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Here I've given this now familiar Jean Nouvel designed One New Change viewpoint a literal 'twist' in an attempt to do something a bit different.
Not technically a #Photo24London shot and therefore ineligible for the competitions as it was taken about an hour and a half after the closing meetup. Rather than head home like most sensible people I wanted to get to One New Change before I had to return my hired Nikon 10.5mm fisheye lens.
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We’d already been tipped off in the pre Photo 24 facebook chat that a group called the London Fire Spinners would be performing on the beach next to the Oxo Tower. This turned out to be a nice sandy beach located on the South Bank of the Thames. It’s only visible at low tide.
There must have been well over 100 people practicing in the hot afternoon sun with spinning sticks, balls on chains, jugglers’ batons and various paraphernalia. As twilight approached they’d lit their props and the beach was alive with fire.
I was busy taking this long exposure thames panorama when one of the spinners walked into the frame with a lit pair of orbs. Sometimes the luck is with you.
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The swooping roof of the new John McAslan and Partners designed Concourse at Kings Cross in London.
Like many of the subjects I photographed during the Nikon / Advanced Photographer Magazine #Photo24London I had photographed them before. Having hired a fisheye lens for the event I was able to literally see them from a fresh angle.
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Taken during this years #Photo24London event, the deep blue of the lighting caught my eye here. Having uploaded it I am now wondering if I should crop the bottom third to remove the contrasting warm light ?
Having checked the EXIF I can tell you this shot of the London Aquarium was taken at 4.16am. We'd just had a couple of strong coffees in Bar Italia in Soho we were heading to Westminster Bridge to be in position for sunrise at 4.40am.
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I've taken many photos of the interior of the Queens House in Greenwich before, including the fabulous Tulip stair. During my #Photo24London visit a few weeks ago I took this shot looking across towards it from the grounds of the Old Royal Naval College.
Given how rubbish our Summer has been (well, at least until a week or two ago) it's surprising how parched the grass here looks.
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This looks like one of those awkward "end of the evening" talks where neither of you are sure what's going to happen next...
Taken on the Advanced Photographer 24 hour photo walk in London.
Really I need to do a RAW conversion of this shot of the Jean Nouvel designed One New Change as the highlights have blown. I will get around to it at some point but for now I've other shots I'd like to concentrate my time on.
Taken during the Advanced Photographer / Nikon #Photo24London event.
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Somewhat surprising for someone who considers themselves a Travel / Architectural Photographer primarily I rarely carry a tripod so I rarely take night shots. The Advanced Photographer / Nikon #Photo24London event a few weeks back gave me the impetus so I took the opportunity to get some 'iconic' shots of famous landmarks.
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The Great Court of the British Museum, London.
One of my first shots taken with the 10.5mm fisheye I'd hired for the Nikon / Advanced Photographer Magazine #Photo24London event last weekend. I've taken shots from this balcony before but having the fisheye enabled me to include someone enjoying the view.
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These shots of the Foster + Partners design City Hall were some of the last photos taken during this years #Photo24London. I'm particularly proud of them as I'd been shooting for nearly 23 hours at the point I took them. I particularly like this viewpoint as it includes Tower Bridge in the background demonstrating an old / new contrast which is one of the reasons I find cities such as London so fascinating.
I think maybe I prefer this portrait format shot more than the landscape format shots uploaded yesterday as the curve of the over-sized handrail provides some lovely sweeping lead-in lines.
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Continuing my shots from this years #Photo24London event and it's a view of the Shard from the new Tate Modern Switch House extension. Luckily the opening of this major new extension coincided with the annual Photo24 event.
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From Wikipedia : "A ten storey tower, 65 metres high from ground level, was built above the oil tanks.
The original western half of the Switch House was demolished to make room for the tower and then rebuilt around it with large gallery spaces and access routes between the main building and the new tower on level 1 (ground level) and level 4. The new galleries on level 4 have natural top lighting. A bridge built across the turbine hall on level 4 to provides an upper access route.
The new building opened to the public on 17 June 2016.
The design, again by Herzog & de Meuron, has been controversial. It was originally designed with a glass stepped pyramid, but this was amended to incorporate a sloping façade in brick latticework (to match the original power-station building) despite planning consent to the original design having been previously granted by the supervising authority.
The extension provides 22,492 square metres of additional gross internal area for display and exhibition spaces, performance spaces, education facilities, offices, catering and retail facilities as well as a car parking and a new external public space."
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During this years #Photo24London event I took Nikon up on their offer of equipment borrowing. When I got my hands on a Nikon 10-20mm lens I heading straight into the All Saints Church over the road to try it out. As it happens the colourful interior turned out to be a great place to put it through it paces.
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Another one from the Advanced Photographer 24 hour photo walk.
