had a couple of gorgeous Aurora showing last fall and I have managed to capture some shots without leaving the city.
I know, I know it is winter and everybody posts winter photography, but I am not ready for it yet. I see it outside my window every day, so I want to see something warm, colorful and pretty. Hope you are in need of this as well.
It has been a while since I’ve posted anything about Elk Island National Park. So, I think, it is time for some lovely sunset from the beginning of summer, when all was green, flowers were blooming and days were warm and long.
You know that I love colour. The more of it, the better!! I have shared some of the colourful Edinburgh pictures in my post The Royal Mile in Colour. Sometimes, however, a picture just asks to be processed in black and white.. There were quite a few of those ones taken around Edinburgh that required just such a treatment so here they are...
It's all in the details and mood, I think. Hope you agree. :)
Kasia
After such a long trip to Glenfinnan (see the series of my previous posts from our Scottish adventures starting with Scotland - the Road to Glenfinnan and ending with Searching for Rob Roy) we have decided to finally take a tour of the famous Royal Mile. The day started up with a lovely sunrise and no more rain and we took the trip on a double-decker bus to get us as close to it as possible..
Deciding to start with The Edinburgh Castle we have walked there from the bus stop admiring the old buildings with their interesting architectural details. Because of the amount of people waiting to be admitted to the castle we have decided to try our luck later on with Holyroodhouse Palace instead and after a short photo session from the castle hill, with a stop at Camera Obscura (a fun place to visit, whether you are a kid or not) located close by, we started our downward track towards the palace walking the length of the Royal Mile..
And finally we have reached the Holyroodplace Palace, where Her Majesty the Queen of England resides during her visits to Scotland..
Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take pictures inside, since it is a current residence of the Queen, but we were told we can photograph everything outside so we have taken a full advantage of it while we visited the Holyrood Abbey and the surrounding grounds:
And from there we have started slowly back to the bus to get home. We have lost our way in the process and managed to walk the whole distance back to the Castle, only on the other side, discovering, in the process many more interesting sites and a lovely view of the Edinburgh Castle itself in the setting sun ,of which we took full advantage ;)
There are many more pictures we have taken that day.. I will share some of them in my next post. Until then..
Kasia
One day in Edinburgh.... that's it... one day. It's a big city, with many many things to see. We decided to stick to the tourist part, and walk the Royal Mile, which goes from the Edinburgh Castle to the Holyrood Palace, which is where the Queen of England lives when she visits. I have to say, this walk made an impression. Yes there are tons of people... tons. Mostly tourists, judging from the cameras... which is another interesting point. Point and shoots are a dying breed. Almost every one had some sort of a DSLR with them. I fell sad for them. All that heavy equipment, and me with a bag full of lenses and a camera, and I didn't feel a thing. I'm sure if I had my DSLR I would be ready to dump it into the nearest trash, after walking around for 8 hours. Fuji X-Pro1 was just perfect for this. I think this is when the camera finally won me over completely. Also shooting with it constantly, I started to recognize it quirks and adapt my shooting style. Here are some of the shots from that day.... Enjoy!
So we have arrived in sunny Scotland.... ummm not quite. It was Scotland alright, but it was far far from being sunny. Coming from warm sunny Spain, it felt almost like coming back to Canada. The only difference the vehicles were on the wrong side of the road. The first night in the hotel I managed place my Fuji on a little tripod I brought, and snap this image of Edinburgh at night.
The next day we spent driving around, visiting small towns and a haunted castle. Here are some of my images from that day. Enjoy!
