A moody sunrise photo captures a favorite Edinburgh spot with dramatic urban atmosphere. street stretches into the distance, flanked by ornate Victorian buildings in warm orange hues from the rising sun. Overhead tram wires crisscross against a cloudy purple and gray sky, with traffic lights glowing red amid bare winter trees. In the background, a prominent gothic spire (balmoral hotel, scott monument and Calton hill) rises tall, evoking Robert Burns' poetic praise of Edina. The low-angle perspective adds depth and magic to this moody urban scene in Scotland.

My favourite spot for sunrise photos of Edinburgh. :)

Edina! Scotia's darling seat!
All hail thy palaces and tow'rs,
Where once, beneath a Monarch's feet,
Sat Legislation's sov'reign pow'rs!
(Robert Burns)

#moody #urban #photography #Edinburgh #Scotland #robertburns

A Fern unfurling

Pteridium aquilinum - The former means ‘little wing’ and the latter ‘eagle’

Eagle Fern is so much better than Bracken, because when mature, the large outstretched fronds resemble an eagle's wingspan

🫠🎼

Gladys the Great-spotted Woodpecker. #BirdOfTheDay #Black&Red #birds #birding #photography #ECK

'Painted Sky' Photo taken this morning in Glastonbury before sunrise.

Five dapper gentlemen walking down Above Bar Street towards the camera.

Above Bar Street.

Ein nach oben gerichtetes Foto von großen, pinkfarbenen Blüten eines Magnolienbaums an den Enden dünner Äste, mit hellgrünen Blättern an jedem Ast und einem Hintergrund aus flauschigen weißen Wolken und hellblauem Himmel.

Guten Morgen, happy day 🌞
#BlueSkyMonday 💙🩷 #ColorADay #PinkMon #MagentaMonday 🌸 #trees #flowers #bloomscrolling #scape #FlowersOfBluesky #gardening #nature #photography

Good morning. #BlueSkyMonday

Bertie the Bulfinch #BirdOfTheDay #Black&Red #birds #birding #photography #ECK

in most luminous pond, the jutting new green mirrored up mirrored down, lace of new budding trees and a fingertip ripple

of light of life

Primula, ladybird and butterfly (gouache on paper) 18th century, Barbara Regina Dietzsch.

More wonderful stained glass from St Michael’s Church, Doddiscombsleigh, Devon.

Restored at least twice since the 15th century, the central figure is a Victorian interpretation, but a lot of the original glass has survived.

#StainedGlassSunday

🕊️ goedemorgen,

de boomklever kwam ook een
hapje mee-eten 🧡🩶

fijne paasdag 🐰

#boomklever #eurasiannuthatch
#vogels #birds
#natuur #nature

View across the vast outwash plain of Skeiðarársandur, with the braided channels of the Skeiðará winding through the landscape in pale, silvery lines. In the foreground, low shrubs, grasses, and clusters of wild plants grow along a slightly elevated edge, their green tones contrasting with the muted colors of the plain below. Beyond, the sandur stretches endlessly, patterned with shallow watercourses, patches of green vegetation, and dark volcanic sediments. Sunlight breaks through heavy, layered clouds, casting moving bands of light and shadow across the terrain, creating a patchwork of illuminated and shaded areas. In the far distance, a thin, faint line marks the North Atlantic, barely distinguishable beneath the low horizon, with subtle hints of coastal cliffs merging into the haze. Above, a dramatic sky filled with dense, textured clouds dominates the scene, adding depth and a sense of motion. The overall impression is one of immense scale and quiet transformation, as light, water, and land continuously reshape the landscape.

There is a kind of peace that can only be found in vast, empty places.

#DreamScape #Iceland 🇮🇸 #Skeiðarársandur
#landscapephotography 📷
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin #Scape

A bend in the River Wey which has reflections and shimmering water. Photo taken in February. The river is framed with dead undergrowth, trees on both sides and catkins hanging at the top.

Take Me to The River (movie 1915)
The River Wey near Godalming.
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekMforMovies
#Reflections
#Stunday
#Landscape
#Photography

White daffodils, purple pansy, magenta tulip, grape hyacinths, periwinkles, primulas and small white blossom.

Posy in a jar.
Spring flowers from the garden this week.
#FloralFriday
#FlowersonFriday
#Bloomscrolling
#Spring
#Flowerscape
#Scape
#Photography
#PurpleFriday

As the clouds and rain bunker in along the waterway the boats are anchored awaiting their time for exploring.

The rain had settled in along the canal📷🕊️ …

I’m heading for Dartington this morning so here’s the granite font which was moved from old St Mary’s behind the Hall to the new church at Huxham’s Cross

Probably 15th century, though The pedestal and marble base are more recent.

#FontsonFriday

That spring light 💜
#bloomscrolling
#flowersonfriday

My hard drive is full of 'the one that got away'—blurry wings and empty branches. But those misses are exactly what make the sharp shots feel like a victory. 😊
📷frank.cruz

#Nikon #birding
#wildlife #wildlifephotography

With this beautiful rose I wish you a good day and that the assassin wars end. 😘🩷💔

an encircling path of greening limbs, an spiraled portal of shadow and light

April’s ways

Daphne the Dipper #BirdOfTheDay #riverbank #birds #photography #ECK

The valley is greening up, even on a dull morning

Camassia is just coming into bloom in my Devon garden this week while hellebores, tulips and pulmonaria are still going strong.

#FlowersOnFriday

A Fern unfurling

Morning stretch

There’s a date on the back of the door at All Hallows Church, Broadwoodkelly, Devon

Robert Wollan presumably made the door in 1695 .

#AdoorableThursday

Backlit shot. Two yellow flowers in a meadow, with a butterfly on the one in focus. It was photographed from a low angle, so you can see everything from below.

How you see the world always depends on your own perspective. Sometimes you have to change your point of view to see true beauty.

#ColorADay #YellowThu #InsectThursday #scape #Butterflies #BugSky #photography #flowers #ArtYear #photohour #bloomscrolling #nature #thelittlethings #EastCoastKin

The face of poverty ~ a child’s “shoe doll”, found in a London slum in 1905, made from fabric scraps, the heel of a man’s shoe and a black sock (Museum of Childhood, Edinburgh)