London @ Night

[D4VE 3LL]

Went to London on a bizzare last minute decision the other night for some photos. Was surprised to see how busy it was from 1am until 6am. Sunrise over

some are in black and white as i couldnt decided which i liked best. C+C welcome





















Early morning at the london eye













looking forward to the comments

Dave

www.flickr.com/photos/davidellins

[AndWhyNot]

Was this an organised thing - I saw a London all-nighter publicised (flickr?) recently but couldn't make it.

D4VE 3LL said:

Definitely better in colour. Tones offer way more to the curves of the subject, besides which, BW is fairly common for daytime shots here so it's great to see it lit differently.



Not normally a fan of zoom bursts but the comp is simple enough and there's few enough other lights to let you get away with this one IMO

[Simpo Two]

Some nice shots there - I like the first one best but my brain is screaming '1 CW'!

[D4VE 3LL]

AndWhyNot said:

Was this an organised thing - I saw a London all-nighter publicised (flickr?) recently but couldn't make it.

D4VE 3LL said:

Definitely better in colour. Tones offer way more to the curves of the subject, besides which, BW is fairly common for daytime shots here so it's great to see it lit differently.



Not normally a fan of zoom bursts but the comp is simple enough and there's few enough other lights to let you get away with this one IMO

Nope, wasn't an organised thing, it was either london for the night or go climb snowdon for sunrise - the joys of being a teenager!

[D4VE 3LL]

Simpo Two said:

Some nice shots there - I like the first one best but my brain is screaming '1 CW'!

Thanks Simpo Two, whats 1 CW? :S

Edited by D4VE 3LL on Tuesday 21st July 22:27

[Simpo Two]

1 degree clockwise

[CVP]

Number one is lovely, and I'll agree with Simpo it just doesn;t look quite level and it's enough to mar an otherwise super shot. Also like the colour version of the pipes up the building

Chris

[D4VE 3LL]

Simpo Two said:

1 degree clockwise

Ahh yes get you now! Yeah i can see what you mean with the horizontal line on the bridge in the foreground but I had to make a choice between the bridge level or St. Pauls being on the piss so opted for St. Pauls to be level.

Thanks for the comments people

[Bernie-the-bolt]

Great set - I've always wanted to do that but just haven't got around to it yet....

That just might inspire a late evening or early start though

[Simpo Two]

D4VE 3LL said:

Ahh yes get you now! Yeah i can see what you mean with the horizontal line on the bridge in the foreground but I had to make a choice between the bridge level or St. Pauls being on the piss so opted for St. Pauls to be level.

It looks to me as if St Pauls is leaning to the left, so about 1 CW would fix everything. You may think I'm being fussy but like CVP says, it's the only thing wrong, and so easy to get right. When I look at a photo I look all over it trying to find problems. If I can't, it passes

NB: If St Pauls was actially vertical and the rest of the shot not, you could get both right using Distort in Photoshop. With architecture I think it's important.

Damn, I'm sounding ike those dweebs at the RPS!

[jimpritchard]

D4VE 3LL said:

Went to London on a bizzare last minute decision the other night for some photos. Was surprised to see how busy it was from 1am until 6am. Sunrise over

some are in black and white as i couldnt decided which i liked best. C+C welcome





















Early morning at the london eye













looking forward to the comments

Dave

www.flickr.com/photos/davidellins

Love nighttime shots.. always wondered how you get the effect of the 2nd London Eye pic.. is it simply a case of zooming during the shot?

Scrap last comment.. just seen the rest of the thread....

Edited by jimpritchard on Wednesday 22 July 13:05

[DJ_AS]

Superb set of images

[oobster]

D4VE 3LL said:

An excellent set - especially the one above.