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Dave Henniker Royal Mile page 11
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Edinburgh's narrow closes and tenements off the High Street are ideal for capturing with an ultrawide lens. | |
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There's a small plaque on the wall beside the street lamp. It states Gladstone's Land. Lady Stair's Close is the light coloured building directly in front. I first photographed it in the '70s (pictures on page 2). | |
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The ultrawide lens used for these shots is a Sigma 10-20mm zoom which is equivalent to a 15-30mm zoom on a 35mm film camera. The wide angle lenses I used in the '70s and '80s were 24mm and 17mm. | |
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The Lawnmarket (part of the Royal Mile) is just through the passageway. Deacon Brodie's pub is on the left as you exit. | |
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A traditional wooden Indian stands outside the Cigar Box tobacconist shop in the High Street. One of the few remaining such establishments. There used to be numerous tobacconists in Edinburgh. Leith's Pipe Shop remains. | |
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The text on the bronze plaque is clearly legible so I shan't repeat it. There's a glimpse of the Scott Monument behind the lamp further into the close. | |
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Under the lamp mentioned above, looking out of the close into the High Street. The first occupants wouldn't have had the convenience of a door entry system. | |
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A bit further down the High Street is Anchor Close which leads down to Cockburn Street. | |
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At the bottom of Anchor Close I saw this female cyclist illegally coming down the footpath and snapped her as she passed the drug counselling centre. | |
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Fleshmarket Close is on the right of the avalanche record / CD shop and descends to Market Street. | |
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A horizontal format photograph of the same scene shows Cockburn Street on the left and Fleshmarket Close on the right. There is an entrance to Waverley train station opposite the bottom of the close. | |
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Previously photographed more than once - but it was looking rather splendid today, so I couldn't resist another picture. | |
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Wider, straighter and longer than many of the High Street closes. It leads down to Jeffrey Street, next to its junction with East Market Street and almost under North Bridge. | |
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Part way down, an interesting restored house entrance. | |
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I forgot to look at the name of this close, and haven't been able to figure it out by looking at Google Street View. If you're certain you know it let me know... | |
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This photographic outing ended here opposite the World's End Pub. A solar powered parking ticket machine stands next to a historic building that's up for sale. There's a certain irony in that. | |
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I had only been here once before as a child. Apart from the good vantage point for taking photographs, another attraction was the World of Illusions. full details from the website: Camera Obscura Castlehill (directly below), Lawnmarket (between 1st and 2nd junctions) and High Street (goes past St Giles Cathedral) are all part of the Royal Mile. April 2010. |
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The view south east. Arthur's Seat is on the left. McEwan Hall and other university buildings are on the right. | |
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An easterly view. Part of Calton Hill is on the far left, St Giles Cathedral is just right of centre and Salisbury Crags are in the distance on the right. An open-topped double decker tour bus is emerging from Johnston Terrace into the Lawnmarket. | |
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Facing north, looking over Princes Street and the New Town towards Fife. The Scott Monument is visible behind the Assembly Hall (which housed the Scottish Parliament before the new building was ready). | |
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Looking more north east now. Inchkeith Island can be seen in the Firth of Forth behind the Scott Monument. | |
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The west view is Edinburgh Castle with the espanade in front. The triangular metal construction is the start of the annual rebuilding of the seating for the tattoo. | |
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An ultrawide view to the north and below. | |
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A vertigo inducing view of the streets below: Castlehill leading to the castle and, to the right, past the Tartan Weaving Mill & Exhibition, Ramsey Lane leads to Mound Place. | |
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To the south east, the dome of McEwan Hall catches the April sunshine. | |
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Three east facing long lens shots down the Royal Mile. In this first shot the triangular shape of North Berwick Law can be seen on the horizon 33km away. To its right are the steeples of Tron Kirk and St Giles Cathedral. | |
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In this second shot more of the crossing is seen. The green bus waiting at the traffic lights is in Lawnmarket and headed straight down into High Street. Traffic from Bank Street on the left and George IV Bridge on the right is crossing over. | |
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Zoomed in on the High Street between the City Chambers on the left and the top of Cockburn Street. This part of the Royal Mile is more pedestrian-friendly and will be crowded with stalls and street performers later in the year. | |
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Much evidence of the stonemasons' craft on display in this view towards Waverley Bridge. | |
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To get an idea of scale, have a look at the top of the third chimney from the left. There's a pigeon perched on top. | |
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Here you can see permanent ladders discreetly attached to the tall stone chimneys. In the background is Princes Street. | |
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The Firth of Forth is in view between the spires of the Assembly Hall and Scott Monument. Leith has a Ferris Wheel visible between the tower blocks of Persevere Court and Citadel Court. Inchkeith Island is directly behind the Scott Monument. | |
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Part of Ramsay Gardens. I would guess that some of the occupants might go traveling when the Edinburgh Military Tattoo is underway. | |
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The entrance to Edinburgh Castle from the Camera Obscura. | |
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A golden finish - which I'd like to think is real gold leaf. | |
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If you search Twitter for #Edinburgh (with a column in TweetDeck for example) there may be an endless succession of tweets from this establishment. It's just down from the Tron. | |
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Most of my Victoria Street photos are in the Grassmarket pages but this is closer to the High Street. | |
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A unicyclist entertains crowds outside the Edinburgh Festival fringe shop in July 2010. | |
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Such a tall unicycle needs assistance to get on, but once he was going he was able to move about and change direction - whilst talking all the time. | |
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He's facing to the right in this shot which also gives a glimpse of the Tron Kirk beside Hunter Square. | |
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Further up the High Street on this July afternoon were a couple of guys playing music while their female companion posed prettily. | |
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Pedal power for ferrying visitors around the town centre. |
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