Escalators Charing Cross London
I came across this by accident after walking from the South Bank across the eastern Golden Jubilee Footbridge. Instead of descending at the first set of stairs down to the North Bank I wanderered on along the walkway which continues inside buildings and one descent led to these escalators. It is surprising that such a cool London viewpoint is so little photographed. It is probably because it is such an obscure place to find. Coming from Embankment Station the ground floor entry is about half way up Villiers Street with a sign over for the Arches Shopping Centre. It is immediately before standard stairs marked as an entry to Charing Cross mainline Station which come out at the side of the station rather than being a main entry. Anybody exiting the station to the side would tend to use those stairs rather than going past them to the right to find these escalators. To get the full scene I used 10mm wide angle and got back as far as possible against a pillar. I also used a Tripod as it was quite dim and at its lowest height. No worries about Security Guards objecting to Tripod use as it is too out of the way to be noticed
The picture was taken on a Tripod and with a Sony A68 with a Sigma 10-20 zoom at 10mm. 3 raw images 2EV spacing for HDR. I processed with my just acquired Aurora HDR. This is HDR software as good as Photomatix which can also be used to process single RAW images. This is currently available free with the February issue of Digital Camera World Magazine currently in shops. Processing in Photoshop then started with Topaz Clarity and Topaz DeNoise. Then Transform distort to straighten out the top which was a little out of line. Some brightness adjustments were done with layer masks. A Vibrance adjustment layer to bring down the colours a little which were too intense.
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Escalators Charing Cross London
I came across this by accident after walking from the South Bank across the eastern Golden Jubilee Footbridge. Instead of descending at the first set of stairs down to the North Bank I wanderered on along the walkway which continues inside buildings and one descent led to these escalators. It is surprising that such a cool London viewpoint is so little photographed. It is probably because it is such an obscure place to find. Coming from Embankment Station the ground floor entry is about half way up Villiers Street with a sign over for the Arches Shopping Centre. It is immediately before standard stairs marked as an entry to Charing Cross mainline Station which come out at the side of the station rather than being a main entry. Anybody exiting the station to the side would tend to use those stairs rather than going past them to the right to find these escalators. To get the full scene I used 10mm wide angle and got back as far as possible against a pillar. I also used a Tripod as it was quite dim and at its lowest height. No worries about Security Guards objecting to Tripod use as it is too out of the way to be noticed
The picture was taken on a Tripod and with a Sony A68 with a Sigma 10-20 zoom at 10mm. 3 raw images 2EV spacing for HDR. I processed with my just acquired Aurora HDR. This is HDR software as good as Photomatix which can also be used to process single RAW images. This is currently available free with the February issue of Digital Camera World Magazine currently in shops. Processing in Photoshop then started with Topaz Clarity and Topaz DeNoise. Then Transform distort to straighten out the top which was a little out of line. Some brightness adjustments were done with layer masks. A Vibrance adjustment layer to bring down the colours a little which were too intense.
For my Photography books see My Author Page USA or My Author Page UK
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For Galleries, Prints and Licences see Edwin Jones Photography