Scott Kelby's 3rd World Wide Photo Walk - Glasgow

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105 IS

Focal length 24mm

Exposure 1/60th sec @ f8

ISO 100

Scott Kelby's 3rd World Wide Photo Walk

Glasgow

 Well another year, another of Scott Kelby's World Wide Photo Walks. This year saw more walks across the world, attended by more walkers. Here in Scotland we followed the trend elsewhere in the world. The first two years there was only two walks in Central Scotland, one in Stirling and Glasgow, which I have had the pleasure to lead each year. This year that figure was doubled, four might not seem a lot, but its twice as many as the previous two walks.

Camera Canon 1D
Lens 24-105 IS
Focal length 24mm
Exposure 1/180th sec @ f16
ISO 100


This is one of the shots that just presents its self on the day, taken on the squinty bridge looking west towards the Armadillo.

Everyone that I spoke to on the walk said how much they enjoyed the two hours spent in the company of others who share a common interest in photography.

 Checkout the Flickr page here http://www.flickr.com/groups/1445765@N24/

Thanks to all who attended on Saturday.

Lex

Culzean Castle Sunset

Culzean Castle Sunset

This photo was taken on the Ayrshire coast of Scotland from the grounds of Culzean Castle.  The castle is on the west coast lookong out to the Atlantic Ocean. The photo was taken during winter hence the reason why the sun apears to be setting in the south.

I am off to the South of France for a couple of weeks, so posting might not be as regular as normal.

Camera Canon 350D

Lens 18-200mm

Exposure 1/20th sec @ f11

Iso 100

Lex

Austrian Wild Flowers

Austrian Wild Flowers

 This was taken in Austria, near Kitzbuhl. I came across this lake while hiking, it was an overcast and calm day as the photo shows. The sun was just strong enough through the clouds to backlight the wild flowers that were growing at the waters edge. 

Camera Canon 350D

Lens 18-200mm

Focal length 31mm

Exposure 1/60th sec @ f16

ISO 100

Lex 

Venice Grand Canal

Grand Canal Venice

Another photo from the wonderful city of Venice. This is a wonderful place to wander by the canals and over the many footbridges, especially at night after all the day-trippers have gone. 

Camera Nikon E5700

Exposure 1/460th sec @ f5.6

Focal length 15.7mm

ISO 100

Lex

As One Journey Ends

As One Journey Ends

 Taken while on the first of Scott Kelby's World Wide Photo Walks. It is a rather drab entrance but concidering that it is the entrance to the Glasgow City Mortuary, I don't suppose a lot of people notice that.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm f4 IS

Exposure 1/125th sec @ f11

Focal length 60mm

ISO 400

Lex

Spring

Spring

At last we are casting off the cold of winter, the days are getting longer and the mercury is starting to rise. This was taken locally at the weekend, and what a welcome sight it is to see nature comming out of hibernation.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 100 f2.8 Macro

Exposure 1/250th sec @ f8

ISO 200

Lex

Rotten Calder

Rotten Calder

Horseshoe falls on the Rotten Calder river that flows through Calderglen Country Park in East Kilbride.

Camera Canon 350D

Lens 18-200mm

Focal length 22mm

Exposure 8 sec @ f22

ISO 100

Manfrotto Tripod

Lex

Clyde Auditorium

Clyde Auditorium

This is a section of the roof of the Clyde Auditorium, also locally known as the "armidillo" due to the stepped roof similarity with an armidillo. This building is a regular venue for concerts in Glasgow, set on the Clyde a short distance from the city center.

Camera Canon 350D

Lens Tamron 18-200mm

Exposure 1/50th sec @ f8

ISO 100

Lex 

Window Frame

Window Frame

This photo was taken in Portaferry Hotel, Portaferry County Down Ireland, looking across Strangford Lough to Strangford. Portaferry is a busy village due to the through traffic that crosses on the small ferry.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm f4 IS

Focal length 24mm

Exposure 1/80th sec @ f11

ISO 100

Canon 580 EX Flash

Lex

Edinburgh Accomodation

Edinburgh Accomodation

This shot was taken from Arthur's Seat, an extinct volcano in Edinburgh, overlooking some of the flats with Edinburgh Castle.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm f4 IS

Focal length 105mm

Exposure 1/125th sec @ f16

ISO 100

Lex

Leaf

Leaf.

Camera Canon1D,
handheld, steadied on the back of a chair.
Lens 24-105mm f4 IS.
Focal length 105mm, 1/15th sec @ f4.5
ISO 200.

Lex

Autumn

Autumn

The park was opened to the public in the early 1980's and is a wooded glen extending some 5km along the banks of the Rotten Calder, from Flatt Bridge on the Strathhaven Road, flowing north to the East Kilbride expressway.

