three views of the albert bridge

Andy · January 5, 2005

today i'm in london, and i had the good fortune of being able to shoot with our man gubbs

we had a bit of uncooperative weather, what else is new in london, eh? anyhow, we had decided to shoot the albert bridge, one of the many crossings of the river thames in london. gubbs is not only a fine photographer, but a heckuva great guy to hang with, too. this was our second outing together, and by now, gubbsie knows that it's not just about the photography, but about the food, too :lol3 and so, after doing the bridge, and then some night street shooting, we enjoyed a really fine meal in an olde english restaurant.

for the first shot, i applied the shooting techniques and post processing techniques described in this nightshooting tutorial

canon 1Ds Mark II, 16-35 f/2.8L aboard, @ 31mm. settings: iso 100, f/13, 6/10ths second, negative exposure compensation of -1.33. in post, developed from raw two exposures, one for the majority of the scene, and one for the pink-ish siding of the bridge. blended in post (for blending tutorial, check out the hall of wisdom here on dgrin

this shot, one of the supporting columns of the bridge. shot with my 16-35 f/2.8L at 16mm. there are some folks who say that this lens can't work on a full-frame body, i'll post a 100% crop from the full size file when i'm back in the states ... amazingly sharp! exif: iso 100, 2 seconds, f/13, negative exposure compensation of -2/3s.

and here's gubbsie, posing with the albert bridge behind him. shot with an 85mm f/1.8 lens. iso 800, f/1.8, aperture priority mode, negative 2/3s exposure compensation.

enjoy (shooting bridges with a friend) photography,

lynnma · January 5, 2005

andy wrote:

today i'm in london, and i had the good fortune of being able to shoot with our man gubbs we had a bit of uncooperative weather, what else is new in london, eh? anyhow, we had decided to shoot the albert bridge, one of the many crossings of the river thames in london. gubbs is not only a fine photographer, but a heckuva great guy to hang with, too. this was our second outing together, and by now, gubbsie knows that it's not just about the photography, but about the food, too and so, after doing the bridge, and then some night street shooting, we enjoyed a really fine meal in an olde english restaurant.

for the first shot, i applied the shooting techniques and post processing techniques described in this nightshooting tutorial

canon 1Ds Mark II, 16-35 f/2.8L aboard, @ 31mm. settings: iso 100, f/13, 6/10ths second, negative exposure compensation of -1.33. in post, developed from raw two exposures, one for the majority of the scene, and one for the pink-ish siding of the bridge. blended in post (for blending tutorial, check out the hall of wisdom here on dgrin

this shot, one of the supporting columns of the bridge. shot with my 16-35 f/2.8L at 16mm. there are some folks who say that this lens can't work on a full-frame body, i'll post a 100% crop from the full size file when i'm back in the states ... amazingly sharp! exif: iso 100, 2 seconds, f/13, negative exposure compensation of -2/3s.

and here's gubbsie, posing with the albert bridge behind him. shot with an 85mm f/1.8 lens. iso 800, f/1.8, aperture priority mode, negative 2/3s exposure compensation.

enjoy (shooting bridges with a friend) photography,

Superb!! lovely one of Gubbsy too love the light.. sigh... I wanna be a photographer too...sigh..

p.s. so where d'ya eat...and whaddya eat..fish and chips and mushy peas? steak and kidney pud? god I'm hungry..

Eric&Susan · January 5, 2005

What, no pictures of the food?

As always great pictures.

Eric

Tim Kirkwood · January 5, 2005

Glad to see your having a good time Andy,

Nice shots of the bridge!

Enjoy the rest of your trip, (when do you return?)

Tim

ginger_55 · January 5, 2005

Hi, Gubbs! That is cool Andy. Are you going to sign a copy for him, or does he sign a copy for you?

I liked the detailing on the first bridge shot. And I love the street shot of the man on the bridge............is he carrying a tripod? I am shocked! Gubbs, did Andy make you do that? (That is a hefty tripod, too)

On the first bridge shot, uh, Andy, I think I remember the tutorial that you are referring to, can you show more of the water, and whatever, under this bridge, too. I feel kind of like the supports are going nowhere.......or something. If it is fog, maybe you could empasize that, so I know... rather than crisp, then "nothing". Other than that it is gorgeous.

ginger

USAIR · January 5, 2005

Andy
Great shots and great story
Looks like the 1Ds has found a good home.

