London Landmark Walk
I was out with a few of the guys from POTN again this past Friday. The plan was to get a few London Landmark photos for Ian to adorn his walls with, but I ended up spending a lot of my time playing with lights again. It had been a while since I’d made any orbs and didn’t want to get too out of practice. Also, I’ve been chatting with quite a few folks on Flickr about making the orb tools so it sort of put me back in the mood.
Neal and I walked from my place along the north bank to St. Paul’s, shooting the standard stuff along the way and trying to stay warm. After my recent trip to Harbin I figured that the -2 degree weather wouldn’t bother me that much, but given enough time it’s hard to distinguish -2 from -20.
I spent most of the evening playing around with my tilt-shift lens. I love it for shooting buildings and it’s even fun to play with when light painting. It’s nice because it’s a slow-to-use lens that makes you take your time and think about what you’re doing, and manual focus always adds to the challenge.
Tide was out so we got down under the millennium bridge for a few of the ‘standard’ photos of it and St. Paul’s. It’s one of those scenes that’s so often photographed that I just don’t have the creative capacity to shoot something new. Still, I’m content with the results of the evening.
Also, I’m pretty sure I haven’t seen an orb done in this location before so it’s got to count as unique right?
Couple more images in the gallery.
Tags: Light Painting, London, long exposure, orbs, st. paul's, Tower Bridge
January 31st, 2011 at 12:04
the shot underneath the bridge with St. Pauls in the B/G is to die for, I can’t believe how razor sharp it is, goes to show you can shot the same site again and make it your own! great series & great work fella.
January 31st, 2011 at 12:12
Cheers Lee!
Have a look at Topaz Infocus (http://www.topazlabs.com/infocus/), it’s an amazing sharpening tool.