Camera Canon 350D
Lens 18-200mm
Focal length 22mm
Exposure 8sec @ f22
Manfrotto tripod
ND 4X filter



Lex

Waverely Paddle Steamer

Waverely Paddle Steamer

The Waverely seen here moored on the River Clyde, Glasgow, between the science center and the Glasgow tower. Built on the Clyde in 1947 - to replace the original Waverley that sunk off Dunkirk in 1940, the Waverley was originally built to sail only between Craigendorran & Arrochar in West Scotland. It is amazing to think that she now sails right round Britain offering regular trips on the Clyde, the Thames, South Coast of England and the Bristol Channel with other calls at various ports & piers throughout the UK.

Camera Canon 350D

Lens Tamron 18-200mm

Exposure 1/200th sec @ f8

ISO 100

Lex

Orchid

Orchid

This was taken a few years back in a bedroom the and lit by a desk lamp (one of those with the flexible column) . The background was a sheet of white A4 paper which as you can see has come up as a biege, due to ambient the light reaching it. The light was camera right and slightly higher than the unopened blooms. A reflector was positioned to camera left to bounce a bit of fill back into the flowers.

This was a very simple setup and cost nothing but my time as all the above items were available.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 70-200mm f4 IS

Canon  X2 Tele-extender

Focal length 400mm

Exposure 1/2sec @ f22

ISO 200

Lex

Decorative Railing

Decorative Railing.

It was the contrast between the gold leaf and the black painted railing that caught my eye for this shot. This was taken in the grounds of Glasgow University, while leading last years Scott Kelby's World Wide Photo Walk. While on these walks I only take one lens with me, my Canon 24-105mm f4 as I can cover most of the shots with this lens.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm f4 IS

Exposure 1/250th @ f11

ISO 100

Lex

Poppies

POPPIES

I noticed this scene while on holiday in Italy. The backlighting on the foliage was what caught my attention. 

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm f4 IS

Exposure 1/125th sec @ f16

ISO 100

Route 23

Route 23

This photo was taken in looking down on the Zillertal valley in Austria. The name route 23 comes from the sign on the tree, which is marking the walking route.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105 f4 IS

Exposure 1/250th sec @ f11

ISO 100

Lex

Wall Sculpture

Wall Sculpture

This photo was taken almost two years ago while on the Scott Kelby's World Wide Photo Walk. It is a decorative stone plaque that has been attached to the side of Glasgows older buildings.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm f4 IS

Focal length 24mm

Exposure 1/250th sec @ f16

ISO 100

Lex

Sunrise

Sunrise

Sunrise on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. The weather had not been promising for a view of the sunrise as it had been cloudy and wet all night. As quite often happens in Scotland the weather can change within a short period of time, and this morning prooved to be no exception.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105 f4 IS

Focal length 24mm

Exposure 1/30th sec @ f16

ISO 50

Manfrotto tripod

Lex

Rotterdam Welcome

Rotterdam Welcome

The traditional welcome from a fire tug as a cruise ship enters the Port of Rotterdam.

Camera Canon 350D

Lens Tamron 18-200mm

Focal length 70mm

Exposure 1/60th sec @ f5.6

ISO 200

Lex

Italy Mushroom Rock

Mushroom Rock - Italy

A natural formation off the island of Ischia in the Bay of Naples, I never did see anyone using these chairs.

Camera Nikon E5700

Focal length 15mm
Exposure 1/250th sec @ f8
ISO 100


Lex

Drystone Wall

DRY STONE WALL

The photo above was taken on a frosty morning last year. The backlighting, on the wall and the bare stems, from the early morning sunshine caught my eye as I passed by. I used my 70-200mm lens at 200mm setting to blur the background.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 70-200mm f4 IS

Focal length 200mm

Exposure 1/20th sec @ f5.6

ISO 100

Manfrotto tripod

River Calder

River Calder - Swrill

This image was taken last autumn in East Kilbride, Scotland. I know that the motion blur created by the long exposure is not something that is to everyone's liking, but I like it and the rich colours from the use of a polarising filter.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm f4 IS

Focal length 35mm

Exposure 2 sec @ f16

ISO 50

Lex

Broom

BROOM

This photo was taken on the banks of Loch Lomand, Scotland last Spring.

