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    May
    03
    Inner Dock on Flickr.Canary Wharf across Millwall Inner Dock taken early one morning on the way to work. Hadn’t planned on shooting really just had my camera with me and as I walked by the clouds just seem to be in the perfect direction so just had to shoot. Plenty of time before I had to be at work too. This is a vertorama 2 landscape shots stitched to form a square, both heavily vertically corrected

    Inner Dock on Flickr.

    Canary Wharf across Millwall Inner Dock taken early one morning on the way to work. Hadn’t planned on shooting really just had my camera with me and as I walked by the clouds just seem to be in the perfect direction so just had to shoot. Plenty of time before I had to be at work too.

    This is a vertorama 2 landscape shots stitched to form a square, both heavily vertically corrected


    This post has 7 notes and tag: # London # UK # Cityscape # Long Exposure # mono # ND110 # Canary Wharf # Millwall Inner Dock # buildings # reflections # I hope thats not banding I can now see :( .



    March
    27
    b e z i e r on Flickr.Taken from Old Street Station looking up at the apartments of the Bezier. For nearly 18 months I worked 5 offices down from this - and still occasionally visit that office and yet I never really took any shots of it - I could never get the composition I liked. I went back a few weekends ago and immediately saw the angles I’d been looking for - as I said recently over on Google+ - its that old adage that familiarity breeds contempt - and this is a case of walking away and coming back to the subject. This was shot mid afternoon with the sun having burnt most of the clouds away - but the scene came alive - for me anyway.

    b e z i e r on Flickr.

    Taken from Old Street Station looking up at the apartments of the Bezier. For nearly 18 months I worked 5 offices down from this - and still occasionally visit that office and yet I never really took any shots of it - I could never get the composition I liked. I went back a few weekends ago and immediately saw the angles I’d been looking for - as I said recently over on Google+ - its that old adage that familiarity breeds contempt - and this is a case of walking away and coming back to the subject.

    This was shot mid afternoon with the sun having burnt most of the clouds away - but the scene came alive - for me anyway.


    This post has 4 notes and tag: # architecture # long exposure # london # bezier # apartments # underground # stairs # ND110 .



    March
    18
    Firstsite on Flickr.On 29th September 2011 a new visual art’s centre was opened in Colchester. Colchester for those who don’t know is Britain’s oldest recorded town, but wandering around it might not seem it, with a mixture of the old and mostly not so old. And now Rafael Viñoly’s spectacular new arts centre has brought the town kicking and screaming into the 21st century! Its controversial for sure – but then aren’t most public art spaces especially in hard times, but it is a wonderful addition and a great piece of architecture to boot. You can see more shots of this at my web site www.kantryla.net/blog

    Firstsite on Flickr.

    On 29th September 2011 a new visual art’s centre was opened in Colchester. Colchester for those who don’t know is Britain’s oldest recorded town, but wandering around it might not seem it, with a mixture of the old and mostly not so old. And now Rafael Viñoly’s spectacular new arts centre has brought the town kicking and screaming into the 21st century! Its controversial for sure – but then aren’t most public art spaces especially in hard times, but it is a wonderful addition and a great piece of architecture to boot.

    You can see more shots of this at my web site www.kantryla.net/blog


    This post has 2 notes and tag: # architecture # colchester # essex # uk # firstsite # art gallery # long exposure # nd110 # black and white .



    February
    02
    After work on Flickr.I think I’ve said in the past that I’ve started to take my camera to work most days now. Its a bit of a heavy lump when you include camera, a couple of lenses, tripod, filters, remote shutter etc etc - plus work gear too - laptop books etc. I started doing this towards the end of last year (bought a manfrotto bag so it all fits neatly inside tripod included). At first I wondered whether it was worth it, but I soon realised it certainly was. I can now jump on the earliest train and if the weathers right (read fog at the moment) I can shoot for 30 minutes or so and still be in work for 8am, and then after work I can get another hour or so - but its all dependent upon conditions and being ready. So this is an example of such a shot - taken last week after work. I hadn’t planned specifically on shooting but as I left work the conditions were pretty perfect, so I wandered round the corner to shoot canary wharf reflected in the water at Blackwall Basin. I’ve been to this location countless times and have this shot in just about every condition - but this one is the best to date. It was also my first outing with my ND106 and I have to say its great. Many times in the past I’ve wanted to flatten the water but at dusk the 10 stopper was too much I’d tried upto 20 minutes but never happy with the results and then stacking 0.9 and 0.6 but this wasn’t enough - but the 6 stopper gave me 2 minutes at f6.3 - perfect.

    After work on Flickr.

