Dunfermline Abbey

The abbey in Dunfermline, Scotland originates from 1070 when King Malcolm III married Queen Margaret (who was later to be sainted in the 1200s). Many of the abbey's domestic buildings were destroyed in 1303 by Edward I during the Wars of Independence, and much support to rebuilding was given by Robert the Bruce who was buried here (although his heart was buried further south in Melrose Abbey). If you look at the tower, you can see the writing "King Robert The Bruce" around the top. A cast of Bruce's skull can be found inside.

When I first arrived it was a dull and foggy day, but 40 mins later, and I got lucky with the weather.

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Beautiful pictures! You can almost feel the history of the place come through.

You have such a rich history John. Nice images . Thanks for sharing the photos and lesson.

Lovely shots!

Some of the nicest ones of the Abbey I've ever seen, and I've lived in Dunfermline all my life! (I actually got married in the Abbey Church last year)

I'm inspired by these to go and take some myself now. Fingers crossed for dry weather tomorrow.

Did you go into Abbott house? I see it in the background in number 3. It's steeped in a LOT of history too, and they do a nice bowl of soup.

Like these, the fourth is superb

Hi John
You seem to be hitting the exposures spot on especially on the last one (Cross).
Those L lenses are just great.
Nice shots.
Paul

Excellent shots, John, and a pretty good history lesson.

Thank you Saralonde, Reigh, Sidney, and Stan.

tumblew33d wrote in post #2149885
Lovely shots!

Some of the nicest ones of the Abbey I've ever seen, and I've lived in Dunfermline all my life! (I actually got married in the Abbey Church last year)

I'm inspired by these to go and take some myself now. Fingers crossed for dry weather tomorrow.

Did you go into Abbott house? I see it in the background in number 3. It's steeped in a LOT of history too, and they do a nice bowl of soup.

We (my wife and I) did indeed. We had coffee and cake, and they were both tasty and inexpensive too.

Seaboarder wrote in post #2150084
Hi John
You seem to be hitting the exposures spot on especially on the last one (Cross).
Those L lenses are just great.
Nice shots.
Paul

Thanks Paul, I do like my L lenses.

A lovely series, John. A magnificent old building. Thanks for sharing

King Robert, eh? Well, you gotta' like the sound of that! Great series John. My favorites are 2 and 3. Really well done and thank you for the history behind the images.

Super sharp and perfectly exposed shots. I like 1 and 2 best.

Thanks for sharing such beautiful structures, John. Did you use ND grad filters on some of those shots for the sky?

I just love #1! It looks like a da vinci code kind of place.

I get a little dizzy looking at #3 from the lines not being vertical. Were you conciously going for that effect or did you just forget to hold the lense horizontal?

Some fine looking shots there John with excellent exposure and very sharp indeed.
Thanks for the little bit of history, very interesting.

My Great Grandparents are form Jedburgh, they come from the old Turnbull family (clan) that ruled parts of southern Scotland back in the late 1300s to the end of the 1400s.
There was a King Bruce that granted the name Turnbull to a William of Bedrule.

As the story goes, while King Bruce was out hunting he came upon a wild bull that charged after him. William of Bedrule witnessed this event and through himself in front of the bull, grabbing it by the hornes and turned the bull over, hence the origin of the name, Turn-Bull.

My other Great Grandparents are form somewhere around Galway, Ireland.

Just a little bit of history I thought I'd share.
Cheers.

Thanks John, for great images and historical background. I live in a place that wasn't settled (by Euoropean/Americans) untill 1859. Seeing and learning about things that old is very interesting. Thanks for sharing.