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Sep 24, 2008 15:19 |  #1

If you go up one end of the lake in London's St James's Park, there's a view down toward the other end that I've been trying to capture for a couple of years now. As you peer through the trees, down the lake and across the bridge, you can see what's sometimes called the "fairy castle" - actually just a jumble of roofs belonging to different buildlings. No camera that I've owned nor post-processing software that I've used has given me anything like the result I wanted until I tried the combination of the Canon 40D and its 17-85 kit lens plus Lightroom 2.

Since I like the effect, I thought I'd share it here. I welcome comments, critique, praise, advice, money, tips, money... or whatever you'd like to offer in return. Thanks for looking.

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Sep 24, 2008 16:41 |  #2

Great capture!!!


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Sep 25, 2008 12:25 |  #3

Ohh, that's awesome. It would be even better without the out of focus foreground foliage.


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Sep 25, 2008 18:26 |  #4

Thanks for your comments. There was foreground foliage on both sides so I had to choose which side to put it on. If you like, you can have a go at cloning it out... ;)


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Sep 25, 2008 18:35 |  #5

I like the perspective.


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Sep 25, 2008 18:36 |  #6

Thanks, Jamie. I've just realised that the horizon isn't straight... Oh, well, never mind.


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