Lions, B Ben & The Eye

gubbs

My wife was off to the Theatre last night to see "Acorn Antiques" which was apparently excellent. So me and my daughters booked a night flight on The Eye and had a bit of wander round. They get a little impatient with me but despite thier protests I still managed to get a few shots in .

I was hoping to get some pictures of the Trafalger Lions at twighlight, but there was an anti-nuke demo going on so it was all fenced off....

Canon 70-200




Then down to the eye, to pick up the tickets and get in the queue for a 7:30 flight

Tamron 17-35


I had a couple of ideas that I was hoping try during the flight but security wouldn't allow me to take my tripod on with me. I tried handholding and using the benches and stuff but they all came out pretty awful. Had trouble getting my tripod back too...make sure they attach a cloakroom ticket if you go.

We headed back to Covent Garden for some hot chocolate but stopped back in Trafalger square. The demo had now finished but it was now too dark!

Canon 70-200

david_h

Nice pitures - all these London photographs are making me homesick. My little daughter is heading over in a couple of months, but I can't make it. Poo!

Couple of questions though:

Nuke demo? Bit late for that surely? Maybe they were protesting against North Korea. (I don't think so).

What is it with security goons and tripods?

USAIR

Gubbs
Sounds like you and your daughters had a good time
Loved the photos

Thanks
Fred

wxwax

Some really nice ones, here!

Andy

nice set, gubbsie!

Shakey

Great colors Gubbs! The whole set was fantastic.
This one floored me
Great job

Tim

ehughes

All great shots Gubbs, but I love the 2nd shot

Ed

Angelo

quite beautiful shots Gubbs. The one of "the eye" is particularly fantastic. BTW, the demo was probably an anti-war protest as yesterday marked the 2nd anniversary of Bush's invasion of Iraq.

rutt

Great composition and colors. Very creative use of the available elements.
I'm jealous!

rutt

Why not enter this one...
... in the current Fred Miranda Monthly Assignment, "Long Exposure"?

pathfinder

Gubbs you have outdone yourself!! This series is superb, and this is even better. Maybe you should always take your daughters along for their help!
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gubbs

david_h wrote:

Nice pitures - all these London photographs are making me homesick. My little daughter is heading over in a couple of months, but I can't make it. Poo!

Couple of questions though:

Nuke demo? Bit late for that surely? Maybe they were protesting against North Korea. (I don't think so).

What is it with security goons and tripods?

Thanks David,
TBH I'm not sure what demo it was, one of my daughters saw "nuke" on a board and asked me what it meant.... I was staging my own personal FREEDOM FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS demo at the time so did't pay them much attention

gubbs

Angelo wrote:

quite beautiful shots Gubbs. The one of "the eye" is particularly fantastic. BTW, the demo was probably an anti-war protest as yesterday marked the 2nd anniversary of Bush's invasion of Iraq.

I think your right :andy

gubbs

Thanks for all the comments everyone! I'll take them along again, they were brilliant company, perhaps a little impatient though.

gus

Mate i havnt got a night shot from my time there....the bloody sun was still over the yard arm at 9pm !!!!!! & we were asleep every night at 10 from exhaustion.

I took this of our hotel at canary wharves at 8.30 pm no-one here believes me.

gubbs

rutt wrote:

Great composition and colors. Very creative use of the available elements.
I'm jealous!

Rutt,

I have to admit, to getting more than a little inspiration from an excellent book I read.

Title: Night and Low-light Photography: The Complete Guide
Author: Lee Frost
Publisher: David & Charles
ISBN: 071531274X

He did a shot of the Lion looking down at Big Ben which I've been intending to do for some time. I'll keep trying until I get the right light and no demos!

gubbs

Humungus wrote:

Mate i havnt got a night shot from my time there....the bloody sun was still over the yard arm at 9pm !!!!!! & we were asleep every night at 10 from exhaustion.

I took this of our hotel at canary wharves at 8.30 pm no-one here believes me.

Well you'll just have to come back again in the Autumn!!

A brick lane ruby afterwards, what d' ya reckon??

gus

Mate the next place on my list is india itself....the thought of 3 months travelling on a romantic old wooden train through india with explosive diarrhea is drawing me in like the light of a dying star in the far reaches of the nights sky.

rutt

gubbs wrote:

Rutt,

I have to admit, to getting more than a little inspiration from an excellent book I read.

Title: Night and Low-light Photography: The Complete Guide
Author: Lee Frost
Publisher: David & Charles
ISBN: 071531274X

He did a shot of the Lion looking down at Big Ben which I've been intending to do for some time. I'll keep trying until I get the right light and no demos!

I guess I need this book. You lion with the tower was still a great shot. Now don't neglect to enter the eye shot in the FM MA. Promise?

gubbs

rutt wrote:

I guess I need this book. You lion with the tower was still a great shot. Now don't neglect to enter the eye shot in the FM MA. Promise?

Consider it done, Thanks Rutt!!

Phil U.

gubbs wrote:

This one made me drool. What tasty colors... I like the perspective also...

gubbs

Phil U. wrote:

This one made me drool. What tasty colors... I like the perspective also...

Cheers Phil

ian408

Fab! I love the wheel shot!

Why not try a tiny tripod like one of these?

The advantage is that you could carry it in your pocket.

Ian

gubbs

ian408 wrote:

Fab! I love the wheel shot!

Why not try a tiny tripod like one of these?

The advantage is that you could carry it in your pocket.

Ian

Thanks Ian,
I have got a little table tripod, but I'm not sure if its up to holding an SLR, I don't carry it with me, maybe I should

reisende54

beautiful shots gubbs