Thanks
Fred

wxwax · January 5, 2005

Very nice. Once again, terrific lighting.

Except in the Gubbs shot, that is. Somehow you made his hair look gray.

fish · January 5, 2005

Hey andy, what sort of saturation are you running on those? Seems pretty high. Not that it's a bad thing, as all of your images are really nice, clear, and rich (said in my best waxy voice).

Nice to meet you, Gubbs.

Sam · January 5, 2005

andy wrote:

today i'm in london, and i had the good fortune of being able to shoot with our man gubbs we had a bit of uncooperative weather, what else is new in london, eh? anyhow, we had decided to shoot the albert bridge, one of the many crossings of the river thames in london. gubbs is not only a fine photographer, but a heckuva great guy to hang with, too. this was our second outing together, and by now, gubbsie knows that it's not just about the photography, but about the food, too and so, after doing the bridge, and then some night street shooting, we enjoyed a really fine meal in an olde english restaurant.

for the first shot, i applied the shooting techniques and post processing techniques described in this nightshooting tutorial

canon 1Ds Mark II, 16-35 f/2.8L aboard, @ 31mm. settings: iso 100, f/13, 6/10ths second, negative exposure compensation of -1.33. in post, developed from raw two exposures, one for the majority of the scene, and one for the pink-ish siding of the bridge. blended in post (for blending tutorial, check out the hall of wisdom here on dgrin

this shot, one of the supporting columns of the bridge. shot with my 16-35 f/2.8L at 16mm. there are some folks who say that this lens can't work on a full-frame body, i'll post a 100% crop from the full size file when i'm back in the states ... amazingly sharp! exif: iso 100, 2 seconds, f/13, negative exposure compensation of -2/3s.

and here's gubbsie, posing with the albert bridge behind him. shot with an 85mm f/1.8 lens. iso 800, f/1.8, aperture priority mode, negative 2/3s exposure compensation.

enjoy (shooting bridges with a friend) photography,

Andy,

As always very nice. But I did want to thank you for getting that 1Ds Mark II. When you had the Rebel, last week I think, I used to get very envious, looking at photos I could never duplicate with the same camera. My skin was so green I had to have it dyed back to my normal color, :cry Now of course I have an out. I just say, "I could do that, if I had a 1Ds Mark II!"

Your chances of ever proving that wrong are the same as my winning the lotery.

Thanks for sharing,

Sam

Andy · January 6, 2005

hey everyone,

i'll likely responsd again... but on looking at shot number one again, i'm not happy with the in-post work done on the water. the thames is dirty & brown, and it was low tide, so it was pretty ugly under there, and i just accentuated the curves there and masked away the rest. ginger, i like your suggestion, and i'm gonna try my fog machine on it when i get back to my proper system at home studio...

d'ya know how hard it is to edit 20mb raw files on a teeny tiny laptop?

and the saturation question... i didn't change anything on the saturation, that blue sky was really that blue. i can tone it down in post... but this is what happens at long night exposures sometimes, so i'll have to look at that again too, thanks!

Shakey · January 6, 2005

Nice Andy as per usual.

Tim

gus · January 6, 2005

Cool dark sky there andy...what time did the sun go down .. 11:50 pm ?

:cry i wont show any of my london bridge photos now.

gubbs · January 6, 2005

ginger_55 wrote:

I am shocked! Gubbs, did Andy make you do that? (That is a hefty tripod, too)
ginger

Ginger, I didn't actually take any pictures, I was just there to carry andy's gear for him, it's really heavy too!!:whip

gubbs · January 6, 2005

Excellent pictures andy, the tower worked out well, I even like the one of me

.
Don't worry, I'll return the compliment this evening when I get home once I've had a chance to do the post.

Thanks for a great afternoon and evening

Ooh! Mrs G asked if we could possibly have a copy of the ugly bloke under the bridge?

Thanks again!

