Canon 5D : TS-E17mm f/4L 1/20 sec : f22 : Wonderpana ND1000 and graduated filters For the photographer, the City of London is a candy store of modern architecture. As architectural firms strive to outdo each other with ever taller more impressive structures to wow … Continue reading20 Fenchurch Street, London
St Paul’s Cathedral from the Millenium Bridge : Canon 5D : EF17-40mm f/4L USM (40mm): 30 sec : f16 : Cokin ND10 neutral density and ND 3 graduated filters Having the Millenium Bridge as the lead-in device to St Paul’s can be great. However, the challenge, … Continue readingThe Millennium Bridge dilemma
St Paul’s Cathedral : Canon 5D : EF 17-40mm (21mm) : 60 sec : f22 : Cokin Nuances ND10 and ND 3 Grad filter Anyone who has ever seen the famous image of St Paul’s cathedral caught in the crossfire of the blitz during world war II, … Continue readingIsolating a subject with light
Thames Barrier : Canon 5D : EF 17-40mm (35mm) : 101 sec : f20 : Cokin Nuances ND10 and ND 3 Grad filter Some shots look more dramatic under dark skies. So what do you do when you are at a location, it is the middle … Continue readingThe Thames Barrier at Dusk
Canary Wharf : Canon 5D : EF 17-40mm (20mm) : 69 sec : f20 : Cokin Nuances ND10 filter ND3 Grad filter You cannot control the weather, but when you have the right conditions the opportunities to capture dramatic skylines can be endless. On this occasion, not only … Continue readingThe Drama of Moving Clouds
Rotherhide, Canary Wharf : Canon 5D : EF 17-40mm (40mm) : 208 sec : f18 : Cokin Nuances ND10 filter It is an interesting phenomenon in photography, that it is not always the image that you intended to capture that becomes the most interesting and dynamic. Sometimes serendipity intervenes … Continue readingThe power of isolation