Princes street gardens
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Every year Winter Wonderland comes to Princes Street Gardens at the East End of Princes Street in Edinburgh. This heralds the start of the Festive celebrations in Edinburgh. They set up an ice rink in the gardens, have kids amusments and helter skelters, food, wine and drink can be purchased at the cafe stalls and we have the German Christmas Markets. Overall the Edinburgh people and the many winter visitors seem to enjoy “Edinburgh’s Christmas”
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Princes Street Gardens after a late snowfall in March 2006 with the Castle guarding the City
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Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, UK
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Image taken at Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh. Edinburgh castle can be seen to the left. Image was shot on a Canon 30D with the is usm 17-85 lens. Converted to BW using elements.
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This beautiful cottage can be found in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh.
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A spring time portrait of Edinburgh Castle taken from Princes Street Gardens.
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Edinburgh Castle from Princes Street Gardens
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Another view of Edinburgh Castle.
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A warm August day in East Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland. Princes Street Gardens at the heart of Edinburgh’s City Centre were once a lake called Nor’ Loch. The Loch, which had been the trash dump of Edinburgh for centuries was drained in order to improve access from the New Town to the Old Town. Later, the Nor’ Loch was transformed into the beautiful Princes Street Gardens we see today. On the left, you can see some of the buildings on Princes street. In the middle of the shot you can see the Scott Monument. This monument to Sir Walter Scott is located on Princes Street. A little further to the right you can see the Balmoral hotel. The hotel is located in the very heart of the city at 1 Princes Street, the main shopping area overlooking Edinburgh Castle. The Balmoral is a landmark in its own right, its clock tower can be seen from all around. Given that the hotel is adjacent to the station, the clock is always set two minutes fast to ensure that people don’t miss their trains. Far right, you can just see the start of North Bridge. Lying at the East end of Princes Street, North Bridge was the catalyst which finally brought about a northwards expansion of the city with the New Town. It provided a link from the Old Town to the south. The original bridge was replaced by another built of steel girders by Sir William Arrol in 1895. This is now subject to the highest levels of protection as a structure of historical and architectural interest. Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. Camera: Canon EOS 450D BEST VIEWED LARGER Related shots can be found at: Edinburgh and Lowland Scotland or you can look at all my HDR shots. Sold a card on 4th Sep 08 /
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Looking down over Princes Street Gardens and the shops along Princess Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. The Royal Scots Greys Statue (soldier on horseback) can be seen opposite the bottom of Frederick Street. Continuing up Frederick Street, we come to the Statue of William Pitt the younger, at the junction of George Street and Frederick Street. In the distance can be seen the River Forth and beyond it the Kingdom of Fife. Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. BEST VIEWED LARGER Related shots can be found at: Edinburgh or you can look at all my HDR shots.
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An Original with the Orton Effect applied. Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh is full of Benches BEST VIEWED LARGE
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Various coloured Primulas in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland. Primula is a genus of 400–500 species of low-growing herbs in the family Primulaceae. They include primrose, auricula, cowslip and oxlip. Many species are grown for their ornamental flowers. They are native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere, south into tropical mountains in Ethiopia, Indonesia and New Guinea, and in temperate southern South America. Perennial primulas bloom mostly during the spring; their flowers can be purple, yellow, red, pink, or white. Generally, they prefer filtered sunlight. Many species are adapted to alpine climates. The word primula is the Latin feminine diminutive of primus, meaning first (prime), applied to flowers that are among the first to open in spring. Primroses are used as food plants by the larvae (caterpillars) of some Lepidoptera species, including Duke of Burgundy butterfly, Large Yellow Underwing, Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing, Setaceous Hebrew Character and Silver-ground Carpet. Some species of Primula are commonly known as polyanthus. BEST VIEWED LARGER Related shots can be found at Flowers Sold a card on 28th Oct 08
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Nikon D60, f/14, ISO-200, FL 86mm, Exposure time of 3.7 seconds. Experimenting with slow shutter speeds. Inspiration came from Chris Clark.
