A door in Makars’ Court, Edinburgh, January 2019
Entrance to the Writers’ Museum, Makars’ Court, Edinburgh, January 2019
Edinburgh’s Writers’ Museum celebrates the lives and works of three giants of Scottish Literature – Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson. This fascinating museum is well worth a visit, and the small extract below might just encourage you to open the door and head on in.
Entrance is free, though donations are welcome – I hear that the museum is under threat of closure, so do visit if you can and be sure to spread word of its merit.
From Robert Burns’ poem, Open the door to me, oh:
“Oh, open the door, some pity to shew,
Oh, open the door to me, oh,
Tho’ thou hast been false, I’ll ever prove true,
Oh, open the door to me, oh.”
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 31 January 2019
Posted as part of Norm’s Doors
Travel with Intent 
Love the poem and your shots are incredible.
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I love the light, the architecture and the composition with the street light inviting one down the stairs towards the tree.
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I love the tone of these, they are examples of excellent low-light photography. Tripod or hand-held?
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Hand held 1/30 sec and ISO 10,000. I would like to spend some time there with a tripod but had flown hand luggage only – must take tripod on my next trip.
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Wonderful lighting in these photos, so atmospheric. Great post, thanks for sharing.
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I love museums like this. How did I miss it???
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Great poem snippet, lovely door.
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Glad you like it
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The lighting on these doors is fantastic! Night shots are horrible foe me! Well done!
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Night photography is tricky – too easy to burn it out by worrying about the darkness, and the the lights get you! One of my personal photo projects this year is to play and learn more about night photography
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Lovely building, although that first shot makes it look a bit ominous. Here’s hoping it can stay open!
janet
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Yes, it was a darker corner on the square. Let’s hope
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Love your photos in this post. They are so moody.
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Love everything about these captures! The buildings, the lighting, the doors. . . ❤️ Hoping they don’t close their doors. That would be sadness, indeed.
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Knock … knock ..,
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Come in! 🙂
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🐥😋
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