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Anybody ever done one of these? my partner got me one of these as a gift and I am going later this month was just wondering if anybody else has done one, meant to be really good.
 
My bwife and I have visited Edinburgh twice in recent years and just dome the open top bus tours rather than specific photography ones (wife's not a photographer so one would be wasted on her!). These take you round the old town and have a running commentary, although the quality of the commentary is variable - one lady spent around 1/2 the tour telling us how she used to have her milk delivered by Sean Connery and failed to inform us about Grefriars Bobby and a couple of other spots of interest.

The tours we have taken didn't take us out of town at all though and next time we go, we'll aim for Leith as well as the castle etc. Worth being in position at the castle for the 1 o'clock gun in plenty of time to get a good view - get set up and ready then start machine gunning a second or 2 before 1 (using an accurate, correctly set watch as a reference). That way, you should get a shot of the moment the gun actually fires - unless some little scrote elbows you in the back at the crucial moment...

The stained glass saints up at St Margaret's Chapel are rather pleasing shot from inside - again, chose your time and avoid elbows! Shame there's no photography allowed in the war memorial - the dangling sculpture would look great shot from below with a wide angle. Too much respect for the place and sentiment to ignore the signs.
 
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My bwife and I have visited Edinburgh twice in recent years and just dome the open top bus tours rather than specific photography ones (wife's not a photographer so one would be wasted on her!). These take you round the old town and have a running commentary, although the quality of the commentary is variable - one lady spent around 1/2 the tour telling us how she used to have her milk delivered by Sean Connery and failed to inform us about Grefriars Bobby and a couple of other spots of interest.

The tours we have taken didn't take us out of town at all though and next time we go, we'll aim for Leith as well as the castle etc. Worth being in position at the castle for the 1 o'clock gun in plenty of time to get a good view - get set up and ready then start machine gunning a second or 2 before 1 (using an accurate, correctly set watch as a reference). That way, you should get a shot of the moment the gun actually fires - unless some little scrote elbows you in the back at the crucial moment...

The stained glass saints up at St Margaret's Chapel are rather pleasing shot from inside - again, chose your time and avoid elbows! Shame there's no photography allowed in the war memorial - the dangling sculpture would look great shot from below with a wide angle. Too much respect for the place and sentiment to ignore the signs.
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cheers for that, as I said its a gift from the other half, the photographers tour gets rave reviews on trip advisor and apparently he has a great knowledge of Edinburgh too. I am hoping to learn a bit of photography and of the capital city too.
 
Quick tip - keep an eye out for the little details - for example, the small golden sculpture above the door of (?) Gladstone's House up near the castle, the statue of Greyfriars Bobby, The reference to the current Queen as ER rather than E II R above a museum door in the castle.
 
Yes, the guide that told me about the ER inscription also told me about the vandals/terrorists who blew up the post boxes and despite being a very nationalistic Scot was VERY scathing about the explosive attacks.
 
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