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How to build a brooding building

Posted at 21:01:53 on Mon, March 31st 2008 by graham
in: blackandwhite buildings castle d40x edinburgh edinburghcastle filter interestingsky ndgradfilter photography redfilter three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008

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Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 90

Edinburgh Castle. It stands on a rock in the middle of the city and, even in the modern age of not being afraid of people in castles, puts the wind up you just a little bit all the same. The gun fired to mark one o'clock helps, admittedly.

I only wish that the other tourists had buggered off and taken the barriers in the front of frame with them. Oh well.

Taken with a red filter to bring out the sky and an ND2 grad filter to make exposing everything that bit easier.

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Rainbow chatterboxes

Posted at 21:03:20 on Sun, March 30th 2008 by graham
in: birds d40x edinburgh edinburghzoo photography rainbowlorikeet three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008

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Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 89

A pair of Rainbow Lorikeets at Edinburgh Zoo, eyeing me with interest.

They can be found in the Zoo's Rainbow Landings enclosure, where hapless victims such as I can buy a pot of food to hold out for them whilst they land on the holder's arms and head and occasionally leave a deposit behind. I was lucky: all that landed on me were the birds.

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Wombat Tennis

Posted at 22:04:59 on Sat, March 29th 2008 by graham
in: britannia d40x edinburgh hmybritannia leith photography three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008 wombat wombattennis

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Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 88

This poor wombat was apparently the focus of a popular game, known as "Wombat Tennis," in the wardroom of HMY Britannia. Honestly, the things men do for fun when at sea...

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The atmospheric streets of Auld Reekie

Posted at 22:06:26 on Fri, March 28th 2008 by graham
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Three hundred and sixty-odd days of 2008, day 87

Covenant (I think anyway) close, off High St in Edinburgh. I wish I'd waited five minutes and photographed Fleshmarket close instead, because it has a far more interesting name. Oh well.

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Graham Binns is a writer, photographer, musician and software developer from Lancaster, England, with far too much hair, a penchant for odd t-shirts and a magnificent hat. He has been making things up for as long as he can remember and has been making code work for long enough to make a living from it.

He has written one novel, which is in the process of composting, and is working remembering how to write before embarking on a second. In the meantime, he photographs things, since it's easier not to have to make the world up in his head all of the time.