function photo(i,c,m,q,d,j,h,o,p,a,l,f,k,b,r,n,g,e){this.id=i;this.galleries_id=c;this.photo_ref=m;this.section_code=q;this.src=d;this.width=j;this.height=h;this.caption=o;this.home=p;this.gallery=a;this.description=l;this.takendate=f;this.photographer=k;this.location=b;this.item_price=r;this.purchase_instruction=n;this.payment_groups_id=g;this.server_id=e;this.src=getServerPath(this.server_id)+"/"+this.src}function gallery(e,c,d,b,a){this.id=e;this.featured_images=c;this.title=d;this.section_code=b;this.photoIDs=a}var backgrounds=new Object();backgrounds[1723263]=new photo(1723263,"47197","","gallery","leaves on stone.jpg",338,450,"Dead Leaves",0,0,"Dead leaves have fallen onto an eighteenth century grave stone. Their colour and form is accentuated by the setting sun on an autumn day. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nTaken in the churchyard of St. Nicholas in Aberdeen.","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[1723397]=new photo(1723397,"47197","","gallery","glowing grass.jpg",300,450,"Glowing Grass",0,0,"Water grasses glowing in the sun, blown this way and that by a light summer breeze.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nI was fascinated by the textures and brightness of this scene. Taken at Strichen, Aberdeenshire in early summer 2007.","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[1723279]=new photo(1723279,"47197","","gallery","dutch lillies 2.jpg",300,450,"Dutch Lillies 2",0,0,"The still, dark water provides an ideal background to the fresh, green growth of the lily pads. Trees are reflected in the water.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTaken near Gouda in the Netherlands.","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[1723534]=new photo(1723534,"47197","","gallery","moma 2.jpg",450,361,"Pay Desk at MOMA",0,0,"The entrance at the Museum of Modern Art in New york where one pays $20. Amazingly, photography is allowed almost everywhere here and there are many opportunies in this wonderful building.","","","","","",3018,15);backgrounds[644102]=new photo(644102,"47205","","gallery","striche bridge.jpg",308,450,"Strichen Park",0,0,"By a footbridge in Strichen Park. A fast flowing stream rushes over a weir. The reflection of a tree in seen in the smooth water. The scene glows slightly - there is a hint of magic about this place.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThis picture can be turned upsied down.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTaken early in 2006.","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[1723441]=new photo(1723441,"47205","","gallery","frozen gate.jpg",450,286,"Frozen Gate",0,0,"It is achingly cold and for the moment quite still and silent. The Scottish winter defeats all attempts to work on the land. The metal of this gate is so cold that one's skin would stick to it. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nWith the coldness comes an extreme clarity - the gate appears 3 dimensional.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTaken on film at Findon near Gamrie, Aberdeenshire during the winter of 2000.","","","","","",3018,15);backgrounds[1723541]=new photo(1723541,"47205","","gallery","peterhead2.jpg",450,335,"Peterhead 2",0,0,"A bright, cold January day at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.","","","","","",3018,15);backgrounds[629943]=new photo(629943,"48140","","gallery","treelight.jpg",450,300,"Sunlight",0,0,"We stand under a tree, 100,000,000 miles away from a nuclear furnace that punches photons through leaves with ease. Even at this distance, we can clearly perceive its fiery being in the coruscations of light shimmering and swirling in the branches of our tree. We owe our existence to something that could snuff us out with a microsecond's lash of its random, malevolent, inanimate heart.","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[644040]=new photo(644040,"48140","","gallery","springtrees.jpg",450,300,"Spring Trees",0,0,"Bright spring sunshine backlights the newly clothed trees. Everything glows with vitality.","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[644041]=new photo(644041,"48140","","gallery","duthietrees1.jpg",450,300,"Sinister",0,0,"Trees in Duthie Park, Aberdeen. Leaning over towards us they seem to be reaching for us.","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[644046]=new photo(644046,"48140","","gallery","duthietrees2.jpg",300,450,"Duthie Park",0,0,"Trees in Duthie park, Aberdeen","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[644048]=new photo(644048,"48140","","gallery","fallentrees.jpg",300,450,"Fallen Trees",0,0,"Fallen trees near Aviemore, Highlands","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[644052]=new photo(644052,"48140","","gallery","gorse.jpg",309,450,"Gorse",0,0,"Twisted, sinewy and tough, gorse endures where other plants wither at winter's icy blast. Sheep shelter here. A piece of white quartz rests in the branches. Ice crystals linger even in the sunlight.","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[644058]=new