This picture was taken between Princes Street and The Royal Mile in Edinburgh. These very narrow streets are known as 'closes' and are surrounding on each side by tall tenement buildings. In medieval times, the people used to throw their liquid waste out of the windows on either side with a shout of 'Gardy Loo', a corruption of the French 'Gard de l'eau' (although it was never water!). Pedestrians soon learned to duck...
On this day, two tourists were about to walk up the steps. I asked them if they would mind waiting for 10 seconds at the top of the stairs while I fired off 5 shots.
27 Jan 10:26
saltiga
Great!!
27 Jan 10:26
cippojr
9 and 1/2 for me, BRAVO!!
27 Jan 14:40
agha
nice photo and interesting history
27 Jan 15:44
dirk
Superb picture with a story, like it.
27 Jan 18:20
trairao
Great composition
27 Jan 19:41
mirkkis74
Nice shot!
27 Jan 20:31
rcuello
Interesting story, great frame and process.
Beware of the camera that does not pull water from a window.
27 Jan 20:41
daniele
I like it!
27 Jan 21:23
outonin9
Nice shot!
27 Jan 22:03
flipd1
I love it. I give you a 10 because you got the two people to stand there for 10 seconds... That and it's a great shot.
This picture was taken between Princes Street and The Royal Mile in Edinburgh. These very narrow streets are known as 'closes' and are surrounding on each side by tall tenement buildings. In medieval times, the people used to throw their liquid waste out of the windows on either side with a shout of 'Gardy Loo', a corruption of the French 'Gard de l'eau' (although it was never water!). Pedestrians soon learned to duck... On this day, two tourists were about to walk up the steps. I asked them if they would mind waiting for 10 seconds at the top of the stairs while I fired off 5 shots.
Great!!
9 and 1/2 for me, BRAVO!!
nice photo and interesting history
Superb picture with a story, like it.
Great composition
Nice shot!
Interesting story, great frame and process. Beware of the camera that does not pull water from a window.
I like it!
Nice shot!
I love it. I give you a 10 because you got the two people to stand there for 10 seconds... That and it's a great shot.
i love historical stairs
Very cool :)
Well done!