During the imposed Lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic, EPS introduced a monthly photo challenge, here you can see some of the results of that. Lockdown began, in the UK, on 23rd March 2020. Our first challenge was for April 2020. There were no prizes or specific rules. Members were invited to submit their images and a few words to accompany them. Members were also invited to submit up to 10 images made during Lockdown that did not adhere to the themes of the monthly Challenges, that gallery will be completed later. All images are the copyright of the individuals. The April Challenge theme was “Creative images taken at home”. The May Challenge was “Five minutes from home”. For the June Challenge the theme is “No more than 5 miles from home” for the first time since lockdown powered transport is allowed.

Alan Givens

May Challenge

Since my wife uses a walking stick we had to find somewhere reasonably flat for  outdoor exercise. The closest harbour is Dysart, but is a bit uneven,  so we go to West Wemyss harbour.After a walk along the pier and my wife returning to the car, i had another wee walk along the pier and made these images.Ive arranged them into a panel of 10 with the theme being ” blue”.

  • ALAN GIVENS – 10-BLUE
  • ALAN GIVENS – 9-BLUE
  • ALAN GIVENS – 8-BLUE
  • ALAN GIVENS – 7-BLUE
  • ALAN GIVENS – 6-BLUE
  • ALAN GIVENS – 5-BLUE
  • ALAN GIVENS – 4-BLUE
  • ALAN GIVENS – 3-BLUE
  • ALAN GIVENS – 2-BLUE
  • ALAN GIVENS – 1.-BLUE

Alexandra McOrist

June Challenge

  • Al McOrist – Cabbage
  • Al McOrist – Calm
  • Al McOrist – Get me out of this box
  • Al McOrist – Lockdown daisies
  • Al McOrist – Natures drama

Alistair Cowan

April Challenge

  • Alistair Cowan – 08 Abstract
  • Alistair Cowan – 07 Purple and green abstract
  • Alistair Cowan – 06 Pinhole
  • Alistair Cowan – 05 Tulip scan
  • Alistair Cowan – 04 Mono tulip
  • Alistair Cowan – 03 Orange macro
  • Alistair Cowan – 02 Red edge
  • Alistair Cowan – 01 A Hint of Lemon

May Challenge

  • Alistair Cowan – In Need of a Trim
  • Alistair Cowan – Boris
  • Alistair Cowan – Blondie
  • Alistair Cowan – New Lamb

Andrew McKie

May Challenge

  • Andrew Mckie – chaffinch chick

June Challenge

  • Andrew Mckie – 1 Kestrel with Vole Holyrood park
  • Andrew Mckie – 5 Small Skipper Holyrood park
  • Andrew Mckie – 4 Small Skipper posing Holyrood park
  • Andrew Mckie – 3 Short-eared Owl transposed to Holyrood park
  • Andrew Mckie – 2 Kestrel in flight Holyrood park

Andy Hayes

June Challenge

  • Andy Hayes – Fettercairn Distillery NHS
  • Andy Hayes – Fettercairn Distillery
  • Andy Hayes-PEANUTS FOR TEA
  • Andy Hayes-SIBLING RIVALRY
  • Andy Hayes-Take Off

Barbara Bartkowiak

May Challenge

  • Barbara Bartkowiak – Bus_Stop
  • Barbara Bartkowiak – Roots
  • Barbara Bartkowiak – Old_Wood

June Challenge

  • Barbara Bartkowiak – COMPARABLE
  • Barbara Bartkowiak – JUST_ONE_WAY
  • Barbara Bartkowiak – LOCKDOWN-LOCKS_CLOSED
  • Barbara Bartkowiak – MISSING_THEATRE_1
  • Barbara Bartkowiak – MISSING_THEATRE_2
  • Barbara Bartkowiak – SHOPPING
  • Barbara Bartkowiak – WHERE_IS_THE_THEATRE

Barbara Bogacka

June Challenge

  • Barbara Bogacka – Ra1
  • Barbara Bogacka – Ra6
  • Barbara Bogacka – Ra5
  • Barbara Bogacka – Ra3
  • Barbara Bogacka – Ra2

Bill Johnston

May Challenge

  • Bill Johnston – book shop

Brian Flemming

May Challenge

  • Brian Flemming – 01 – Granton Gasometer
  • Brian Flemming – 09 – Granton Gasometer
  • Brian Flemming – 08 – Scottish Gas HQ
  • Brian Flemming – 07 – Granton Gasometer
  • Brian Flemming – 06 – Scottish Gas HQ
  • Brian Flemming – 05 – Scottish Gas HQ.
  • Brian Flemming – 04 – Scottish Gas HQ
  • Brian Flemming – 03 – Granton Gasometer
  • Brian Flemming – 02 – Granton Gasometer

