Our first day in Edinburgh was windy and rainy, and the weather changed every five minutes during the second day but that wasn’t going to stop us! These images were created with my Voigtlander R 35mm rangefinder, with the Super Wide Heliar 15mm/4.5 mounted, loaded with Kentmere 400 film.
On our first day in Edinburgh (rather rainy and windy most of the time) one of the places we went was Calton Hill Park: an interesting location containing an offbeat collection of structures. This Greek-inspired structure caught my eye.
Voigtlander R body, 15mm/4.5 Super Heliar lens.
Kentmere 400 developed in Tmax Dev 1+9
for 10 minutes @ 20 C
While walking in Edinburgh, we passed by what appeared to be a playing field. After seeing hills of rock and natural ground cover, seeing this perfectly flat space covered by artificial turf seemed almost surrealistic, and an infrared treatment seemed appropriate.
Nikon D7100, 18-200mm Nikon lens
Post-processing with Lightroom and Nik Efex
Posting one more digital image of a castle in Scotland (I’m still not sufficiently mobile enough to develop my film, which is really bugging me!). I mentioned in my last podcast episode how being in this spot, on a rainy, blustery day with a piper playing. gave me a feeling of visceral connection, of being home, even though my Scottish ancestors left Scotland for Nova Scotia centuries ago.
Last week on Wednesday we sailed into Norway. It was mainly cloudy in the early morning but the sun managed to punch through now and then.
Nikon D7100, 18-200mm Nikon lens
Black and White conversion using Silver Efex Pro 2
It was a rainy day on our visit to Armadale Castle, and we had limited time, so my framing wasn’t quite perfect, but I loved the look of spaces within spaces in the ruins of the castle. Oh to have 20 minutes and a tripod!
Nikon D7100, 18-200mm Nikon lens
Post processed in Lightroom and Nik Efex
Continuing with the digital (How I wish I could develop my film!!), I loved the picture window feeling I got in Armadale Castle, Scotland, in one of the outer buildings
I wasn’t able to do any conventional infrared photography on our trip to Scotland, but I decided to try some post-processing with Lightroom and Nik Efex for a similar look. Today’s image is from the Ring of Brodgar stone circle on the Isle of Orkney. Amazing stones, older than Stonehenge!
Nikon D7100
(It’s going to be digital for a while, until I can stand up in my darkroom again) The weather in Scotland was a constant swirl of sun, cloud and rain, normally at the same time 🙂
Nikon D7100, 18-200mm lens,
post work with Lightroom and Nik Efex
(Scheduled post while I’m away)
Before 8 am, a tree in Kew Gardens
Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar lens with IR72 filter.
EFKE 820 Aura IR film. 1 sec @ f11
My Third Eye 