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The view from Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, looking up to the Old Town. In the centre of the shot is the Bank of Scotland Building at the Mound. The former Bank of Scotland headquarters, now headquarters of the merged HBOS, has dominated the northern flank of Edinburgh’s Old Town for 300 years. The shot is from Cockburn Street. The Bank of Scotland Headquarters stands on Edinburgh’s Mound looking down over East Princes Street Gardens. The HQ Building was initiated while Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville (1742 – 1811), was Governor of the Bank. The Bank Headquarters was built by architects Robert Reid (1774 – 1856) and Richard Crichton. David Bryce (1803 – 76) refurbished the Interior in 1862 and added new domed wings with a grand replacement central dome. The Bank of Scotland Headquarters were remodelled again in 1929 and 1981. Established by an Act of the Scottish Parliament in 1695, the Bank of Scotland is the oldest surviving UK clearing bank. The Bank started in Edinburgh’s Old Town, at Old Bank Close in the Lawnmarket, before relocating to the Mound. The Bank of Scotland merged with the Halifax Building Society in 2001, becoming HBoS Plc, but the Bank’s headquarters remain in Edinburgh. On the left, you can see the crown of St Giles Cathedral which is on the High Street (the Royal Mile) and on the right at the top of the High Street, you can see the gothic spire of the Hub – the highest point in central Edinburgh. Shot taken on 28th February 2009. Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. Camera: Canon EOS 450D BEST VIEWED LARGER Related shots can be found at: Edinburgh or you can look at all my HDR shots.
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Gardener’s cottage, in West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland. Princes Street Gardens were acquired by the city in 1876 and further landscaped by the City Architect Robert Morham (1839 -1912). Morham also built the Gardener’s cottage in 1886. Camera: Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi in the USA) BEST VIEWED LARGER Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. Related shots can be found at: Edinburgh or you can look at all my HDR shots. Featured in : Cottage Style : 8 May 09 / Featured in : Canon DSLR : 9 May 09 / Featured in : Neighborhoods : 10 May 09 / Featured in : PostCard Style : 18 May 09 / Featured in : ImageWriting : 23 May 09 Click here for a random page of photographs /
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A quiet little corner of Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland. This little slice of greenery is sandwiched between Market Street and the railway tracks leading into Waverley Station. Towering over the gardens on the right is the Bank of Scotland Building at the Mound. The former Bank of Scotland headquarters, now headquarters of the merged HBOS, has dominated the northern flank of Edinburgh’s Old Town for 300 years. Camera: Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi in the USA) BEST VIEWED LARGER 1 shot RAW file converted to 3 exposures in photoshop raw converter, HDR’d and tonemapped in Photomatix. Related shots can be found at: Edinburgh or you can look at all my HDR shots. Featured in : A Garden somewhere.. : 30 May 09 / Third place in the Gardens Challenge in the Neighborhoods group : 1 June 09 Click here for a random page of photographs
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A warm Spring day in East Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland. Princes Street Gardens at the heart of Edinburgh’s City Centre were once a lake called Nor’ Loch. The Loch, which had been the trash dump of Edinburgh for centuries was drained in order to improve access from the New Town to the Old Town. Later, the Nor’ Loch was transformed into the beautiful Princes Street Gardens we see today. Top left can be seen some of Princes Street, Edinburgh’s main shopping thoroughfare. A little further right you can see the Scott Monument. This monument to Sir Walter Scott is located on Princes Street. To its right is the Balmoral hotel. The hotel is located in the very heart of the city at 1 Princes Street, the main shopping area overlooking Edinburgh Castle. The Balmoral is a landmark in its own right, its clock tower can be seen from all around. Given that the hotel is adjacent to the station, the clock is always set two minutes fast to ensure that people don’t miss their trains. Finally, to its right, you can see North Bridge. Lying at the East end of Princes Street, North Bridge was the catalyst which finally brought about a northwards expansion of the city with the New Town. It provided a link from the Old Town to the south. The original bridge was replaced by another built of steel girders by Sir William Arrol in 1895. This is now subject to the highest levels of protection as a structure of historical and architectural interest. Camera: Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi in the USA) BEST VIEWED LARGER 1 shot RAW file converted to 3 exposures in photoshop raw converter, HDR’d and tonemapped in Photomatix. Related shots can be found at: Edinburgh or you can look at all my HDR shots. Click here for a random page of photographs