June Challenge

  • Brian Flemming – 01 – No Through Road
  • Brian Flemming – 05 – Adieu to the Longest Day
  • Brian Flemming – 04 – Long John Silver
  • Brian Flemming – 03 – Birds-Eye View
  • Brian Flemming – 02 – Thank You NHS

Caroline McDermott

April Challenge

For my photo, I decided to treat myself to a bunch of tulips on one of my very rare outings to the supermarket. I work in resilience planning for the NHS so you can imagine, have been really busy over the last few months. Fortunately I can work from home but when I saw these flowers I decided I deserved a treat so bought them for myself.  I mainly enjoy macro photos of plants. The tulips were on my living room windowsill. Now there is so much new life in spring I am taking a lot more photography outside in my garden as it is full of life. I been posting on FB and Instagram as I find it cheerful to see others’ photos and hope others will enjoy mine as well. 

  • Caroline McDermott – lockdown treat

Christopher Osborne

April Challenge

  • Christopher Osborne – Venetian Geometry IV
  • Christopher Osborne – Venetian Geometry III
  • Christopher Osborne – Venetian Geometry II
  • Christopher Osborne – Venetian Geometry I

June Challenge

  • Chris Osborne – National Monument 1
  • Chris Osborne – National Monument 5 (Freelensing with Diana lens)
  • Chris Osborne – National Monument 4 (Digital pinhole)
  • Chris Osborne – National Monument 3 (Analogue pinhole on long out-dated film)
  • Chris Osborne – National Monument 2 (ICM)

David Buchanan

June Challenge

  • David Buchanan – 05_Ravelrig Quarry
  • David Buchanan – 04_View from summit of Kaimes Hill
  • David Buchanan – 03_Landfill Gas Processing
  • David Buchanan – 02_Land Fill Gas Collection
  • David Buchanan – 01_Kaimes Hill from the South

David Greer

April Challenge

I used my free time during the April Covid-19 Lockdown to experiment with three new photographic techniques viz. ICM, Focus Stacking and Photomoshing/Glitching. 
The rest of the time, I hung out of my balcony, somewhat precariously, to take pictures of strangers in the street

  • David Greer – Tulips-2
  • David Greer – Tulip Whish
  • David Greer – Terminator
  • David Greer – Self Isolation
  • David Greer – Queen’s Colours
  • David Greer – Passers By
  • David Greer – Moshed leaves

May Challenge

  • David Greer – Alone_ (1 of 1)
  • David Greer – Water of Leith_ (1 of 1)
  • David Greer – wallflowers (1 of 1)
  • David Greer – Tranquility_ (1 of 1)
  • David Greer – Socially Distant_ (1 of 1)
  • David Greer – Ramsay_ (1 of 1)
  • David Greer – Lonely in Lockdown_ (1 of 1)
  • David Greer – Isolation_ (1 of 1)
  • David Greer – Hungry B12x (1 of 1)
  • David Greer – Hungry B10x (1 of 1)
  • David Greer – Gaia25x2 (1 of 1)
  • David Greer – Gaia_bwred (1 of 1)
  • David Greer – Cornflowers_ (1 of 1)
  • David Greer – Colours of Spring_ (1 of 1)
  • David Greer – B Landing2 (1 of 1)

June Challenge

  • David Greer – Blacksmith (1 of 1)
  • David Greer – Warriston (1 of 1)
  • David Greer – Tunnelman (1 of 1)
  • David Greer – Cramond Brig
  • David Greer – Bridge (1 of 1)

David Wolfenden

April Challenge

  • David Wolfenden – Bear-ly Managing

May Challenge

  • David Wolfenden – Blue tit

June Challenge

  • David Wolfenden – Runner
  • David Wolfenden – Woody
  • David Wolfenden – Woodpecker at Nest
  • David Wolfenden – White Ermine Moth

Derek Robertson

May Challenge

  • Derek-Robertson-If-El-Greco-Lived-In-Comely-Bank…….or-maybe-I-should-stop-playing-with-free-HDR-software
  • Derek-Robertson-Emerging-1

June Challenge

  • Derek-Robertson-01-Empty-High-Street
  • Derek-Robertson-05-Master-Of-The-Universe
  • Derek-Robertson-04-Vanishing-Point
  • Derek-Robertson-03-Going-Nowhere
  • Derek-Robertson-02-Punctuation-Mark

Dennis  Linn

April Challenge

  • Dennis Linn – just-having-a-drink
  • Dennis Linn – hawthorn shield bug
  • Dennis Linn – spring-tulip
  • Dennis Linn – orchid
  • Dennis Linn – Mr Bee
  • Dennis Linn – flower in glass

June Challenge

  • Dennis Linn – iris
  • Dennis Linn – wet grass
  • Dennis Linn – back lit
  • Dennis Linn – after the rain
  • Dennis Linn – waterfall

Donald Stirling

April Challenge

Dragged out my ’toy’ collection to use as subject matter.