    I think I’ve said in the past that I’ve started to take my camera to work most days now. Its a bit of a heavy lump when you include camera, a couple of lenses, tripod, filters, remote shutter etc etc - plus work gear too - laptop books etc. I started doing this towards the end of last year (bought a manfrotto bag so it all fits neatly inside tripod included). At first I wondered whether it was worth it, but I soon realised it certainly was. I can now jump on the earliest train and if the weathers right (read fog at the moment) I can shoot for 30 minutes or so and still be in work for 8am, and then after work I can get another hour or so - but its all dependent upon conditions and being ready.

    So this is an example of such a shot - taken last week after work. I hadn’t planned specifically on shooting but as I left work the conditions were pretty perfect, so I wandered round the corner to shoot canary wharf reflected in the water at Blackwall Basin. I’ve been to this location countless times and have this shot in just about every condition - but this one is the best to date. It was also my first outing with my ND106 and I have to say its great. Many times in the past I’ve wanted to flatten the water but at dusk the 10 stopper was too much I’d tried upto 20 minutes but never happy with the results and then stacking 0.9 and 0.6 but this wasn’t enough - but the 6 stopper gave me 2 minutes at f6.3 - perfect.


    This post has 3 notes and tag: # London # Canary Wharf # cityscape # ND106 # monochrome # Black and White # reflections .



    January
    02
    Number 7 Revisited on Flickr.And my last shot of 2011, this is Number 7 More London Riverside - the same building as my previous post - just to provide a little bit of context. This is 2 landscape shots stitched to create a vertorama so that the verticals could be corrected.

    Number 7 Revisited on Flickr.

    And my last shot of 2011, this is Number 7 More London Riverside - the same building as my previous post - just to provide a little bit of context. This is 2 landscape shots stitched to create a vertorama so that the verticals could be corrected.


    This post has 23 notes and tag: # Architecture # More London # PWC # Vertorama # London # Monochrome # Modern Architecture # Number 7 .



    January
    02
    Number 7 on Flickr.A shot of Number 7 More London Riverside - commonly known as the ‘batman building’. I’ve revisted this building so many times to get the right conditions and back in November things came together at last.

    Number 7 on Flickr.

    A shot of Number 7 More London Riverside - commonly known as the ‘batman building’. I’ve revisted this building so many times to get the right conditions and back in November things came together at last.


    This post has 14 notes and tag: # More London # London # Architecture # Long Exposure # ND110 # Black and White .



    December
    10
    More form More on Flickr.Very much a labour of love this shot, I’ve been around a dozen times to get this shot and the conditions have never been right - but finally a few weekends ago the light the cloud everything (even security) was just right. In terms of location this is More London on the walk between London Bridge and Tower Bridge

    More form More on Flickr.

    Very much a labour of love this shot, I’ve been around a dozen times to get this shot and the conditions have never been right - but finally a few weekends ago the light the cloud everything (even security) was just right.

    In terms of location this is More London on the walk between London Bridge and Tower Bridge


    This post has 10 notes and tag: # Architecture # More London # Long Exposure # ND110 # London # Black and White # Monochrome # Buildings # Modern Architecture .



    November
    29
    The Wharf on Flickr.This is along exposure Vertical Panorama (Vertorama) of Canary Wharf in London. This has been quite a technical challenge, I had to take it as a vertorama and stitch two shots together to get around the massive convergence of the verticals I was getting at 10mm, so this is stitched and then cropped back to what I originally had in mind

    The Wharf on Flickr.

    This is along exposure Vertical Panorama (Vertorama) of Canary Wharf in London. This has been quite a technical challenge, I had to take it as a vertorama and stitch two shots together to get around the massive convergence of the verticals I was getting at 10mm, so this is stitched and then cropped back to what I originally had in mind


    This post has 7 notes and tag: # London # UK # Canary Wharf # Long Exposure # Vertorama # Black and White # Mono # ND110 # cityscape # square .



    November
    19
    Jin Mao Atrium on Flickr.Jin Mao tower in Shanghai, China. This is taken for the bar on the 75th floor looking up. It was taken back in 2009 but I’ve only just got around to processing it

    Jin Mao Atrium on Flickr.

    Jin Mao tower in Shanghai, China. This is taken for the bar on the 75th floor looking up. It was taken back in 2009 but I’ve only just got around to processing it


    This post has 7 notes and tag: # Jin Mao Tower # Grand Hyatt # Atrium # Architecture # High Key # Looking Up # China # Interior Architecture .



    November
    14
    Connected on Flickr.Connected from Canary Wharf, London

    Connected on Flickr.

    Connected from Canary Wharf, London


    This post has 4 notes and tag: # Architecture # London # Canary Wharf # Black and White # Long Exposure # Monochrome # ND110 # Lamp Post # Dedicated to the security guard who said yes .