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A panoramic view from West Princes Street Gardens taking in the enormity of Edinburgh Castle Edinburgh Castle dominates the city of Edinburgh like no other castle in Scotland, and Edinburgh Castle is unequalled in the whole of the British Isles. Over one thousand years of history sit on top of the famous Edinburgh rock. Edinburgh Castle is a collection of buildings many of which are Historic Scotland Category A or B Listed Buildings. As an example, Edinburgh Castle Great Hall is Category A listed (HB Number 48220). Camera: Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi in the USA) BEST VIEWED LARGER Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. Related shots can be found at: Edinburgh or you can look at all my HDR shots. Featured in : HDR Photography Group : 25 June 09 / Featured in : Canon DSLR Group : 27 June 09 / Featured in : Take Me Higher : 3 Aug 09 / Featured in :Dimensions : 25 Oct 09 Click here for a random page of photographs
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A quiet little corner of Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland. This little slice of greenery is sandwiched between Market Street and the railway tracks leading into Waverley Station. Towering over the gardens is the Bank of Scotland Building at the Mound. The former Bank of Scotland headquarters, now headquarters of the merged HBOS, has dominated the northern flank of Edinburgh’s Old Town for 300 years. Camera: Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi in the USA) / Canon 18-55mm IS lens / Exif data from the JPG / F-stop f/3.5 / ISO 200 / Focal length 18 mm BEST VIEWED LARGER Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. Related shots can be found at: Edinburgh or you can look at all my HDR shots. Featured in : History : 2 Aug 09 Click here for a random page of photographs
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The Ross Fountain in West Princes Street gardens with part of Edinburgh Castle (the Hospital block) in the background. Cast near Paris, France in the Durenne ironworks in the early 1860’s. It was an exhibit in the Great Exhibition in London in 1862 and was purchased for Edinburgh by Daniel Ross a local gun maker and philanthropist. After much deliberation as to what to do with it, it was finally assembled in West Princes Street Gardens in 1872. The gold coloured iron structure shows a standing naked woman at the top surrounded by four more seated naked nymphettes representing the arts, science, poetry and industry. Below the first tier are a collection of mermaids. The celebration of the naked female is typical of classical French design, but it wasn’t appreciated by everyone, Dean Ramsay (1793 – 1872) whose church, St. John’s was nearby called the fountain “grossly indecent and disgusting”. The Ross fountain is now a Category B listed structure of historic importance (HB Number 27911) under the care of Historic Scotland. Edinburgh Castle dominates the city of Edinburgh like no other castle in Scotland, and Edinburgh Castle is unequalled in the whole of the British Isles. Over one thousand years of history sit on top of the famous Edinburgh rock. In recent years there have been concerns about rocks falling from the cliffs onto the gardens below, so the rather ugly netting has been draped on the rock face. Hopefully, over time, it will weather enough to be less noticeable. Princes Street Gardens at the heart of Edinburgh’s City Centre were once a lake called Nor’ Loch. The Loch, which had been the trash dump of Edinburgh for centuries was drained in order to improve access from the New Town to the Old Town. Later, the Nor’ Loch was transformed into the beautiful Princes Street Gardens we see today. Camera: Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi in the USA) / Canon 18-55mm IS lens / Exif data from the JPG / F-stop f/4.5 / ISO 200 / Focal length 37 mm BEST VIEWED LARGER Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. Related shots can be found at: Edinburgh or you can look at all my HDR shots. Featured in : HDR Photography : 1 Aug 09 Click here for a random page of photographs
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From the People of the USA to the People of Scotland The Scottish American Memorial in West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland was presented as a tribute from men and women of Scottish blood and sympathy in the USA to Scotland. The bronze figure represents The Call, and is signed and dated by the artist (R Tait MacKenzie), with stag’s head symbol, to rear. The relief depicts men from all walks of life joining the forces, marching from left to right, with a pipe band to right. The inscription reads: / If it be life that waits I shall live forever unconquered; if death I shall die at last strong in my pride and free. The inscription on the base of the monument reads as follows: THE CALL / 1914 A Tribute / From Men and Women of Scottish Blood and Sympathies / In the United States of / AMERICA / To / SCOTLAND A People That Jeoparded their Lives unto the Death / in the High Places of the Field JUDGES V 18 The Scottish American Memorial is a Category B listed structure of historic importance, part of a Group Category A (HB Number 27874) under the care of Historic Scotland. Camera: Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi in the USA) / Canon 18-55mm IS lens / Exif data from the JPG / F-stop f/3.5 / ISO 200 / Focal length 20 mm BEST VIEWED LARGER Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. Related shots can be found at: Edinburgh or you can look at all my HDR shots.
