HoM: Photos: Dumfries

Locations:
Edinburgh (55.951897, -3.197494 [Google Maps] [maps.live.com] [multimap])
Huntingdon House Hotel, Dumfries^[info] (55.07177, -3.601263 [Google Maps] [maps.live.com] [multimap])
River Nith, Dumfries, Scotland (55.067409, -3.613901 [Google Maps] [maps.live.com] [multimap])

Dates: started Wednesday, 29th October 2003, latest additions Thursday, 30th October 2003

Wanting to try out my new camera properly, I volunteered to travel from the south coast of England up to Dumfries in Scotland - a round trip of around 16 hours - just to install one computer. So, the plan was two days of travelling, an hour or so of installing, and the best part of a day photographing. However, as the server ended up taking from 10am to about 4:30pm due to network problems, the following were taken during an extended lunch break while I was trying to figure out what the hell was going wrong...

As the new camera has not only a 10x optical zoom (the same as a good pair of binoculars, and better than my 8x25 binoculars I carry in my backpack) but also lots of new settings for taking landscapes, portraits, action shots, night shots etc., it might look like there are a number of near-duplicate pictures as I play around with the settings. There are also a lot of photographs of birds on a river...

PA300160
9:28am 30th October 2003
Camera: C750UZ

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Silhoutted shot of the hotel I stayed at. It wasn't meant to be so dramatic, it was just fairly early and I don't think the fill-in flash would have worked from across the street.

PA300166
11:42am 30th October 2003
Camera: C750UZ

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I tried to take a picture of some distant trees, and sure enough they look distant. Obviously the camera isn't quite good enough to distort reality - but then, that's what Photoshop is for ;-)

PA300189
12:22pm 30th October 2003
Camera: C750UZ

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It was this building that made me realise that I'd been to Dumfries about a decade or so earlier, back when I lived in Nottingham (and so, the trip was much shorter). For my 21st birthday I went with a girlfriend to a murder mystery weekend in Scotland, and on the Saturday we went into town to do some shopping. I didn't know then where we'd gone, but this time round I started to remember my way around - like going to my left would eventually lead me to a river with an interesting weir...

PA300204
12:39pm 30th October 2003
Camera: C750UZ

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The problem with taking pictures of signs from the other side of the street (or bridge in this case) is waiting for the traffic to stop getting in the way. Although I quite like this one for some reason. At least there's a sense of scale I suppose.


