Along Chelsea Embankment
 

I was in London yesterday for meetings and a party and I took some time between the meetings and the party to take some photos along the Thames. The weather was pretty good unlike today - pouring down here in the Lake District.

Canon 5D mk III Carl Zeiss 35 f/2 at f/5.6 1/800 ISO 100

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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/singingsnapper/7412699110/]Chelsea-Enbankment[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/singingsnapper/]singingsnapper[/url], on Flickr

converted to black and white in Silver efex pro 2 using Pan F 50 profile

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Looking down the Thames from Battersea Bridge towards the fantastic Albert Bridge:

Same camera lens combo f/8 1/250 ISO 100

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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/singingsnapper/7412709148/]Looking-down-the-Thames[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/singingsnapper/]singingsnapper[/url], on Flickr

Closer to Albert Bridge looking towards the Houseboats in the middle

Canon 5D mk III EF 24 - 70 L at 28mm and f/11 1/125 ISO 100

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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/singingsnapper/7412710950/]Albert-Bridge-and-the-Thames[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/singingsnapper/]singingsnapper[/url], on Flickr

converted in Silver efex

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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/singingsnapper/7412718074/]It's-the-Albert-Bridge-in-black-and-white![/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/singingsnapper/]singingsnapper[/url], on Flickr

The houseboats still have the flags in celebration of this special year:

Canon 5D mk III EF 180 L macro at f/6.3 1/320 ISO 100

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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/singingsnapper/7412700552/]patriotic-houseboats[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/singingsnapper/]singingsnapper[/url], on Flickr

Above me was an airship which I waited to be over me before using my 180 macro to capture it

f/8 and 1/1400

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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/singingsnapper/7412709810/]London-airship[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/singingsnapper/]singingsnapper[/url], on Flickr

Finally a candid of a cyclist using the same lens

f/7.1 1/320 ISO 200

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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/singingsnapper/7412702502/]cyclist-on-enbankment[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/singingsnapper/]singingsnapper[/url], on Flickr

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[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/singingsnapper/7413313192/]cyclist-on-embankment-bw[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/singingsnapper/]singingsnapper[/url], on Flickr

I can't help looking at the slope on the first image rather than the scene itself , also the composition doesn't quite work for me as the path and wall seem to draw my eye out of the scene and not into it .

The second image I feel has too much water without any interest in it and it seems to be suffering from barrel distortion .

The third like the second I think could have a large amount of the foreground water cropped out , otherwise it's a really nice and interesting shot .

The fourth shot is a nice crop but I find the buildings in the background a bit distracting , a shallower DOF may help focus the attention back on the Union Jack .

The final shot is my favourite by far and the B&W conversion works really well giving the image an almost 60's look , very nice .

As always these are just my thoughts .

Mark

In the second image, the Albert Bridge is a small suspension bridge so it arches. I don't [B]think[/B] that there is barrel distortion there, although I always use the profile fix in Lightroom.

It could just be an optical illusion but it was more about the outer edges of the image that I was looking at , the path and lights on the left hand side slope to the left and the buildings on the right slope to the right .

Mark