photo(644058,"48140","","gallery","mettrees.jpg",450,335,"Winter in Central Park",0,0,"Beautiful shapes of the bare trees in winter. On a sunny day in Central Park outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[644193]=new photo(644193,"48140","","gallery","spanishtree.jpg",450,300,"Spanish Tree",0,0,"Sounthern Spain - midsummer in the 1980s. ","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[653032]=new photo(653032,"48140","","gallery","snowytrees.jpg",308,450,"Snowy Trees",0,0,"Wind has plastered one side with hard packed icy snow. This highlights the fractal nature of trees and makes the intricate pattern of their branches explicit.","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[1723301]=new photo(1723301,"48140","","gallery","museummod art trees.jpg",300,450,"Sunlight 2",0,0,"A group of trees outside the Museum of Modern Art in Edinburgh. Summer sunlight shines through the leaves so strongly they are almost transparent. The strong, beautiful shape of the nearest tree's trunk shows clearly against the blaze of light.","","","","","",3018,15);backgrounds[5471619]=new photo(5471619,"48140","","gallery","Trees_in_Winter.jpg",300,450,"Trees in Winter",0,0,"A small stand of trees in mid winter - without leaves, but retaining their conical shape.","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[629946]=new photo(629946,"48139","","gallery","shetlandponies.jpg",450,450,"Shetland Ponies",0,0,"Shetland ponies sheltering together in the lee of a brownstone barn. Strong winds blow off the sea, a mile or so away. These are tough animals and can easily withstand far worse weather than this. They have thick fur and fat reserves from summer grazing which will see them through the worst excesses of a scottish winter.","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[630488]=new photo(630488,"48139","","gallery","newforestponies2.jpg",450,336,"New Forest Ponies 2",0,0,"These ponies, although wild, are curious about people and will often approach without fear.","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[630489]=new photo(630489,"48139","","gallery","seagull.jpg",450,450,"Seagull",0,0,"Seagulls at Peterhead on bright, windy day in January","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[1723386]=new photo(1723386,"48139","","gallery","paddy and freddy.jpg",450,337,"Paddy and Freddy",0,0,"Paddy and Freddy - 2 Shetland ponies. Lifelong pals living at Willows Animal Sanctuary - http://www.willowsanimals.com","","","","","",3018,15);backgrounds[1723414]=new photo(1723414,"48139","","gallery","nellie.jpg",298,450,"Nellie",0,0,"Nellie - a pony rescued by Willows Animal Sanctuary (http://www.willowsanimals.com). She really is as lovely as she looks. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nTaken on Christmas day 2007 when the ground was frozen hard and covered in frost. Nellie was enjoying the late afternoon sun.","","","","","",3018,15);backgrounds[1723432]=new photo(1723432,"48139","","gallery","satie.jpg",294,450,"Satie",0,0,"Satie - named after the composer. <br>\r\n<br>\r\nI make no apology for this image which is nowhere near as cliched as the sunsets and motion blurred water that one sees ad nauseam in photographic magazines.","","","","","",3018,15);backgrounds[1724094]=new photo(1724094,"48139","","gallery","edgars duck.jpg",450,412,"Mallard Duckling",0,0,"A duckling rescued by Willows Animal Sanctuary. (http://www.willowsanimals.com)","","","","","",3018,15);backgrounds[1724096]=new photo(1724096,"48139","","gallery","white horse in stable.jpg",338,450,"Stabled Horse",0,0,"A white horse in a stable at Willows Animal Sanctuary. (http://www.willowsanimals.com)","","","","","",3018,15);backgrounds[5471639]=new photo(5471639,"48139","","gallery","bob4_small.jpg",343,450,"Bob Larkin",0,0,"Bob Larkin - a horse at Willows Animal Sanctuary during the winter of 2009/10","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[5473669]=new photo(5473669,"48139","","gallery","horse_group_in_snow11.jpg",450,300,"Rescued horses in mid winter",0,0,"Horses at Willows Animal Sanctuary during the 2009/10 winter","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[5473849]=new photo(5473849,"48139","","gallery","poppy_and_merlin_2.jpg",347,450,"Poppy and Merlin",0,0,"Poppy and Merlin having a game in the snow 2009","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[5473930]=new photo(5473930,"48139","","gallery","poppy_in_snow_1.jpg",300,450,"Poppy in the snow",0,0,"Poppy in the snow - winter 2009/10","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[653012]=new photo(653012,"49793","","gallery","artguards1.jpg",338,450,"On Duty",0,0,"Guarding the nation's art.","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[653015]=new photo(653015,"49793","","gallery","artguards2.jpg",349,450,"The Bust",0,0,"An Infringement Detected","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[653016]=new photo(653016,"49793","","gallery","artguards3.jpg",224,450,"Good Job!",0,0,"Congratulations - a job well done!","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[653018]=new