I positioned myself lower than the branch so that I could include the blue sky as a background against the yellow flowers.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm f4 IS

Focal length 100 mm f2.8 macro

Exposure 1/250 sec @ f5.6

ISO 100

Lex

Millport Crocodile Rock

CROCODILE ROCK - MILPORT

This is a popular attraction with visitors to Milport on the Isle of Cumbrae. The rock has beem painted to resemble the head of a crocodile, and at high tide the effective, as the area around the rock is covered by water. Though as you can see in the photograph at low tide childern are still drawn to it.

Camera canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm f4 IS

Focal length 30mm

Exposure 1/250th sec @  f8

ISO 100

Lex

Waterfall

WATERFALL

I came across this small waterfall while walking in the Lake District, England.

It was an overcast day which helped to reduce the shutter speed and allowed the flow of water to blur, but as I had left my tripod in the car I had to use a nearby rock to steady my camera.

Lesson to be learned always take the tripod, it might be a bit more weight, but next time there might not be a rock close by.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm f4 IS

Focal length 96mm

Exposure 1/3 sec @ f16

ISO 100

Camrea steadied on a rock

Lex

I am Watching You

I AM WATCHING YOU

This is just one of those photos that you come across while out for a walk. I was just fortunate that I had my camera at the ready when I noticed this donkey had turned its head round whenit heard me comming along the path.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 70-200 f4 IS

Focal length 200mm

Exposure 1/180th sec @ f11

ISO 400

Lex

Frosted Trees

FROSTED TREES

The night before this photo was taken it was very misty and bitterly cold. The next morning I awoke to what was a beautiful clear crisp morning, with the countryside covered in a thick frost.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm f4 IS

Focal length 35mm

Exposure 125th sec @ f8

ISO 100

Lex

Black Rock Cottage Glencoe

BLACK ROCK COTTAGE - GLENCOE

Black Rock Cottage in Glencoe, (also known as The Glen of Weeping). A small single track road that leads to the Glencoe Ski Center passes by the door of this cottage which must be one of the most photographed cottages in Scotland.

Camera Canon 350D

Lens Tamron 18-200mm

Focal length 18mm

Exposure 1/30th sec @ f16

ISO 400

Lex

Tables By The Pool

TABLES BY THE POOL

This is a view of the tables as they were setup for the wedding party. Lighting was from a roof window that was diffused through the lattice work of linnen material that was suspended from the ceiling. This created a nice even light over the pool and surounding area.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm f4 IS

Focal length 24mm

Exposure 1/30th sec @ f16

ISO 100

Lex

Italy Pisa

LEANING TOWER - PISA

The Torre di Pisa or Leaning Tower is one of Europe's most famous and photographed towers. Building of the tower started in 1173 but wasn't finished until the late fourteenth century. The cylindrical tower, has eight stories, six of them with open galleries and is 54 meters tall. Inside the spiral staircase has 294 steps leading to the top of the tower.

Camera Canon 350D

Lens  Tamron18-200mm

Focal length 22mm

Exposure 1/60th sec @ f16

ISO 100

Lex

Gondolas on the Grand Canal

GONDOLAS ON THE GRAND CANAL

A view along the Grand Canal, the widest canal in Venice and divides the city into two parts, the canal is slightly longer than 2km long, and has an average depth of 4 metres.

Venice has aproximately 150 canals connected by 409 bridges, every bridge that you see is connecting two islands of which there are 117.

Camera Nikon E5700

Focal length 8.9mm

Exposure 1/500th sec @ f8

ISO 100

Lex

Roses

ROSES

Taken against a plain white background. Multi exposure merged in photoshop, lit with a single desk lamp.

Camera Canon 350D

Lens 18-200mm

Focal length 35mm

Exposure 1 sec @ f16

ISO 100

Manfrotto tripod

Lex

Santa Maria della Salute

Santa Maria della Salute.

Santa maria della Salute is situated on the Dorsoduro quarter across the Grand Canal from St Marks Square. The No 1 vaporetto (water bus) stops close to Salute, also if you are brousing in the art galleries of the Accademia area Salute can be reached on foot.

Camera Nikon E5700

Focal length 8.9mm

Exposure 1/500th sec @ f8

Lex

Statue

STATUE

This photo was taken while wandering around in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm f4 IS

Focal length 67mm

Exposure 1/20th sec @ f4

ISO 800

Lex

Venice Grand Canal 2

VENICE GRAND CANAL

This was taken looking into the mouth of Grand Canal, while on holiday in Venice. The dome on the left is Santa Maria della Salute, and the steeple in St Marks Square is just visable on the right of the picture.

Camera Nikon E5700

Exposure 1/530th sec @ f7.6

Focal length 31.9mm

ISO 100

Lex

Loch Morlich Rocks

LOCH MORLICH ROCKS

A cold November morning at Loch Morlich set in the Cairngorms. The reddish colour of the rocks and the twisting shape along the shore, leading to the Cairngorm Mountains in the distance, is what drew my attention.

