Photographs of Stirling and the stone construction shot around the west side towards the Church of Holy Rude and Stirling Castle.
Category: City Photography
I took this city photography in and around Scotland, but there are a few from cities beyond. They are good for exploring architecture and textures, trying to knit a view of interest while excluding extraneous detail. Random things happen in cities.
Stone built Stirling
Glasgow Tower
On the south side of the Clyde lies the Glasgow Tower opened in 2001. It is the worlds tallest 360 degree rotating building as it aligns to the direction of the wind. Its like a large upended wing and contains two lift shafts and set of stairs to a viewing platform. Beside this lies the arched Glasgow Science Centre and bubble pea-pod IMAX cinema.
Finnieston Crane Old And New
Finnieston Crane On north side of the Clyde stands the old Finnieston crane (errected 1931) which was built to load steam locomotives onto ships during Glasgow’s industrial engineering prime. Glasgow sculptor George Wylie suspended a straw model locomotive from the hammerhead crane during the Glasgow Garden Festival of 1987. Somewhere in my film archive I have a shot of this. Beside the crane are photographs of the ‘armadillo’ or Clyde Auditorium designed by Fosters and Partners and built 1997.
Portland St Suspension Bridge
Photography on a sunny Sunday morning around South Portland street suspension bridge in Glasgow. Just upstream and east from Pacific Quay. St Andrews Cathedral overlooks the river Clyde and the bridge.
Pacific Quay Photographs
Crikey jings…two posts in one day! This was an early shoot catching sun rising over the arched roof of the Glasgow Science Museum surrounded on three sides by the river Clyde in these Pacific Quay photographs.
Pacific Quay photographs
