Shooting around Linlithgow

Venue
Linlithgow Palace and grounds, Linlithgow

Equipment
Casio Exilim Point and Shoot

Time
Afternoon

Comments
Due to bad planning, forgot to take my battery charger for my DSLR, I was using my point and shoot camera again to shoot the Birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots. Continuing with my building theme I tried again to take interesting pictures showing texture and perspective. I am not totally sure that I captured what I was trying to achieve as I felt a little limited with only 3x zoom with mostly automatic settings. However, I am pleased with the church steeple photo and the doorway to doorway photo. I think that I have used the Rule of Thirds well as I have positioned the interesting aspects of the buildings in the key 1/3 areas.

The photos of the Loch were so I could try and stitch them together in Photoshop Elements which I managed to some degree of success. The blending isn't perfect as each shot was metered differently and therefore wasn't easy to merge without showing the join lines. I'll try and duplicate the process but using my DSLR on manual in the near future.

The Snowdrops were shot as they looked pretty on the roadside and the ducks are for John, hopefully he'll tell me what the unusual black and white one is on Thursday.

To see the photos from this shoot click HERE.