photo(653018,"49793","","gallery","artguards4.jpg",338,450,"Closure",0,0,"Satisfaction - job done. Status quo restored.","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[1723240]=new photo(1723240,"115747","","gallery","choices_1.jpg",450,372,"Choices",0,0,"A surreal, composite image suggesting the  choices we make in life. ","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[1723611]=new photo(1723611,"115747","","gallery","burning fish.jpg",300,450,"Burning Fish",0,0,"A fish that burns too brightly with life to be contained by the water. The colours suggest a hyper reality.","","","","","",3018,15);backgrounds[5471569]=new photo(5471569,"115747","","gallery","tempus_fugit.jpg",450,317,"Tempus Fugit",0,0,"This composite image tries to capture the memory of a simple, fleeting, unimportant, but beautiful event. Life is composed of many such moments – if one looks properly.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nA swan is depicted on water strewn with autumnal leaves. The swan glides on time-frozen swirling water – its movements echoing as it passes by. A representation of a long passage of time combined with split second imaging, hint at time’s elusive, inescapable and subjectively elastic nature. <br>\r\n","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[630490]=new photo(630490,"115775","","gallery","deancemetary.jpg",357,450,"In Dean Cemetary",0,0,"Looking out of the Dean Cemetary, Edinburgh. Tree like shapes crowd darkly either side of the gateway. A gannet's head, apparently set in the stone flags, waits to snap if we try to leave. A difficult place to get out of.","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[1723327]=new photo(1723327,"115775","","gallery","blue bird bath 2.jpg",338,450,"Blue Bird Bath",0,0,"A glimpse of another reality in the blue water. ","","","","","",3018,15);backgrounds[1723337]=new photo(1723337,"115775","","gallery","ellis stairs 2.jpg",338,450,"Stairs on Ellis Island",0,0,"All US immigrants between 1890 and 1925 would have descended these stairs to start their new life.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTaken with a small digital camera on Ellis Island, New York.","","","","","",3018,15);backgrounds[1723360]=new photo(1723360,"115775","","gallery","melbourne.jpg",327,450,"Melbourne",0,0,"A literal image, unaltered in any way. To those of us living in the UK, this view through a victorian band stand, appears magical and exotic. To those who live in Melbourne, it is probably mundane.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nFor me, it sums up the mixture of the familiar and the exotic I experienced in Melbourne during early summer of 2007","","","","","",3018,15);backgrounds[1723460]=new photo(1723460,"115796","","gallery","coast 1.jpg",300,450,"Land and Sky",0,0,"Early summer around midday. The wind blows, but it is not cold and light ripples and dances off the dune grass. A stormy sky threatens rain later, but now the sun shines - it is exhilarating.","","","","","",3018,15);backgrounds[1723463]=new photo(1723463,"115796","","gallery","coast 2.jpg",300,450,"Rippled Water",0,0,"A few hundred yards from the sea and set amid the dunes a small shallow lake of fresh rain water is blown by a stiff breeze. It almost has white horses on it, but it is too shallow. Pebbles can be seen under a few inches of perfectly clear water.","","","","","",3018,15);backgrounds[1723474]=new photo(1723474,"115796","","gallery","coast 3.jpg",450,338,"Sandscape",0,0,"Late afternoon. The oblique angle of the setting sun throws the dunes into relief, acentuating the strange, moonlike landscape.","","","","","",3018,15);backgrounds[1723494]=new photo(1723494,"115796","","gallery","coast 4.jpg",300,450,"Stone Steps",0,0,"A series of granite steps lead to nowhere in particular and has no apparent purpose. They are ruggedly and carefully constructed. The textures and the arrangement of the stones is quite beautiful. Perhaps it is an art installation. The steps are made from the bones of this land - immutable on the human scale.","","","","","",3018,15);backgrounds[1723506]=new photo(1723506,"115796","","gallery","coast 5.jpg",300,450,"Dunescape",0,0,"Dunes, dry grass and sky. That's all there is here. If it looks hot - it isn't. The simplicity and strangeness of this place fascinates me endlessly.","","","","","",3018,15);backgrounds[1723530]=new photo(1723530,"115796","","gallery","coast 6.jpg",337,450,"Dunescape 2",0,0,"Golden light from the setting sun temporarily illuminates a clump of dune grass. Or is the head of a giant cresting the rise?","","","","","",3018,15);backgrounds[5473769]=new photo(5473769,"309777","","gallery","kate_and_little_jenny.jpg",362,450,"Kate and Jenny 2",0,0,"Kate and Jenny 2","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[5474022]=new photo(5474022,"309777","","gallery","kate_red_dress1.jpg",450,338,"Kate - Edinburgh 2008",0,0,"Kate - near the Water of Leith, Edinburgh 2008","","","","","","",15);backgrounds[5474132]=new photo(5474132,"309777","","gallery","kate_and_jenny_dark12.jpg",305,450,"Kate and Jenny",0,0,"Kate and Jenny","","","","","","",15);