More london pics

Joe T · 12 Feb 2006 at 14:28

I went into London by myself yesterday. I decided to go into the City, where there was one particular building I wanted to shoot.

This one:

D70
22mm
f16
25sec
iso 200

This building was not easy to shoot. An 18mm lens on the D70 wasnt wide enough, and was vignetting anyway on my Cokin filter holder. The street was only car-width wide, so it was hard to get far enough away. I wanted it for the compo, but I dont think its good enough.

I got a couple of others, but this is probably the best:

D70
22mm
f16
8 sec
ISO 200

Some of you may have already seen this one, as I entered it into the compo last night. The sky really was that colour! And the buildings really were lit up like that!

Comments appreciated (no judges, obviously).

GSDog · 12 Feb 2006 at 14:52

I like both of them, nice lighting.

EDIT: Actualy, on the first one, is it me or does the sky look a bit strange to the right hand side? Looks a bit smudged or something?

Carrot · 12 Feb 2006 at 15:04

Zildjian said:
EDIT: Actualy, on the first one, is it me or does the sky look a bit strange to the right hand side? Looks a bit smudged or something?

Yeah, it does. Cloning?

Nice pics otherwise though, Joe.

Joe T · 12 Feb 2006 at 15:17

Yup, crap cloning I'm afraid.

Richard T · 12 Feb 2006 at 16:57

Nice shots Joe... both of em

London seems to be a popular theme this week!!

Joe T · 13 Feb 2006 at 17:12

ashtray_head said:
Nice shots Joe... both of em

London seems to be a popular theme this week!!

Thanks!

Sure is!

Richard T · 13 Feb 2006 at 17:16

Joe T said:
Thanks!

Sure is!

I'd deffo be up for a meet the next time.... Just gimme a bit more notice!!

Joe T · 13 Feb 2006 at 17:44

ashtray_head said:
I'd deffo be up for a meet the next time.... Just gimme a bit more notice!!

Cool. Sorry about that, it was just on the offchance. I didnt mind goin by myself in the end.

I dont know if I will do the London/buildings/landscape thing as often in the near future - the motorsport season starts soon! F1 Testing at Silverstone on the 27th Feb will kick things off!

Richard T · 13 Feb 2006 at 17:54

Joe T said:
the motorsport season starts soon! F1 Testing at Silverstone on the 27th Feb will kick things off!

yeah I wanna go but will need to be careful with my holidays and I want to take my grandad as welll so I cant really go this month

Joe T · 13 Feb 2006 at 18:59

ashtray_head said:
yeah I wanna go but will need to be careful with my holidays and I want to take my grandad as welll so I cant really go this month

You on MSN mate? (mine is in my profile)

hoodmeister · 13 Feb 2006 at 19:24

Both very nice shots, but both feel a little soft to me.
I think they could do with some careful sharpening to really "pop" out the detail in the architecture, which there is tons of.

Pillars in the second shot are awesome

Joe T · 13 Feb 2006 at 19:30

Ive had anopther go at the pillars.

I sharpened it, ran it through PTLens and removed the newspaper stands. Better I think.

hoodmeister · 13 Feb 2006 at 19:34

That's much nicer

I was going to suggest binning the newspaper stands, but wasn't sure if that was a fantastic idea seeing your "smudge" mark above

Very nicely done, though

Joe T · 13 Feb 2006 at 20:27

hoodmeister said:
That's much nicer

I was going to suggest binning the newspaper stands, but wasn't sure if that was a fantastic idea seeing your "smudge" mark above

Very nicely done, though

Cheeky!

Thanks!

Richard T · 13 Feb 2006 at 20:42

Joe T said:
Cheeky!

Thanks!

hehe

yes its a lot better

Zheka · 13 Feb 2006 at 20:54

Second shot is very nice. Looks better without stands

I have played with it a bit (shadows, contrast, saturation) hope you dont mind

Joe T · 13 Feb 2006 at 21:03

Zheka said:
Second shot is very nice. Looks better without stands
I have played with it a bit (shadows, contrast, saturation) hope you dont mind

No worries mate. Looks good, more punchy. The reason I didnt take it that far is it starts to look more articifial than it does already! lol!