  • Donald Stirling – Royale_lineup
  • Donald Stirling – Irish Bubbles
  • Donald Stirling – GM heaven
  • Donald Stirling – Couch Potato

May Challenge

  • Donald Stirling – Donald_Stirling_Early_Restart_Construction
  • Donald Stirling – Donald_Stirling_Ratho_Sunset
  • Donald Stirling – Donald_Stirling_Spot_the_moonbuggy
  • Donald Stirling – Donald_Stirling_Water_on_the_leaves
  • Donald Stirling – Donald_Stirling_Obligatory_Bus_Snap
  • Donald Stirling – Donald_Stirling_Macro_in_the_garden2
  • Donald Stirling – Donald_Stirling_Macro_in_the_garden1
  • Donald Stirling – Donald_Stirling_Fireman_Sam_Heaven

June Challenge

  • Donald Stirling – Donald_Stirling_01_River_Almond
  • Donald Stirling – Donald_Stirling_05_Tees_Grangemouth_Doubler
  • Donald Stirling – Donald_Stirling_04_600_lost
  • Donald Stirling – Donald_Stirling_03_WHL_Ballast_Kirknewton
  • Donald Stirling – Donald_Stirling_02_Kirknewton_Hailstorm

Doug Berndt

April Challenge

I see my camera as a friend that accompanies me out of doors. It’s rare for me to take images indoors. For my images – the idea came from Gavin Hoey here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKp8YO2DkwA -I also used various PS built-in 8-bit artistic filters on the images. You can find Gavin’s background images here – https://www.gavtrain.com/?p=6869 My backgrounds were derived from these but are not straight copies – credit to Gavin for the originals.

  • Doug Berndt – 7-Tumbler 4
  • Doug Berndt – 6-Tumbler 3 on Wet
  • Doug Berndt – 5-Glass 2 AEP_multi Lens_Mono_toned
  • Doug Berndt – 4-Glass 4
  • Doug Berndt – 3-Glass 1i_Glowing Edges
  • Doug Berndt – 2-Glass 1_Plastic Wrap
  • Doug Berndt – 1-Glass 1

May Challenge

Images around Fairmilehead area of Edinburgh – a changing decorated window, warning signs, Mortonhall golf course closure, abandoned road works, ornamental rabbits left on a hedge for kids amusement, painted stones at Fairmilehead Parish church door. Kid’s street game follow the line to a rainbow, a neighbour isolated behind her washing line and enjoying the sun. St Fillan’s Church services cancelled.

  • Doug Berndt – Pavement Chalk
  • Doug Berndt – VE 75 Day_Stay Home
  • Doug Berndt – Work Suspended
  • Doug Berndt – Isolating Neighbour
  • Doug Berndt – Rainbow Stones
  • Doug Berndt – Lookout for Rabbits
  • Doug Berndt – Keep Dogs on Lead
  • Doug Berndt – Ready and Waiting
  • Doug Berndt – Course Warning
  • Doug Berndt – No Golf for Now
  • Doug Berndt – Rainbow Window
  • Doug Berndt – God is Cautious Too

June Challenge

With the changing rules easing lockdown restrictions, we were allowed to travel a little further with recommendations being not more than 5 miles. I had not been in the City Centre since March and took the opportunity to visit Edinburgh Waverley Station. People were still travelling by train but very few and there were more employees than passengers. The station was marked out with social distancing stickers that included footprints on the escalators. I’d spoken with the customer service assistant that you can see at the foot of the escalator, who told me how great it was to photograph the empty station and to go and enjoy myself. Shortly after that I met a Network Rail employee who told me “You can’t take pictures in here!” (Apparently it would have been OK if I’d just been using my phone!). I’d have loved to have stayed longer, but when asking for a permit to photograph was told that Network Rail had a duty to enforce social distancing for safety purposes, I struggled to find someone to distance from.

  • Doug-Berndt-Waverley-5_Crowd-Trouble
  • Doug-Berndt-Waverley-4_Rush-Hour
  • Doug Berndt – Waverley 3_Traveller in Lockdown
  • Doug-Berndt-Waverley-2_Socially-distanced-escalator
  • Doug Berndt – Socially distanced steps

Douglas May

May Challenge

Edinburgh Council have used section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to close off part of Braid Road near my home.It is said to be for the purpose of supporting social distancing for cyclists and pedestrians. It has certainly given Braid Road an eerie and isolated feelingwith no motor vehicles and in particular a line of parked cars for visitors to the Hermitage. Meantime further up the road work continues. On an emptyPentland Terrace a short distance away two cyclists, like many other cyclists, cycle close to the pavement and do not give the pedestrian thedistance she should be entitled to expect.

