London Infrared - 6 shots

[Don Ellis]

Another six shots from our 36 hours in London, some of which were spent sleeping...

Wouldn’t be a scrapbook if it didn’t feature Big Ben...



And here’s another building (he said knowingly)...



And one of the most unusual cloud formations I’ve seen...



Trafalgar Square, where they’ve put Admiral Nelson on a very tall pedestal. Add a dispersing contrail and a cooperative bird and you have a freak accident of a photo...



“Omigod, that totally cool guy is taking our picture without even asking! I am, like, sooo excited!! Tell me when to open my eyes!!!� One of the more interesting side effects of infrared is that most clothing colors disappear...



And after all that excitement, we may need a W/C... or water closet... or head... or toilet... so it's nice when they point the way...



Cheers,

Don

[stoneylonesome]

wonderfull pictures as usual Don. Looks like IR also adds a certain warmth to the photos, the girls are dressed for some cold weather but the picture has a certain warmth to it

[marie]

They are the greatest

I think they are just wonderful shots
way out wonderful
the shot of Big Ben is the best ever I saw
such precise detail.
such a beautiful photograph and @ 12o'c noon 'on the dot' too


2#
the building... it is gorgeous. (pentecost central hall I 'think' I see on it)

# 3
that magnificent sweeping cloud over the ( speciallydark) building is the best ever I saw.

I love it so much I nearly can't express the impact it had when I opened the post a few minutes ago

#4
trafalgar Square and the bird beside nelson with the vapor trail hitting its target is beautiful

#5

its a most beautiful shot so clear so clean looking .
I mean for a photograph .
they are really wonderful Don.
I hesitate to think what you could do if you stayed more then 36 hours ( and half of them sleeping also)

many thanks for showing us all up
(speak for yourself marie ...I hear a chorus ? )
no, don't think so

gobsmacked is how I am just looking at them

I have always loved those buildings in London very very much
you certainly have done them so much justice.

you will have to go back and take more ...of so much more ...
sometime not too far in the future when loads of time is on your side Don


nearly missed # 6
eek
I love it . a great shot
leading to covent garden too
you made my day



marie

[robekert]

Don,
Your choice of architecture is great. I imagine there were many great and stately buildings to choose from.

Marie,
Your comments have added to the enjoyment of the shots, from a local's eye if you will.

Don,
I like the play of warms and cools in the last shot. It gives the shot an added dimension. This quality exists in all the shots, but it seems to be more prevalent in the final shot. Big Ben is a classic shot. It seems as though you were hundreds of feet up to take the shot. What was your vantage point?

Rob

[neil_r]

Don,

Pretty soon you are going to get really tired of me telling you how much I enjoy your pictures, but until then…. These pictures are FANTASTIC, I grew up, and now work in London a couple of days a week and I just don’t see the things that you have in 36 hours.

There is one thing I must point out to you though. The con trails and Lord Nelson are not an accident…. He is the Air Traffic Control for London air space.

Neil

[Laziferous]

Nice shots Don. I like the second and third of the bunch... and the commentary for the shot of the girls. Haha, "Oh my God! Is that guy some kind of perv!? Like... oh my God!

Is it me, or do most of these look like they need a slight rotation counterclockwise? Could just be me... I've been known to be off kilter

Nice stuff, thanks for sharing your latest efforts. I always judge my own work in comparison to yours. Thanks for keeping the bar high!

[Don Ellis]

wonderfull pictures as usual Don. Looks like IR also adds a certain warmth to the photos, the girls are dressed for some cold weather but the picture has a certain warmth to it

Sandy (stoneylonesome)... there is a little warmth now that you mention it... one of the reasons I post is to see aspects of photos that might escape me. Thanks.

Don
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Marie... what can I say... you always seem to contribute more to these photos than I do... thank you.
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Don,
Your choice of architecture is great. I imagine there were many great and stately buildings to choose from.

I like the play of warms and cools in the last shot. It gives the shot an added dimension. This quality exists in all the shots, but it seems to be more prevalent in the final shot. Big Ben is a classic shot. It seems as though you were hundreds of feet up to take the shot. What was your vantage point?

Robert... there was a lot of architecture, but only so much we could see in a day and half and mainly on foot. And some of the time was spent in St. Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey where no photography was allowed. London is definitely worth visiting again... I found it just as cosmopolitan as Hong Kong in terms of racial variety, so I felt right at home.

Funny you should ask about Big Ben... I was looking at that shot yesterday and thinking, "Where was I standing to get that?" I'm not really sure... I was to saw that we left the London Eye, turned right on the bridge and I took it as we approached the other side, but I'm not sure. Considering the perspective is pretty normal -- not angled -- it looks like I was on a very tall ladder, but that wasn't the case.
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Pretty soon you are going to get really tired of me telling you how much I enjoy your pictures, but until then…. These pictures are FANTASTIC, I grew up, and now work in London a couple of days a week and I just don’t see the things that you have in 36 hours.

There is one thing I must point out to you though. The con trails and Lord Nelson are not an accident…. He is the Air Traffic Control for London air space.

I have a pretty high tolerance for praise, Neil, which you're welcome to test. Thanks very much for your comments... and, you're right, Lord Nelson could definitely direct air traffic at that height. He's 17 feet tall, but you'd never know it from the ground.

As for seeing things, we plan to go back again when our fingers won't freeze so we can take a few more photos. Lovely city, amazing heritage... and we had the best fish-and-chips in a Russian shop near Victoria Station. Beautiful.

By the way, we stayed at the STanley House Hotel at 19/21 Belgrave Road, Victoria, London SWIV 1RB. It was 70 pounds for three of us (three beds -- Leela and I were discreet since we were with her daughter) and in-room toilet and shower. Very clean and breakfast was thrown in. For travelers, I can recommend asking at the kiosk at Victoria Station... boot-faced (humorless) women but helpful.

Don

[Don Ellis]

Originally Posted by Laziferous

Nice shots Don. I like the second and third of the bunch... and the commentary for the shot of the girls. Haha, "Oh my God! Is that guy some kind of perv!? Like... oh my God!

Is it me, or do most of these look like they need a slight rotation counterclockwise? Could just be me... I've been known to be off kilter

Nice stuff, thanks for sharing your latest efforts. I always judge my own work in comparison to yours. Thanks for keeping the bar high!

Hi Chris,

I don't normally accost young women photographically... something just came over me (the anonymity of being in a foreign city and the ability to pull my knit cap over my face if necessary).

You could be right about the rotation... I'll have to check when I get time. I checked the infrared churge in another post three times and it still looks like it's leaning... but it's not. But these I didn't check so well... I was getting bored going through all the ones you'll never see.

Cheers,

Don