Some from London

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I had a free day in London and did my best to put it to good use with the D800.

Thought I'd have a look around the Imperial War Museum which was interesting, but stopped too many times for photos and so didn't have very much time there.

One thing that has particularly impressed me with the D800 is the Dynamic Range. I get plenty of detail where with the 5D mk III I have to rescue detail from the shadows which then produces lots of chroma noise. No such issue with the D800:

These are all around Westminster Bridge:

Nikon D800 14 - 24 at f/11 and 22mm 1/50 ISO 100 both converted in Silver efex


A-look-through-the-arch-to-Westminster-Palace by singingsnapper, on Flickr

f/11 19mm 1/40 ISO 100


Another-look-through-the-arch-to-Westminster-Palace by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Looking across Westminster Bridge:

f/11 18mm 1/50 ISO 100


Looking-across-Westminster-Brigde by singingsnapper, on Flickr

A panoramic crop from single shot:

f/11 19mm 1/160 ISO 100


Looking-to-parliament-from-south-bank by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Memorial to Russian soldiers in Imperial War Museum gardens - had to be a bit of work getting rid of the flare in the one:

f/16 14mm 1/250 ISO 100


Russian-Memorial-at-Imperial-War-Museum-London by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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A British Airways Boeing 747 (I can see which airline when pixel peeping!) flies over houses of parliament

Pentax 645D FA 35 at f/8 1/160 ISO 100


A-BA-747-overflies-House-of-Parliament-from-South-Bank by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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More from London from yesterday evening. Went for a stroll with a colleague around Westminster:

Nikon D800 14 - 24 at 20mm f/11 1/30 ISO 100


Westminster-Bridge-Lamp by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Commuters make their way across Westminster bridge as the sun gets low:

same settings:


evening-commuters-on-Westminster-bridge by singingsnapper, on Flickr

converted in black and white in Silver efex


bw-evening-commuters-on-Westminster-bridge by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Army helicopter close to Buckingham palace

Nikon D800 28 - 300 G VR at 300mm f/8 1/1250 ISO 500


Helicopter-close-to-Buckingham-Palace by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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Another from the same evening:

Nikon D800 14 - 24 at f/11 and 17mm 1/25 ISO 100


A-Westminster-evening by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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Some from London -a very colourful bank building opposite King's Cross station:

Pentax 645D FA 35 f/5.6 1/15 ISO 640


colourful-barclays1 by singingsnapper, on Flickr

f/5.6 1/20 ISO 640


colourful-barclays2 by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Old Bill - a bus from 100 years ago in Imperial War Museum in London

Nikon D800 Nikkor 14 - 24 f/6.3 22mm 1/20 ISO 400


Ole-Bill by singingsnapper, on Flickr