Glasgow Panoramics

In an effort to satisfy our new found passion for capturing ‘Panoramic Landscapes’, which are made by taking a series of overlapping shots and using Photoshop to join and blend them together seamlessly. We seek out the high vantage points around Glasgow to capture our inaugural efforts at this genre.
Unfortunately for us, Glasgow is more renowned for the river which flows through it, than it is for it’s prominent hills. The vantage points that we manage to ascend reveal a fairly disappointing skyline that may make a Glaswegian swell with pride but make pretty bland viewing for the neutral observer.
Cathkin Braes situated in the South East of the city is regarded as the highest point of the city and it is here that we shoot out first panoramic (click images for full scale size):

As a contrast to the industrial outlook offered by Cathkin Braes we travel back in to Glasgow City and go to the Necropolis Cemetery. This is a fascinating Victorian garden graveyard adjacent to Glasgow Cathedral, or the dead centre of Glasgow, as it is referred too by the local wags. Within these hallowed grounds you can find monuments designed by major architects and sculptors of the 19th century, including Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson, Charles Rennie Macintosh and JT Rochead, in every architectural style, created for the prominent and wealthy entrepreneurs of the ‘Second City of the Empire’.
It’s location on a hill east of the city centre offers us another opportunity to indulge our panoramic urges as we capture some outstanding vistas from this city’s most eerie location.