Scotland

If you are driving the coast North after Edinburgh, the first cliffs you encounter are near Dundee. They have a height at about 30 m / 100 ft and have all ingredients for a walking tour where you can see the waves breaking on the rocks. Try to reach that location at the golden hour, to get the sunset shots with the warm feeling before the evening comes.

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• Camera: ILCE-7RM2
• Aperture: ƒ/22
• Shutter speed: 1/50s
• Focal length: 14mm
• ISO: 64

During my stay in Scotland, I wanted to visit the location where the cliffs start. Since my hotel and main-stay were in Edinburgh, the nearest cliffs I could find with Google Maps were north of Dundee. I took the trip with a rented Volkswagen Passat, which had only 400 miles on the speedometer. At the parking lot, I took my DJI Phantom 4 Pro and went up the walkway to the cliffs. At a flat patch of grass, I started the quadcopter and could get some decent shots of the coast. Because of the strong winds over the sea, the flight was shorter than thought; I got the “connection lost” message on the DJI app and had to fly home by hand, because “return to home” function didn’t work. Lucky that I haven’t lost my drone.

Post processed with: Aurora, Photoshop

• Camera: FC6310
• Aperture: ƒ/6.3
• Shutter speed: 1/100s
• Focal length: 8.8mm
• ISO: 100

Most museum halls are always good for wide-angle photos which capture the whole dimension of those astounding interiors; I shot that picture which in the Edinburgh Museum. Often you can use the handrail of the parapets for placing your camera for steady shots without using a tripod. So you are faster and more flexible because tripods aren’t welcomed sometimes.

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• Camera: ILCE-7RM2
• Aperture: ƒ/2.8
• Shutter speed: 1/40s
• Focal length: 14mm
• ISO: 800

I saw that scene by accident, the red house with the yellow traffic guidelines. I was ready for a fast shot, because the next cars were already approaching and I had the leave the street fast.  🙂 

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• Camera: ILCE-7RM2
• Aperture: ƒ/2.8
• Shutter speed: 1/125s
• Focal length: 14mm
• ISO: 6400

After ordering a Guinness beer, I sat down at a table and was looking a the TV screens with football games. Then I looked at the bar and saw that man with a tattoo and a Scottish flat cap sitting on a barstool. I liked the scene and took my camera and did a quick shot, although higher ISO it came out usable. The guy didn’t react to the photo very much but was not amused. However, I had the picture I wanted which represents a typical pub scene in Great Britain.

Post processed with: Photoshop, Color Efex Pro

• Camera: ILCE-7RM2
• Aperture: ƒ/2.8
• Shutter speed: 1/40s
• Focal length: 14mm
• ISO: 12800

The theme park in Edinburgh presented itself as a colorful wonderland with dozens of attractions for the younger and older. A fun walk tour to watch and explore. I found a parapet to place my mini-tripod and take some long exposure shots to catch all the lights and colors. Making the pictures with lower iso was essential. Otherwise, the lights would look blown out in some cases. That’s the reason, why I am more and more a fan of mini-tripods. 🙂 

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• Camera: ILCE-7RM2
• Aperture: ƒ/22
• Shutter speed: 30s
• Focal length: 14mm
• ISO: 250

The entry into the Edinburgh National Museum was utterly free of charge; it presents a broad range of exhibits from science to biology to fashion. The balconies on the higher floors were perfect to place my camera to enable stabilized wide angle shots. Some rooms and halls reminded my of picture-books with a vast amount of exhibits to explore.

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• Camera: ILCE-7RM2
• Aperture: ƒ/4.5
• Shutter speed: 1/1.6s
• Focal length: 14mm
• ISO: 250

This tree in Loch Lomond reminds of the famous photo-community “Tree Wanaka”. It’s a similar, a bit smaller, lonely tree in the water of the lake. I was lucky because, for a short time, raining did stop. I used that “dry” time slot to shoot the photos. In the end, I had some Scottish-Loch images, although the whole area was under dust mostly, accompanied by heavy raining.

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Edinburgh, the city which reminds you of the Harry Potter-movies. No wonder, Joanne K. Rowling lived there and wrote the first Harry Potter-book in Edinburgh. A historical town with many old buildings, typical Scottish. You can start early with a photography-marathon which will last till late night. The fitness tracker on my Apple-watch showed me 10 miles on one day. 🙂

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• Camera: ILCE-6000
• Aperture: ƒ/4
• Focal length: 12mm
• ISO: 400

It took us a two-hour ride from Edinburgh to get to Loch Lomond. The weather god was not merciful to us, it didn’t stop raining, although accuweather.com said the opposite. After entering The Trossachs National Park, I saw a Loch-Lomond-East and a Loch-Lomond-West sign, what to take? I took west; it was a narrow street with moss on the roadside and plants that looked like from another planet. I was lucky that the raining was interrupted for a short time, which I used to take some foggy panorama shots.

Post processed with: Aurora, Photoshop 

• Camera: ILCE-7RM2
• Aperture: ƒ/9
• Shutter speed: 1/20s
• Focal length: 35mm
• ISO: 125