  • Douglas May – Supporting social distancing – 1
  • Douglas May – Supporting social distancing – 6
  • Douglas May – Supporting social distancing – 5
  • Douglas May – Supporting social distancing – 4
  • Douglas May – Supporting social distancing – 3
  • Douglas May – Supporting social distancing – 2

June Challenge

  • Douglas May – Virus and the dogs-2
  • Douglas May – Virus and the dogs
  • Douglas May – Virus and the dogs-5
  • Douglas May – Virus and the dogs-4
  • Douglas May – Virus and the dogs-3

Edward Richards

April Challenge

New Home I spent some time making and giving away bird nesting boxes from scrap materials. Decided to put one up on a tree in the garden and it was occupied in 24 hours. Lockdown supplies  I always liked making still life compositions from things lying about the house and lockdown consumables seemed a good opportunity. Spring Cleaning Was really cleaning conservatory  when decided it could make a still life. Drew a freaky face on box of gloves but no one has noticed it! Wind Spinner. Tried to keep movement but also show vanes on spinner. Double Camellia Colourful but short lived blooms. Camera Canon G7X shutter priority at 1/500 because a strong wind blowing.

  • Edward Richards – Wind Spinner
  • Edward Richards – Take Me To Your Leader
  • Edward Richards – Spring Clean
  • Edward Richards – New Home
  • Edward Richards – LockdownSupplies
  • Edward Richards – Double Camellia

May Challenge

Empty Queensferry Road This is usually busy 24/7 and is eerily quiet in the lockdown
Empty Play Park Again usually a very busy park with kids enjoying themselves and again deserted with COVID
All Mod Cons This boat has sat on waste ground beside the River Almond for years complete with toilet. It disappeared the day after it was photographed.
Cramond Brig from beside cottage ruins, just to complement the story that follows… Jock Howison’s Cottage Ruins – This is a ruin immediately beside Brig and was occupied by a farm labourer named Jock Howison
King James V Statue Apparently King James was attacked on the Brig by robbers and was saved by Howison coming to his aid. The statue was erected to mark the occasion but it is half a mile away across the Queensferry Road, now in a courtyard housing development.
I have lived in this area for 39 years and never knew the story or found the statue till the lockdown!

  • Edward Richards – AllModCons
  • Edward Richards – KingJamesV
  • Edward Richards – JockHowison’sCottageRuins
  • Edward Richards – EmptyQueensferryRoad
  • Edward Richards – EmptyPlaypark
  • Edward Richards – CramondBrig

Eric Robinson

April Challenge

  • Eric Robinson – Opening
  • Eric Robinson – Opening Fern
  • Eric Robinson – Honesty
  • Eric Robinson – Ferns
  • Eric Robinson – Corn
  • Eric Robinson – Boy Racer
  • Eric Robinson – Bluebells

Fiona Spence

June Challenge

  • Fiona-Spence-Orizuru
  • Fiona-Spence-Organic-Shape
  • Fiona-Spence-Hear-Me
  • Fiona-Spence-A-Night-at-the-Gala

George Milligan

May Challenge

  • George Milligan – george milligan on my local walk1
  • George Milligan – george milligan on my local walk3
  • George Milligan – george milligan on my local walk2

June Challenge

  • George Milligan – LEITH – GEORGE MILLIGAN 3
  • George Milligan – LEITH – GEORGE MILLIGAN 3
  • George Milligan – LEITH – GEORGE MILLIGAN 3
  • George Milligan – LEITH – GEORGE MILLIGAN 2
  • George Milligan – LEITH – GEORGE MILLIGAN 1

Gair Brisbane

June Challenge

  • Gair Brisbane – Stock image_14
  • Gair Brisbane – Stock Image_40
  • Gair Brisbane – Stock Image_34
  • Gair Brisbane – Stock image_15
  • Gair Brisbane – Stock image_13

Graham Morrice

April Challenge

  • Graham Morrice – 27th March Home Macros
  • Graham Morrice – 14th April Soap Bubbles

May Challenge

  • Graham Morrice – 22nd may early morning newhaven mainly wide angle
  • Graham Morrice – Lockdown 5
  • Graham Morrice – Lockdown 4
  • Graham Morrice – 22nd may early morning newhaven mainly wide angle
  • Graham Morrice – Lockdown 2
  • Graham Morrice – 22nd may early morning newhaven mainly wide angle

June Challenge

  • Graham-Morrice-Newhaven-Harbour-Tern-Silhouette
  • Graham-Morrice-Water-of-Leith-Wren
  • Graham-Morrice-Water-of-Leith-Mallard
  • Graham-Morrice-Water-of-Leith-Bullfinch
  • Graham-Morrice-Newhaven-Harbour-Tern-with-Fish

Hilda Dalgetty

June Challenge

  • Hilda Dalgety – What-
  • Hilda Dalgety – Mermaid