12 kuvaa/photos - my walk to work


Two Finnish bloggers, Krisu and Mari, have started a year-long project of posting photos taken in the same spot each month. I was thinking along the same lines, of tracking the progress of the seasons through my morning walk to work, so I'm slipping in a month late with October's post. Photos from September and October are already up at 12 kuvaa/photos, with the idea that the photos accumulate within each successive post to give a lovely time series effect.

The photo above is taken on the Water of Leith walkway, which runs from the port of Leith through the heart of Edinburgh and up to the hills. Much of it is on former suburban railway routes, now converted to bike and foot traffic. I took this shot at 7.50 a.m. on 1 October.

I may be bending the rules a bit by posting more than one photo in this first post, but there are points on my walk where I always notice what's changing, day by day, and so I've decided to include them too. In future I'll do an overspill post for these other shots.

Here I feel a hundred miles away from the city. The traffic is only a very distant hum, with birdsong and bikes to the fore.


Here's part of the grandiose wall where the walkway passes by Warriston cemetery.


When the tree-lined section of the path ends, the skyline of Edinburgh appears. Arthur's Seat and Calton Hill in the shot below, and then Edinburgh Castle in the first shot above.


Over the course of the year I hope to see an improvement in my photo quality. I have a photo course coming up as a birthday present, when I'll be initiated into the mysteries such as how not to have a white-out sky.

Comments

  1. Welcome, I was veru pleased, when Krisu send me email, telling that you are enjoying us. I put your blog to participiens list.

    Lovely scenes. I must take more time to explore your blog.

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  2. This will be fun to follow. Such a lovely walk would make work much more palatable, I should think.

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  3. Hi Linda, thank you for your comment on my 12 kuvaa post. I love your walk to work....beautiful! I will enjoy watching the scene change as the months go by. And getting to see a bit of Scotland too, on your blog.

    Sara

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  4. I'm so glad you are going to do this! I love Edinburgh, and this is going to be fun to track your daily walk. Thank you so much for sharing these lovely images with us.

    XO,

    Sheila :-)

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  5. What a beautiful walk you enjoy! I hope your photo course provides the answers and techniques you are seeking. I really need to find something like that, too. Those white-out skies are a pain-in-the-neck issue for me, as well.

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  6. all of these would be great views to track thru the seasons - since you have seasons!
    Photo tip that I got from the fabulous Dusty Lens - set the pixels to max the camera will take and the finest, blogger cuts the size down substantially anyway. The bright skies are very tricky - if they are to not be washed out, the foreground can turn out dark. The photo course should be lots of fun, since you have a good sense of composition as it is.
    PS - the gym is for basketball, but my son likes the track and the wt room the most.

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  7. I'm excited to follow...great photos...

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  8. I have always wanted to visit Scotland. Now it isn't necessary any longer, because I can see Scotland here! This is going to be interesting.

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  9. Welcome, Linda, so nice to have you with us! Your morning walk to work is very beautiful, I'm glad you share it with us for the whole year :)

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  10. I really enjoyed the Waters of Leith walkway, but I think I explored a different part than you.

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  11. The stone wall with the wonderful corner post is amazing. I love that shot with the tree branches behind it. I think you take great photos but courses are fun at giving one new ideas for composition.

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  12. Beautiful sights and pics of them!

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  13. My journey to work runs also through the park. Nature, however, is quite different.

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  14. Beautiful scenery! It's no nice to see different countries in this challenges.

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  15. what a lovely journey to work

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  16. Thank you visiting my blog, and yes, it was quite cold morning when I took photo. Your journey to work is very lovely and beautiful.

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