Showing posts with label Glasgow Necropolis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Glasgow Necropolis. Show all posts

2022-08-29

Photo of the Week 2022-08-29

 
It's over two months since returning from Scotland and I still have images to publish ! But I am getting close to exhausting the inventory of yet to be processed, yet to be released captures from the time in 'Alba'.
 
I've never been one to "dump" a large number of images on social media at one time, likely never more than 10, but I'd have to check back to be certain. More often than not, it's no more than a handful and often only one select image, particularly when I'm not showcasing a collection of images from travel or some other photocentric outing.

While working through my set of captures from Glasgow and the time at the Necropolis, I came across one in particular that I very much like. It was from the infrared converted EOS M and converted to B&W in NIK SilverEfex with my favourite high-contrast preset, it just jumped at me. So impressed, I called to the 'missus' and said, "This is a winner, this is an instant favourite, this will be a photo of the week for sure !" Now, it may be a winner to me, one of my favourites, but your mileage may vary ... let me know what you think.

' eternal rest '

Upon seeing this file processed in B&W, I was reminding of something theatrical, something animated, something from a graphic novel or animated video. I still haven't put my finger on just what that is but I have a feeling it was a scene from an animated video. Perhaps a cemetery scene from an animated Batman movie ... where the seated figure, a villain, rises and walks into the night ...  Oh my imagination ;-)



The colour version from another camera and lens combo is interesting in it's own right, just not so much as the IR B&W in my opinion.
  
 
Note: These images are of the grave and memorial to Charles Tennant, Chemist and Industrialist. Hi 'is' one of the more notable residents of the necropolis and namesake of Charles Tennant & Company still in the chemical business today. One does have to wonder at the inspiration behind some of these more unusual memorial sculptures ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DJE
 

2022-08-22

Photo of the Week 2022-08-22

' Cathedral from Church Lane Bridge '

Scotland Day 11 - We decided to visit Glasgow Cathedral on a day where the weather forecast was favourable before rejoining our tour group the following day.
 
The weather was warm, very warm in fact, and sunny. Great weather for Scotland and maybe a little too good. The trees and flowers decided contribute to a pollen storm and fire up my allergies to get my eyes watering and nose running. Between blows and wipes, I managed to grab some shots in and around the cathedral and adjacent necropolis.
 
We arrived here just before the cathedral was closing for the lunch hour so we decided to explore the exterior and walk over to the necropolis. This image was made on our way back after I had explored various vantage points looking back at the cathedral from the east side of Wishart St. I was looking for something unique, using a foreground element to enhance the composition. I found several location and I liked this one very much.
 
DJE