This shot of St Pauls was taken from the roof terrace of the Jean Novel designed One New Change in London. It's a good demonstration as to how a fisheye lens works less well when the subject isn't symmetrical, as can be seen here from the pinnacle on the dome of St Pauls Cathedral.
I still really like the shot though........
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One photographic subject that was now available to #Photo24 photographers for the last couple of years is the Night Tube.
Not that there was a whole lot of colour in this shot but I've added to the effect by desaturating the colour channels except the red.
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From the TfL website : "The new service has been made possible thanks to the continued modernisation of significant parts of the Underground network and improved levels of reliability. Independent research into the economic benefits of the Night Tube found that the new service will boost jobs and help maintain London's status as a vibrant and exciting place to live, work and visit.
The Night Tube will cut night-time journeys by an average of 20 minutes, with some cut by more than an hour. It will also play a vital role in opening up London's night-time economy, supporting almost 2,000 permanent jobs and boosting the economy by £360m.
Demand for a 24-hour Tube service is clear - late night Tube use has increased at double the rate of day-time trips and Night bus usage has risen by 173% since 2000. There are already over half a million users of the Tube after 22:00 on Fridays and Saturdays."
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I've photographed this Foster + Partners More London building before but never done it justice. I'm pleased with the nicely balanced lighting of this one I took last weekend during the Advanced Photographer / Nikon #photo24London event.
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I love this view of St. Pauls Cathedral from the roof terrace of the Jean Nouvel designed One New Change. It's a bit hidden away but well worth a visit if you're in the area.
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The swooping roof of the new John McAslan and Partners designed Concourse at Kings Cross in London.
Like many of the subjects I photographed during the Nikon / Advanced Photographer Magazine #Photo24London I had photographed them before. Having hired a fisheye lens for the event I was able to literally see them from a fresh angle.
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St Pauls Cathedral by night, taken during this years Advanced Photographer Magazine / Nikon #Photo24London event.
I prefer my night photos with a bit of colour in the sky but as this was taken at 1.30am, even on mid Summers Day this wasn't possible..... On the plus side the bridge is normally packed with people so to get just the couple holding hands makes it a bit different.
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The Competition Groups may have closed now but I've still quite a few shots I'd like to upload to flickr from the recent Nikon / Advanced Photographer Magazine #Photo24London event.
This is one of those 'blue hour' views I'd always wanted to get as I love the contrast between the stone of the Tower of London and the fractured glass spike of the Shard behind. This one was taken at about 4am as we walked to City Hall to capture a (non-existant) sunrise behind Tower Bridge.
Getting shots like these is just one of the reasons I enjoy taking part in the #Photo24London events (that and the possibility of winning a Nikon D750......).
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Taken with the 10.5mm fisheye I'd hired for the Nikon / Advanced Photographer Magazine #Photo24London event last weekend. To counteract the squashing that results from using the lens I've then stretched the shot to a panoramic format to correct the perspective whilst still retaining the distortion.
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My first shot from this years #Photo24London and it's a fisheye shot of the Tate Modern Turbine Hall as seen from the new 4th floor bridge that connects the existing galleries to the new ones in the recently completed Switch House.
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From Wikipedia : "A ten storey tower, 65 metres high from ground level, was built above the oil tanks.
The original western half of the Switch House was demolished to make room for the tower and then rebuilt around it with large gallery spaces and access routes between the main building and the new tower on level 1 (ground level) and level 4. The new galleries on level 4 have natural top lighting. A bridge built across the turbine hall on level 4 to provides an upper access route.
The new building opened to the public on 17 June 2016.
The design, again by Herzog & de Meuron, has been controversial. It was originally designed with a glass stepped pyramid, but this was amended to incorporate a sloping façade in brick latticework (to match the original power-station building) despite planning consent to the original design having been previously granted by the supervising authority.
The extension provides 22,492 square metres of additional gross internal area for display and exhibition spaces, performance spaces, education facilities, offices, catering and retail facilities as well as a car parking and a new external public space."
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Having borrowed a very nice 10-20mm Nikon lens from the Nikon School during the #Photo24London event I headed straight over the road and into the very colour interior of All Saints Church.
The Great Court of the British Museum taken with a 10.5mm Nikon fisheye lens I'd hired for the annual Advanced Photographer / Nikon Photo24 event last weekend. Interestingly Flickr has auto-tagged this with 'surreal'.......
I've more photos of Ivory Flame and Ella Rose (not to mention this weeks Encaenia) but they will have to wait as I need to get working on my #Photo24London shots as I've only a week to get them uploaded.
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Another shot from the Photo 24 London.
