Despite mentioning in the last post that not all the best shots are from ‘up top’ this one is from exactly there – something like 34 floors up looking west over London.
Once we caught our breath we cracked upen the camera bags abnd got on with the task in hand. I had quite a bit of trouble with my 18-135 as the lowesst f-stop is 5.6 and exposures were over the 30 second mark on my 550D. Not wanting to crank up the iso too much I switched to the ‘nifty fifty’. F1.8 afforded more reasonable exposures at the expense of a softer image, but with the processing that I use thats not too much of a worry.
The shot below is of Lauderdale Tower, Shakespeare Tower and Cromwell Tower (from L-R), designed by Chamberlin Powell and Bon in the 1950’s. The Barbican Estate has swung between being fashionable to being hugely despised as an eyesore but generally loved by those who live there.Recently these buildings have become listed and as such are protected from change.
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A nice unique shot of London, nicely done. Wishing I had a crack at it that other night with you now – best shot I’ve seen from this location to date.
Wow, Mark, this is absolutely breathtaking my friend! I love, love, love the details you’ve brought out here.. can’t get over the fact you got this level of detail with a f1.8 aperture setting! That red soft light slightly left of centre near the top there is really a wonderful little dash of spice, too.
Awesome shot.Beautifully done.
Love it Mark, got to get some rooftopping in