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The Scottish Parliament Building is situated next to Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh and is one of those modern structures that divides opinions.  Personally I like it, it is very striking and makes a bold statement about Scotland as a nation. I had a couple of hours to kill on a trip to Edinburgh earlier this year so I went for a walk around Holyrood armed only with my Fujifilm X100 - the original X-Series camera.  Once again the weather was very changeable and I found myself dodgy rain showers, but when the clouds cleared the light on the building was wonderful. This shot was taken at the back of the Parliament as the sunlight hit the strangely shaped windows.  I decided to tilt the camera up and on an angle because the abstract shape of the building suited this type of composition.  The image was converted to monochrome in post production with NIK Silver Efex Pro2 software. This image made it into my 2015 Top 10 because of the subject but also to prove that...

Yesterday evening I had a couple of hours to kill in Edinburgh so I headed down to the Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood with the Fujinon 18mm f2 fitted to the X-T1 to see what I could photograph.  Sometimes I like to go out with one camera and one lens and see what I can find to photograph.  I have no idea or agenda, it is bit of a photography magical mystery tour and sometimes I come up trumps and sometimes the trip is a bust.  Luckily on this occasion it was a case for the former rather than the latter. The Scottish Parliament building sits at the bottom of the Royal Mile opposite Holyrood Palace and since construction started in 1999 it has divided opinion with regards to its modern design.  It is certainly a 'marmite' building, you either love it or hate it due to its radical look. Designed by Spanish architect Enric Miralles, who died before the building was completed, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II formally opened the new building on 9 Octob...