Opened in June 2002 this architectural marvel was shut almost immediately after an unexpected swaying motion set in when participants of a charity walk tried to open it. Londoners nicknamed it the 'wobbly bridge'. It didn't re-open for a further two years while modifications were made to eliminate the problem, (huge steel dampers were added to the structure). The bridge crosses the Thames in front of St Paul's Cathedral and was the subject of a competition organised by Southwark Council & RIBA Competitions. The winning entry was an innovative "blade of light" effort from Arup, Foster & Partners and Sir Anthony Caro. More info here if you're interested including the cause of the infamous wobble. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Bridge,_London.
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Just found out this shot has won the Photo 24 London Best Building Image! To say I'm shocked is something of an understatement. How apt is that avatar of mine!
This new light tunnel at Kings Cross Station has been on my 'list' for a while so I was glad to get there during this years #Photo24London event. Despite being mid-afternoon it was mostly deserted but there were just enough people around to add interest to the space.
From a Kings Cross Press Release : "A new tunnel, with integrated light wall, opened yesterday at King’s Cross. The 90m long tunnel, which has a LED integrated light-wall running its entire length, was designed by Speirs + Major and delivered by The Light Lab. The tunnel itself has been designed by architects Allies & Morrison and links St Pancras International and King’s Cross St Pancras Underground stations to the new public spaces, restaurants, offices and homes at King’s Cross.
Commuters were treated to something a little different on Monday morning, as the tunnel was open to the public, with commuters able to enjoy the debut light installation called Pipette. The dedicated art work on display was created by Miriam Sleeman (The Cross Kings) and Tom Sloan (Tom Sloan Design) and is designed to evoke the colourful tapestry of King’s Cross through a tranquil yet animated design."
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Another Shard shot from this years #Photo24London event, I've used a contempororary sculpture to act as a second dynamic element within the frame.
I've photographed the Renzo Piano designed Shard so many times in over the past five years I've now given it it's own set on Flickr : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157634907018014
From Wikipedia : "The Shard, also referred to as the Shard of Glass, Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a 95-storey skyscraper in Southwark, London, that forms part of the London Bridge Quarter development. Standing 309.6 metres (1,016 ft) high, the Shard is the tallest building in the United Kingdom, the 87th tallest building in the world, the tallest building formerly in the European Union and the fourth tallest building in Europe. It is also the second-tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, after the concrete tower at the Emley Moor transmitting station.
The Shard's construction began in March 2009; it was topped out on 30 March 2012 and inaugurated on 6 July 2012. Practical completion was achieved in November 2012. The tower's privately operated observation deck, the View from the Shard, was opened to the public on 1 February 2013. The glass-clad pyramidal tower has 72 habitable floors, with a viewing gallery and open-air observation deck on the 72nd floor, at a height of 244.3 metres (802 ft). It was designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano and replaced Southwark Towers, a 24-storey office block built on the site in 1975. The Shard was developed by Sellar Property Group on behalf of LBQ Ltd, and is jointly owned by Sellar Property and the State of Qatar."
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A change of scene having spent the last few days uploading contemporary architecture, here's a shot of a Mad Hatter Street entertainer taken on Camden High Street.
One of the good things about the #Photo24London event is that you're encouraged, thanks to the different Competition categories, to try shooting other than your usual ones. This guy seemed just perfect for the 'Colour of Camden' competition, consequently I bet every photographer in a mile radius took photos of him........
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Taken at Covent Garden on the morning after the night before of the #Photo24London shoot just as we were heading for breakfast. I think it's quite good considering all I was really thinking about at the time was an enormous full English........
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This shot of model Kristina is one of my favourites from a day spent at the Nikon School in London last month.
In addition to winning a very nice Nikon compact, as part of winning last years #Photo24London 'Iconic London' category I won a days training at the Nikon School. After much deliberation I opted for the 'The Art of Fllm Noir portraits' ( www.nikon.co.uk/training/booking/Default.aspx?id=2564 )
The trainer Neil Freeman certainly knew his stuff and it was great to learn more about off-camera flash lighting as it's something I've barely tried before.
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More bokeh fun and games with discarded drinks in central London during the Advanced Photographer 24 hour photo walk.
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It you pop over to Hamleys on Regent St you'll find an entire bus top made out of Lego! Seriously, there's a sign and fully enclosed shelter made out of Lego, and it's a genuine functional bus stop! It's there until July 15th, so if you fancy taking a look then don't wait too long.
Having done my research I can tell you the overhaul of the Wellcome Collection which included the insertion of this 'organic' spiral stair was undertaken by Wilkinson Eyre Architects. From what I saw of the exhibitions I'd say the place is definitely worth a return trip when I've got a bit more time.
Taken during last weekends Advanced Photographer Magazine / Nikon #Photo24London.
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This weekend was the Advanced Photographer 24 hour London photo walk.