First off – Happy New Year!
Recently took some photos in London – the above being another example of the tilt-shift lens. This is taken in the London Docklands area, looking down the Royal Victoria Dock towards the Millennium Dome (peeping out from behind the new housing)…
In the background you can see the Canary Wharf area, with all the modern tall skyscrapers of London.
This photo was taken on one of my most successful photo-days in London. Thought I’d take some photos from the top of St Paul’s – closed because it was Sunday. Strike one. And fair enough, I should have probably guessed that services would mean that there wouldn’t be any tours. So not to be deprived of my view-of-London photo, I thought that the nearby Monument would give me an alternative view. Checked the phone – they’re open on Sundays. All set.
Arrive at the Monument (it’s a tall… urm… monument… which was built near the spot where the Great Fire of London started in 1666). Anyway, there’s boarding up all around it – turns out that despite confirming that it’s open on Sundays, I must have missed the part that said that it’s been closed since 2007 for restoration, opening early 2009. Strike two, and doh!
Anyway, after taking the picture above I was actually on my way to the Thames Barrier – which I then arrived at to find that it had just closed for the night! All going to plan.
One of those days I guess.
Anyway, the picture itself was handheld in the dying light at 1/30 second, leaning on the handrail of the bridge. I’d tilted the lens to ensure a shallow area of focus, mainly on the ‘little’ houses on the left between the cranes.
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
1/30 sec at f/2.8
ISO 400
45mm (Tilt shift)
