WYSIWYG

What You See Is What You Get. This is a journal blog, an explore-blog, a bit of this and that blog. Sharing where the mood takes me. Perhaps it will take you too.

Me-Now-Views; Less Speak More Peek

As peeked last week, I went atop a hill - Blackford Hill to be precise - whilst in Edinburgh. The ground was frozen and the sky was ice. Breathtaking in every sense. On Blackford sits the Royal Observatory of Edinburgh, the original towers being very photogenic. Then the panorama proper (remember to click for biggification!), showing the spires down The Royal Mile, to the Castle round to Arthur's Seat and past the Observatory; behind is the Firth of Forth.  Then individual shots following the same tracking.




















































































































I couldn't feel my fingers by the end of that half hour, but it was worth it!!!

23 comments:

  1. Beautiful lighting and the architecture is wonderful!!

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  2. Beautiful shots. Such a cold winter sky!

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  3. OH MY.... sorry about your Frozen Fingers... butt OH MY.... were these pictures EVER worth it... they are astonishingly beautiful.

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  4. Gorgeous photography of your world ~ looks fascinating!

    Happy Week to you,
    artmusedog and carol

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  5. I spent one day in that city years ago, and your pictures make me want to go back.

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  6. Crikey ...... the skies BLUE!! I didn't think that happened in Scotland. Have the fingers thawed out yet?? Ever heard of fingerless gloves?? It WAS worth it though, aye???

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  7. I have ALWAYS wanted to visit Edinburgh! Thanks for sharing these beautiful pictures ...hopefully some day I'll get there.

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  8. I like your spectakular photos
    (I'm back, but not very healthy...)

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  9. Lovely view of the landscape. :)

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  10. Beautiful photos, I have been to Edinburgh twice last time was in the 80's I loved it there It's probably changed a lot since then :-)

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  11. Very nice pictures, the architecture seems very interesting, not to mention the history in the city.

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  12. Amazing architecture! I wish I can visit these! Dropping by from http://pixiedusk.livejournal.com/337309.html

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  13. Great pictures so different to our areas.
    merle...........

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  14. The shapes of the buildings sure look amazing there!

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  15. Lovely pics. I love them. Great views.

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  16. What a magnificent building! All beautiful photos! BTW, concerning the potato skins, thanks for the advice but mom ALWAYS leaves the skins on. Like you, she thinks it is delicious. The thing that has really triggered the issue is that mom decided to stop taking her medicine and try to deal with it in other ways. And somehow me and Stanley are the ones suffering!

    Your Pals,

    Murphy & Stanley

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  17. I've never been to Edinburgh! Nice to "visit" it through your lenses!

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  18. That's an amazing building! I've never seen such architecture before. Well worth you braving the cold. Hope you thawed out ok!

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