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A trip to London

IPClarkIPClark Registered Users Posts: 2,355 Major grins
edited March 21, 2008 in Journeys
Hi All, I made my first post in the Wildlife section. Very impressed with all the work I've seen on these forums and Smugmug. Anyway, I hope you don't mind my joining you all :)

Here are a few shots I took during a recent trip to London.

A couple of night time shots looking towards St. Pauls cathedral and of course the London Eye :)

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Tower Bridge

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Unfortunately, I didn't get a huge amount of shots due to weather being rubbish most of the time. Hopefully, I'll be able to post a lot more in future travelogues.
Ian Clark
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    mackidbrendanmackidbrendan Registered Users Posts: 85 Big grins
    edited March 18, 2008
    is it just me, or are the links broken?ne_nau.gif
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    squidddsquiddd Registered Users Posts: 41 Big grins
    edited March 18, 2008
    the link is broken for me tooheadscratch.gif
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    IPClarkIPClark Registered Users Posts: 2,355 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2008
    Hi, thanks for letting me know. You should be able to view them now. I'd not enabled external links in Smugmug on the particular galleries these images were in.
    Ian Clark
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    Chrissiebeez_NLChrissiebeez_NL Registered Users Posts: 1,295 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2008
    nice shots! thumb.gif

    the first has a bit of camera shake though. nothing serious but it takes away the sharpness rolleyes1.gif

    keep posting, like your work!
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    IPClarkIPClark Registered Users Posts: 2,355 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2008
    Thanks again Chris.

    Appreciate the compliments :)
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    swintonphotoswintonphoto Registered Users Posts: 1,664 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2008
    Lovely images! London is my favorite place in the world. You did London proud with these images!
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    mackidbrendanmackidbrendan Registered Users Posts: 85 Big grins
    edited March 20, 2008
    wow, those are some awsome pics man great work.
    if you took picture 3 in raw you should try and make it HDR, i think it would look cool!
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    Moogle PepperMoogle Pepper Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2008
    Wow!! I like the second one!!

    Keep posting pictures from London!clap.gif
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    IPClarkIPClark Registered Users Posts: 2,355 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2008
    mackidbrendan wrote:
    wow, those are some awsome pics man great work.
    if you took picture 3 in raw you should try and make it HDR, i think it would look cool!


    I have to admit, there is actually a little bit of HDR tonemapping on that 3rd shot :). The original was taken with a Circular polariser on to bring out as much blue in what was a pale blue sky. I then Under exposed by 2 stops and over exposed by 2 stops before merging them in Dynamic Photo HDR.

    I did desaturate it too. A rather moody result I think

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    mackidbrendanmackidbrendan Registered Users Posts: 85 Big grins
    edited March 20, 2008
    awsome
    i really like them good work
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    squidddsquiddd Registered Users Posts: 41 Big grins
    edited March 20, 2008
    Great pictures!
    The third one, the color is so rich that I thought it is a HDR picture at first.
    Edit: alright, I did not notice your following post, so it is HDR :D
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    IPClarkIPClark Registered Users Posts: 2,355 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2008
    Hehe, yeah. The original is on my Smugmug gallery under Landmarks :)
    Ian Clark
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    javierplumeyjavierplumey Registered Users Posts: 131 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    That third shot is great. Leave it in color, for me the b&w conversion doesn't do much. I'm curious about the original too, since I have not done any HDR work at all.
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    IPClarkIPClark Registered Users Posts: 2,355 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    Here's the original :)

    1/100 @ F6.3, ISO 100 with CPL on to enhance the blues. As you can see, there's not a massive amount of adjustment. :)

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    i_worship_the_Kingi_worship_the_King Registered Users Posts: 548 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    I like the series (particularly #2), but a quick question. Did you clone out a parking meter or something in the reflection?
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    IPClarkIPClark Registered Users Posts: 2,355 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    i_worship_the_King wrote:
    I like the series (particularly #2), but a quick question. Did you clone out a parking meter or something in the reflection?


    Thank you :)

    I've not cloned anything from the shots (to be honest I'm not very good at that stuff hehe). In which image where you referring to? :o)
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    i_worship_the_Kingi_worship_the_King Registered Users Posts: 548 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    the second one... I guess the building interacting with the waves does some funny refracting and reflecting to fool my brain into thinking it was a meter of some sort.headscratch.gif

    Great shots... I hope I get to make it to the city of chefs this summer :D
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    IPClarkIPClark Registered Users Posts: 2,355 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2008
    i_worship_the_King wrote:
    the second one... I guess the building interacting with the waves does some funny refracting and reflecting to fool my brain into thinking it was a meter of some sort.headscratch.gif

    Great shots... I hope I get to make it to the city of chefs this summer :D

    Ahh I think I can see where you mean, within the halo of light? Yeah that's the building within the Eye.

    The Thames that night was actually quite choppy. Fortunately the 55 second exposure rectifies that but didn't allow for a clean reflection :)
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