Along Chelsea Embankment

[Singing snapper]

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


Chelsea-Enbankment by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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


chelsea-enbankment-bw by singingsnapper, on Flickr

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

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


Looking-down-the-Thames by singingsnapper, 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


Albert-Bridge-and-the-Thames by singingsnapper, on Flickr

converted in Silver efex


It's-the-Albert-Bridge-in-black-and-white! by singingsnapper, 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


patriotic-houseboats by singingsnapper, 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


London-airship by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Finally a candid of a cyclist using the same lens

f/7.1 1/320 ISO 200


cyclist-on-enbankment by singingsnapper, on Flickr


cyclist-on-embankment-bw by singingsnapper, on Flickr

[markgozz]

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

[Singing snapper]

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

[markgozz]

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