The Little Edinburgh Project
This is Little Edinburgh, it is a series of shots I have taken around the city of Edinburgh in Scotland over the years. It is called Little Edinburgh because the focus of the project is to take photos in a way as to show the city in miniature using the tilt-shift effect. Edinburgh is an international cosmopolitan city but still somehow has a small town feel to it. I cannot walk down the street without recognising someone I know. So with that in mind it felt appropriate to create a vision of Edinburgh that makes it look very small, almost like a toy town.
Cramond Island
Cramond Island is a tidal Island on the outskirts of Edinburgh. At low tide (as in this picture) you can reach the island on foot. The line you can see from the edge of the island extending to the left of the frame is a series of concrete pylons that were built during WWII as an anti-boat boom. Basically its like road spikes for cars, but for boats. It blocked navigation of boats between the coast and the island forcing them further into the estuary and past gun positions that were placed on the island as a defence against gunboats the Germans may send on strafing runs.
The tide changes very quickly here so although when the tide goes out it goes out for over a mile from the shore, it returns very quickly and has on many occasion caught people out who either got stuck on the island or ended up in the water walking back. Its quite something as once the tide comes in the water level is over 6ft!
Aside from all that, its also a popular spot to go camping overnight. I suppose you'd have to if you got caught on the island at high tide!
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