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Photographs of Dumfries Locations: Edinburgh (55.951897, -3.197494 [Google Maps] [maps.live.com] [multimap]) Huntingdon House Hotel, Dumfries^[info] (55.07177, -3.601263 [Google Maps] [maps.live.com] [multimap]) River Nith, Dumfries, Scotland (55.067409, -3.613901 [Google Maps] [maps.live.com] [multimap]) Tags: Birds, Black-headed Gull, Boats and Ships, Bridge, Britain, Buildings and Architecture, Carvings and Stonework, Cormorant, Cormorants and Shags, Dumfries, Edinburgh, Europe, Fountain, Gulls, Landscapes, Mute Swan, Rivers and Streams, Scotland, Statues and Sculpture, Swan, Trees, Wildlife and Nature, Young Birds Dates: started Wednesday, 29th October 2003, latest additions Thursday, 30th October 2003 Wanting to try out my new camera properly, I volunteered to travel from the south coast of England up to Dumfries in Scotland - a round trip of around 16 hours - just to install one computer. So, the plan was two days of travelling, an hour or so of installing, and the best part of a day photographing. However, as the server ended up taking from 10am to about 4:30pm due to network problems, the following were taken during an extended lunch break while I was trying to figure out what the hell was going wrong... As the new camera has not only a 10x optical zoom (the same as a good pair of binoculars, and better than my 8x25 binoculars I carry in my backpack) but also lots of new settings for taking landscapes, portraits, action shots, night shots etc., it might look like there are a number of near-duplicate pictures as I play around with the settings. There are also a lot of photographs of birds on a river... << Back Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next >> PA290158 4:52pm 29th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 722KB Large 1600x1198, 173KB Medium 800x599, 55KB Small 400x300, 17KB Okay, okay, the first two pics are of Edinburgh at night, as I had to fly in to Edinburgh airport and catch a train onwards. PA290159 4:52pm 29th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 740KB Large 1600x1198, 105KB Medium 800x599, 34KB Small 400x300, 12KB PA300160 9:28am 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 681KB Large 1600x1198, 136KB Medium 800x599, 42KB Small 400x300, 12KB Silhoutted shot of the hotel I stayed at. It wasn't meant to be so dramatic, it was just fairly early and I don't think the fill-in flash would have worked from across the street. PA300161 9:28am 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 829KB Large 1600x1198, 390KB Medium 800x599, 114KB Small 400x300, 30KB PA300162 9:34am 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 884KB Large 1198x1600, 494KB Medium 599x800, 151KB Small 300x400, 39KB Later on I try for ages to get shots of leaves falling, with little success. Then I get back to the hotel and find I'd got one right at the start of the day! PA300163 9:34am 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 773KB Large 1198x1600, 545KB Medium 599x800, 162KB Small 300x400, 41KB PA300164 9:36am 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 841KB Large 1600x1198, 344KB Medium 800x599, 106KB Small 400x300, 29KB PA300165 11:39am 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 830KB Large 1600x1198, 391KB Medium 800x599, 112KB Small 400x300, 27KB PA300166 11:42am 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 832KB Large 1600x1198, 130KB Medium 800x599, 37KB Small 400x300, 11KB I tried to take a picture of some distant trees, and sure enough they look distant. Obviously the camera isn't quite good enough to distort reality - but then, that's what Photoshop is for ;-) PA300167 11:44am 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 806KB Large 1600x1198, 323KB Medium 800x599, 92KB Small 400x300, 23KB I walk all the way out to the edge of town, only to find that there's a motorway or something right underneath the trees. I take a picture anyway, but it was a bit half-hearted. PA300168 11:48am 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 848KB Large 1198x1600, 383KB Medium 599x800, 117KB Small 300x400, 32KB PA300169 11:50am 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 757KB Large 1600x1198, 264KB Medium 800x599, 78KB Small 400x300, 21KB This one I'm quite pleased with. It's just an old trailer, but even with a fairly high zoom the portrait mode has brought out the foreground and pushed back the, um, background. PA300170 11:53am 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 874KB Large 1600x1198, 442KB Medium 800x599, 121KB Small 400x300, 29KB PA300171 11:58am 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 759KB Large 1600x1198, 279KB Medium 800x599, 91KB Small 400x300, 27KB PA300172 12:03pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 783KB Large 1600x1198, 230KB Medium 800x599, 67KB Small 400x300, 19KB Nothing fancy, just the school I was working at. PA300173 12:11pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 813KB Large 1600x1198, 333KB Medium 800x599, 99KB Small 400x300, 27KB PA300174 12:12pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 787KB Large 1198x1600, 268KB Medium 599x800, 81KB Small 300x400, 23KB PA300175 12:14pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 808KB Large 1198x1600, 262KB Medium 599x800, 82KB Small 300x400, 25KB St. Mary's, taken with the camera held out through some railings. PA300176 12:15pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 817KB Large 1600x1198, 301KB Medium 800x599, 92KB Small 400x300, 26KB PA300177 12:16pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 797KB Large 1600x1198, 305KB Medium 800x599, 94KB Small 400x300, 26KB PA300178 12:16pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 802KB Large 1600x1198, 320KB Medium 800x599, 98KB Small 400x300, 28KB PA300179 12:16pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 789KB Large 1198x1600, 277KB Medium 599x800, 85KB Small 300x400, 24KB PA300180 12:16pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 799KB Large 1600x1198, 274KB Medium 800x599, 83KB Small 400x300, 23KB PA300181 12:17pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 828KB Large 1198x1600, 65KB Medium 599x800, 22KB Small 300x400, 8KB Damn that morning sun! I'll just have to take a detour down this street... PA300182 12:17pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 783KB Large 1198x1600, 176KB Medium 599x800, 54KB Small 300x400, 16KB PA300183 