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Gardener’s cottage, in West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland. Princes Street Gardens were acquired by the city in 1876 and further landscaped by the City Architect Robert Morham (1839 -1912). Morham also built the Gardener’s cottage in 1886. To the right of the cottage is the semicircle of rectangular standing stones depicting the history of the Royal Scots Regiment. The central stone is inscribed with names of the campaigns in which the Regiment took part and a central bronze plaque shows the insignia of George VI. The memorial was unveiled on 5th August 1952 by HRH Princess Mary, the Colonel in Chief. The final stone was unveiled on 9th of May 2007 by HRH Princess Ann to commemorate the end of the Regiment. Behind the Royal Scots memorial you can see the stately towers of New College on The Mound and to the right of this is The Hub, at the top of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. Its gothic spire – the highest point in central Edinburgh – towers over the surrounding buildings, including the adjacent castle. Camera: Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi in the USA) / Canon 18-55mm IS lens / Exif data from the JPG / F-stop f/3.5 / ISO 200 / Focal length 18 mm BEST VIEWED LARGER Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. Related shots can be found at: Edinburgh or you can look at all my HDR shots. Featured in : Canon DSLR : 1 Aug 09 /
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Edinburgh’s floral clock can be found in the NE corner of West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland, beside the steps leading into the gardens from the foot of the Mound, and beneath the statue of Allan Ramsay. Commissioned on the 10th June, 1903, this is the oldest floral clock in the world. It is seasonally replanted in a topical design with around 35,000 colourful plants. The clock is 3.5m (12 feet) in diameter and the hands, which are driven by an electric motor, weigh more than 60kg (130 lbs). The electrically-driven mechanism replaced a clock-work motor in 1973, which had required to be wound daily. From 1905 onwards, a mechanism was added to reproduce the sound of a cuckoo, every fifteen minutes. The sound was produced by two organ bellows and organ pipes, but there was no model cuckoo to be seen. By 1950, the sound of the cuckoo had become almost drowned by the noise of nearby traffic, so a new cuckoo sound system, including loudspeaker, was installed. A model cuckoo was also added, appearing out of its housing every fifteen minutes. Previously on show only between June and October, from 2003 a planting of frost-resistant plants takes it through the winter season. Each Spring, the clock is replanted to a different design. Since 1946, the floral clock has celebrated a different event or anniversary each year. For 2009, the design celebrates the bicentenary of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society. Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. Camera: Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi in the USA) / Canon 18-55mm IS lens BEST VIEWED LARGER Related shots can be found at: Edinburgh or you can look at all my HDR shots.
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This statue, named The Genius of Architecture is in West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland. It shows a crowned woman with two male kilted children at her feet. One shows plans for approval whilst the other kneels to apply mortar to a pillar. It represents the crowning of the theory and practice of Art. Edinburgh Castle can be seen in the background. Designed in 1862 by William Brodie 1815- 1881 (not to be confused with the infamous William Deacon Brodie) the statue was not unveiled until 1891 ten years after the artists’ death. Brodie was a prolific sculptor and is responsible for a number of statues in Edinburgh and Glasgow including James Young Simpson also in West Princes Street Gardens and the bronze statue of Greyfriar’s Bobby outside Greyfriars Kirk. Camera: Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi in the USA) / Canon 18-55mm IS lens BEST VIEWED LARGER Three bracketed JPGs converted to HDR in Photomatix. Some perspective correction in Photoshop Elements. Related shots can be found at: Edinburgh or you can look at all my HDR shots. Featured in : Statues and Such : 10 Nov 09
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