Camera Nikon E5700

Focal length 8.9mm

Exposure 1/20th sec @ f6.3

Lex

Frosted Berries

FROSTED BERRIES

Taken during the recent cold weather, I came across these berries in a hedgerow. Backlite by the morning sun and filled by a burst of off camera flash.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm f4 IS

Focal length 105mm

Exposure 125th sec @ f8 (Manual)

Flash 580EX set to 1/64 power

Lex

Glasgow Old & New

GLASGOW OLD & NEW

The Tolbooth Steeple is an imposing medieval landmark at Glasgow Cross, once the hub of the city of Glasgow. The steeple is all that remains of a much larger Tolbooth building which included a debtors prison as well as the town clerk's offices and the council hall. Built in 1636, the 126ft-high steeple is one of the most prominent landmarks in the area.


Camera Canon 1D
Lens 25-105mm IS
Focal length 28mm
Exposure 1/60 sec @ f16


Lex

Glasgow Street

GLASGOW STREET

A street scene taken in the grounds of Galsgow University , during last years World Wide Photo Walk.

Camera Canon 1D

Lens 24-105mm IS

Focal length 24mm

Exposure 125 @ f11

Lex

Glasgow Bridge Underside

Glasgow Suspension Bridge - Underside

This photo was taken from the Clyde walkway under the suspension footbridge.

No metadata.

Lex

Glasgow River Clyde

GLASGOW - RIVER CLYDE

This photo was taken from the rusting bridge that I entered into the "2 Things Cahllenge" for Sunday 28th Feb, http://2thingsphotochallenge.blogspot.com/ . It was a calm summers day, though there was some clouds building out to the west.

Camera Canon Ixus

No metadata available

Lex

Portaferry

PANO WEEK

The last pano for this week was taken in Portaferry, Ireland. This was the view from the window of the Portaferry Hotel, looking over Strangford Lough to strangford.



Camera Canon 1D
Lens 24-105mm f4 IS
Focal length 24mm
Exposure 1/180th sec @ f8
ISO 100

Lex

Sunset

PANO WEEK

This sunset was taken on the island of Benbecula, Scotland.



Camera Nikon E5700
Focal length 8.9mm
Exposure 1/160th sec @ f5.0
ISO 100


Lex

Head in the Clouds

PANO WEEK.

Today's pano was taken in Austria at the Hintertux Glacier 3250 metres above sea level, looking towards the Italian border.

Camera Nikon E5700

Focal length 15mm

Exposure 1/500th sec @ f8

ISO 100

Lex

Grassmere

PANO WEEK

Today's panorama was taken at Grassmere.

Grasmere is in the heart of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Within easy reach are the towns of Ambleside, Keswick, Hawkshead, Coniston, Bowness and Windermere.

Grasmere was once the home of the famous poet William Wordsworth; today you can visit two of his former homes - Dove Cottage and Rydal Mount. Also in the centre of Grasmere is St. Oswalds Church, the churchyard of which contains the Wordsworth family graves.


Camera Canon 1D
Lens 24-105mm f4 IS
Focal length 24mm
Exposure 1/15th sec @ f22
ISO 100


Lex

South Uist

PANO

Following on from the last couple of weeks where there has been a theme to the photos, I thought that this week would be panoramas.

The above was five photos that were taken on the island of South Uist, Scotland. These images were merged together using Photoshop CS3.

The camera was set to manual and the setting were as follows

Camera Canon 350D
Lens Tamron 18-200mm
Focal length 42mm
Exposure 1/60th sec @ f14
ISO 100


Lex

Storm Comming

SECRET SCOTLAND

As promised the answer to why the beaches are deserted.

They are lovely to look at. Beautiful to stroll along. Paceful to sit on, and all you can hear is the waves lapping on the shore.

Why are they empty ?
The weather can change frequently during the day, and often does.
The air temperature is usually in the mid to high teens, 20c plus is verging on a heatwave.
Lastly the sea temperature, although it originated in the Gulf of Mexico, has somewhat cooled to around 10 to 15c.

All these points raised, personally I still find that I am drawn here and would hate to see these islands invaded with tourists.


Camera Canon 350D
Lens Tamron 18-200mm
Focal length 32mm
Exposure 1/60th sec @ f11
ISO 100



Lex

Deserted

SECRET SCOTLAND

Same as yesterday another beach and nobody there.

Why ? The answer revealed tomorrow.


Camera Canon 1D
Lens 24-105mm f4 IS
Focal length 24mm
Exposure 1/20th sec @ f16
ISO 100