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This week’s Top 20 most liked images on Edinburgh O’Clock bluesky account - 24 images every day - a fantastic random selection curated by an algorithm, then liked by followers on this bluesky account.
The above crescent moon image from Saturday is included as a convoluted introduction to this weeks soundtrack of Billy Holliday singing Blue Moon. In my twenties I got a letter one day accepting my entry as “Dame Needin’ a Beverage” to a “Search For A Star” talent competition held in the Merlin pub in Morningside. My mates had entered me as a joke and I decided I’d go along, sing this song (with mates doing backing vocals) and at the end of the song turn round and show our bare arses painted blue. We bottled it and never showed up, but oh, how different my life might have been!
No.20 kicks off the Top 20 with this “street” photo at the top of Victoria St. When teaching photography workshops we often talk about using odd numbers as opposed to even numbers in compositions - the wee dug is the perfect 5th shadow in this one. When WILL that scaffold come down on that hotel?
No.19 takes us the short journey to the other end of George IV Bridge for this classic view of Greyfriars Bobby (pub and dug) with the castle on the horizon. This is from a few years back.
No.18 is a stumpy wee rainbow over the back of Salisbury Crags with the Commy Pool shining below it.
No.17 - a sunset burnished classic view of Edinburgh Castle and The Hub spire.
No.16 for an unusual view of the castle from the south east of the city. I love discovering new peek-a-boo views of it from all over the city.
No.15 is the Halloween No.10 bus on its way through Polwarth.
No.14 is a dramatically squashed (by a long lens) Royal Mile with the Canongate visible on the right and the Castle of Light backlighting the intervening spires of the Tron, St Giles and Hub.
No.13 is a carpet of Snowdrops on the Dalmeny Estate.
No.12 for a peek-a-boo moon behind the castle.
No.11 takes us to the summit of Arthur’s Seat and someone checking their hero photo standing on the trig point was good enough ( it wasn’t: I watched from a mile away as they tried quite a few more)
No.10 is the castle and Telfer Wall - one of the few remnants of the city’s ancient defenses.
No.9 is a dusk view over the city towards Fife. A reminder that these are the most-liked images from the randomly generated feed on the Edinburgh O’Clock bluesky account, so this week’s collection does seem very castle heavy, but hey, what’s not to like?
No.8 shows the south west view down Barclay Place - Bruntsfield Place where I’m stood, then it becomes Barclay Place, then Leven St and Home St where it meets Tollcross.
No.7 and the aurora shots always seem popular when they pop up. In case you’ve forgotten this shot looks south east, defying the term Northern Lights.
No.6 is a Calton Hill sunset - a gloomy day that suddenly lit up for the last hour or two.
No.5 is another bus shot taken in my ‘hood with the distinctive Polwarth Kirk on the corner - the road over the canal is now closed for 6 months for repairs (completely replacing the deck).
No.4 is our only Forth bridge shot this week with this detail of one of the wee middley bits that connect the massive diamonds.
No.3 is a favourite shot of the Balmoral Clock and the crescent moon, taken from a hundred metres away - compare it to the shot below it which I took a few days ago.
This one was taken about a mile away (2 days ago, marking the beginning of Ramadan) so the moon appears MUCH bigger in comparison. Check out the squiggles on the edges too which is caused by atmospheric distortion.
No.2 was taken on a half-haar night where the haar came in like a tide from Leith and then went back out again without really infiltrating the city centre. You can see St Stephen’s Kirk in Stockbridge and the Queensferry Crossing lights way behind.
No.1 most liked image this week was this very recent shot of the canal at Harrison Park with a cleaved limb of one of the giant willows. Polwarth Kirk sits behind and the miniature longboat (shortboat?) called Nola’s Ark just getting her luckily unbruised nose in the frame.
I’ll be in touch in a couple of days with some recent images and also some news about Paid Subscriber benefits, and some new things in the pipeline for regular video get-together and blethers.
Maybe see you out there.
TD
Moon shots @ #12, 11, 3 & 2 exceptional, Aurora at #7 form my favourite five, that's without taking anything from the others which are all good!😀
Liked them all, number 6 is my favourite 😍