Andy · January 6, 2005

gubbs wrote:

Ginger, I didn't actually take any pictures, I was just there to carry andy's gear for him, it's really heavy too!!:whip

indeed. and you should take some lessons from sid, he's a much better caddie than you are

fun time, gubbs, looking forward to some shots from you

i have more to process but i'm waiting to do that on my big system, too hard on this tiny laptop to work with the big files ....

gubbs · January 6, 2005

andy wrote:

indeed. and you should take some lessons from sid, he's a much better caddie than you are

Then bring him with you next time, I need some help!!

Andy · January 6, 2005

sure thing, on the print mate... send me an email will you.. i'll get to it near the end of the month...

andy

and, thanks

(waiting to see if you know how to run the "slimming" filter in photoshop

gubbs wrote:

Excellent pictures andy, the tower worked out well, I even like the one of me .
Don't worry, I'll return the compliment this evening when I get home once I've had a chance to do the post.

Thanks for a great afternoon and evening

Ooh! Mrs G asked if we could possibly have a copy of the ugly bloke under the bridge?

Thanks again!

Andy · January 6, 2005

gubbs was asking about chimping

1Ds Mark II, 16-35 f/2.8L @16mm, f/8, iso 200, -1/3 ec

bikehiker · January 6, 2005

Nice shots, looking forward to some more. Thanks for sharing.

gubbs · January 6, 2005

andy wrote:

1Ds Mark II, 16-35 f/2.8L @16mm, f/8, iso 200, -1/3 ec

I see you you've got that new ps "add chins" action perfected andy, thanks!

Andy · January 6, 2005

gubbs wrote:

I see you you've got that new ps "add chins" action perfected andy, thanks!

aww everyone knows that's just the distortion from the extreme ff wide angle

and if you believe that, i have a bridge in brooklyn i'd like to sell you

lynnma · January 6, 2005

andy wrote:

aww everyone knows that's just the distortion from the extreme ff wide angle

and if you believe that, i have a bridge in brooklyn i'd like to sell you

Chimping???

cletus · January 6, 2005

lynnma wrote:

Chimping???

Explained right here.

cletus · January 6, 2005

Andy,

As usual, great work

The thing that scares me about you is your consistency. People, architecture, landscapes, color, black & white, sunlight, available light, Photoshoped, untouched... all with outstanding results.

lynnma · January 6, 2005

cletus wrote:

Andy,

As usual, great work

The thing that scares me about you is your consistency. People, architecture, landscapes, color, black & white, sunlight, available light, Photoshoped, untouched... all with outstanding results.

yeah.. ya know.. I was thinking the same thing about the London tube shot.. jeesh.. I thought... his shots look the same there as they do here.. yep.. thats what I thought...

gus · January 6, 2005

gubbs wrote:

I see you you've got that new ps "add chins" action perfected andy, thanks!

Its a free plugin at Fred Mirandas mate.

Now get him back.

Andy · January 6, 2005

consistency
cletus, you've totally made my day! thank you so much for commenting. i *do* try very very hard to present my best, all the time. it's very worth it to me to hear that i'm doing it right, because i do aim for reactions such as yours...

thanks so very much

cletus wrote:

Andy,

As usual, great work

The thing that scares me about you is your consistency. People, architecture, landscapes, color, black & white, sunlight, available light, Photoshoped, untouched... all with outstanding results.

obelix · January 7, 2005

Great shots Andy.

FAU4U · January 8, 2005

Nice Shots in London
London is one of my very favorite places; nice shots. However not this time of year...

Last time we spoke was over at Phil Ask ey's 1D/1Ds forum. (James L Wilson

)
I'll keep an eye out on these pages too. JW

Andy · January 9, 2005

FAU4U wrote:

London is one of my very favorite places; nice shots. However not this time of year...
Last time we spoke was over at Phil Ask ey's 1D/1Ds forum. (James L Wilson)
I'll keep an eye out on these pages too. JW

welcome to dgrin, jw

i'm so glad you stopped by. thanks for joining, and we all look forward to your contributions!

lynnma · January 9, 2005

welcome JW

Nice to have you aboard!

three views of the albert bridge

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