Predator by inshaala

Photography • Animals • posted on Dec 29, 2006

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Cant remember which lens i used to be honest, but check the exif for a clue - probs the Canon 50mm f1.8 - if not the 17-85 IS USM. Post in Photoshop. This is the Hawk outside Gladstone's Land which is a building on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh (Scotland), and this is a little info pulled from a webpage on it: It was bought and extended by Thomas Gledstanes in 1617 (though it had originally been built in the previous century) and was a typical house of its time. In 1934 it was condemned and was about to be pulled down but was rescued by the National Trust for Scotland who have restored it to illustrate what life was like in the 17th century with open fires, no running water but packed full of furniture of the period. During restoration, painted ceilings were uncovered and the arcade frontage providing shelter for the customers (typical of the shop frontages popular in the 17th century) has been restored. Typical of Edinburgh buildings of its day, it rises to six stories. Various floors in the building would have been rented out by Thomas Gledstones. "Gled" is the Scots word for a hawk, which explains the hanging sign outside the building which has the date 1617 surmounted by a gilt-copper hawk with outstretched wings . Thanks for your encouragement and critique on my previous upload, and you may have noticed it is my "rr birthday" today, 366 days and 171 pics later i am still here. Thanks for being such a great community and helping me along my way :) Enjoy! Rich http://album.cogia.net

Comments (13)

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kurtsart

11:32AM | Fri, 29 December 2006

Great light and colors in this! Cheers

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TwoPynts

11:43AM | Fri, 29 December 2006

LOL, I thought it was 3D at first and was getting ready to switch galleries. :) Nice one with strong colors!

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Biffowitz

11:52AM | Fri, 29 December 2006

Pretty cool looking huh? I like the contrast and the colors you got here! Hey .....looks to me like you got a R'osity birthday coming up, and happy new year!!

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