12:18pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 813KB Large 1198x1600, 150KB Medium 599x800, 45KB Small 300x400, 14KB PA300184 12:18pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 820KB Large 1198x1600, 136KB Medium 599x800, 43KB Small 300x400, 14KB PA300185 12:18pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 779KB Large 1198x1600, 160KB Medium 599x800, 48KB Small 300x400, 15KB PA300186 12:19pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 787KB Large 1600x1198, 265KB Medium 800x599, 84KB Small 400x300, 26KB PA300187 12:21pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 763KB Large 1198x1600, 205KB Medium 599x800, 66KB Small 300x400, 21KB PA300188 12:21pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 789KB Large 1198x1600, 218KB Medium 599x800, 70KB Small 300x400, 22KB PA300189 12:22pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 782KB Large 1198x1600, 190KB Medium 599x800, 61KB Small 300x400, 19KB It was this building that made me realise that I'd been to Dumfries about a decade or so earlier, back when I lived in Nottingham (and so, the trip was much shorter). For my 21st birthday I went with a girlfriend to a murder mystery weekend in Scotland, and on the Saturday we went into town to do some shopping. I didn't know then where we'd gone, but this time round I started to remember my way around - like going to my left would eventually lead me to a river with an interesting weir... PA300190 12:22pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 778KB Large 1198x1600, 178KB Medium 599x800, 57KB Small 300x400, 18KB PA300191 12:30pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 819KB Large 1198x1600, 313KB Medium 599x800, 94KB Small 300x400, 26KB PA300192 12:30pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 641KB Large 1198x1600, 106KB Medium 599x800, 35KB Small 300x400, 12KB PA300193 12:31pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 748KB Large 1198x1600, 170KB Medium 599x800, 53KB Small 300x400, 17KB PA300194 12:31pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 771KB Large 1198x1600, 163KB Medium 599x800, 50KB Small 300x400, 16KB PA300195 12:31pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 765KB Large 1198x1600, 171KB Medium 599x800, 54KB Small 300x400, 17KB PA300196 12:33pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 752KB Large 1198x1600, 156KB Medium 599x800, 54KB Small 300x400, 20KB Again the portait mode comes up trumps, even though this was a high zoom image from across the street. PA300197 12:33pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 789KB Large 1198x1600, 261KB Medium 599x800, 80KB Small 300x400, 23KB The standard tourist shot. PA300198 12:33pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 811KB Large 1198x1600, 262KB Medium 599x800, 80KB Small 300x400, 23KB PA300199 12:38pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 781KB Large 1600x1198, 136KB Medium 800x599, 40KB Small 400x300, 12KB This is where I start playing with the zoom. Standing in the same place on a bridge, I snapped away at another bridge with more and more zoom... PA300200 12:38pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 748KB Large 1600x1198, 131KB Medium 800x599, 39KB Small 400x300, 12KB ... PA300201 12:38pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 771KB Large 1600x1198, 217KB Medium 800x599, 65KB Small 400x300, 19KB ... PA300202 12:38pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 706KB Large 1600x1198, 128KB Medium 800x599, 38KB Small 400x300, 12KB ...until you can identify the birds under one of the arches (young Mute Swans, winter plumage Black Headed Gulls, and some other young gulls. So I'm not great with gulls, okay?) PA300203 12:39pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 781KB Large 1600x1198, 243KB Medium 800x599, 78KB Small 400x300, 24KB PA300204 12:39pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 821KB Large 1600x1198, 323KB Medium 800x599, 94KB Small 400x300, 27KB The problem with taking pictures of signs from the other side of the street (or bridge in this case) is waiting for the traffic to stop getting in the way. Although I quite like this one for some reason. At least there's a sense of scale I suppose. PA300205 12:39pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 820KB Large 1198x1600, 296KB Medium 599x800, 86KB Small 300x400, 25KB PA300206 12:40pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 877KB Large 1600x1198, 484KB Medium 800x599, 141KB Small 400x300, 34KB PA300207 12:40pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 785KB Large 1600x1198, 60KB Medium 800x599, 13KB Small 400x300, 5KB PA300208 12:41pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 768KB Large 1198x1600, 280KB Medium 599x800, 83KB Small 300x400, 22KB PA300209 12:42pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 823KB Large 1198x1600, 340KB Medium 599x800, 100KB Small 300x400, 26KB PA300210 12:42pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 781KB Large 1600x1198, 218KB Medium 800x599, 70KB Small 400x300, 21KB PA300211 12:42pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 856KB Large 1600x1198, 433KB Medium 800x599, 133KB Small 400x300, 36KB PA300212 12:42pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 1712x2288, 793KB Large 1198x1600, 93KB Medium 599x800, 28KB Small 300x400, 9KB Zooming in so close that I cut off the tail. Typical. PA300213 12:43pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 727KB Large 1600x1198, 109KB Medium 800x599, 35KB Small 400x300, 12KB No, it's no good switching back to landscape format, the moment has gone. PA300214 12:43pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 887KB Large 1600x1198, 165KB Medium 800x599, 47KB Small 400x300, 15KB Although this is a nice enough pic, I prefer the ones of the cygnet with water dripping off its beak, even if the action of dipping its head contorts its neck a little. PA300215 12:43pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 807KB Large 1600x1198, 172KB Medium 800x599, 55KB Small 400x300, 18KB PA300216 12:43pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 832KB Large 1600x1198, 143KB Medium 800x599, 45KB Small 400x300, 15KB PA300218 12:44pm 30th October 2003 Camera: C750UZ Bigger 2288x1712, 829KB Large 1600x1198, 192KB Medium 800x599, 59KB Small 400x300, 19KB << Back Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next >>

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Photographs of Dumfries