Corstorphine Hill

potteringaround · 22 Nov 2017

I feel bad that this place is so close to where I live but I've never been before this weekend. After watching Scotland almost beat teh All Blacks on the Saturday, a chilled out walk was needed for the family and I.

This hill, near the centre of Edinburgh felt often that I was in wood in Perthshire...

Woods and trees have historically been me achielles heal but I feel I'm now finding a style I enjoy these days.

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IMG_2147 by Sam Proctor, on Flickr

2.

IMG_2196 by Sam Proctor, on Flickr

3.

IMG_2183 by Sam Proctor, on Flickr

4.

IMG_2154 by Sam Proctor, on Flickr

Stuart Mc · 22 Nov 2017

Some beauties there sam particularly like 2 and 3

alfbranch · 22 Nov 2017

Nice work but 3 is way better than the others IMO

MrDrizz · 23 Nov 2017

The second to last just pops for me. The branch kind of mirrors the sbape of the ground

wookie6262 · 23 Nov 2017

3 for me, very nice. Must pay a visit next Autumn

Scott Robertson · 23 Nov 2017

potteringaround said:
I feel bad that this place is so close to where I live but I've never been before this weekend.

Ha, done that before and been utterly ashamed of myself for ignoring what was right under my nose.
These are all superb, right up my street and the sort of shots I struggle with. I suspect you'll be back several times.

potteringaround · 23 Nov 2017

Stuart Mc said:
Some beauties there sam particularly like 2 and 3

Thanks Stuart. I would probably pick these as my two also.

alfbranch said:
Nice work but 3 is way better than the others IMO

And 3 is my first choice. I struggled with the tone on this a bit tbh, but think it's where it should be.

MrDrizz said:
The second to last just pops for me. The branch kind of mirrors the sbape of the ground

Thanks Mark. This by far was my choice on the various compositions I came away with.

wookie6262 said:
3 for me, very nice. Must pay a visit next Autumn

CHeers Simon - well worth it. We were early, but not early enough to catch the ice before the sun got too high. A great dawn location on my doorstep. like it!

Scott Robertson said:
Ha, done that before and been utterly ashamed of myself for ignoring what was right under my nose.
These are all superb, right up my street and the sort of shots I struggle with. I suspect you'll be back several times.

Cheers Scott. Give me a solitary tree or copse in a grand environment and I'm off! Getting my head round woodland compositions has taken its time. Still not quite there sometimes though.

Next I'll find a mountain and ice covered loch in Leith...

One final bonus one that I liked. I thought the tree looked like a female ballet dancer...

IMG_2117 by Sam Proctor, on Flickr