Ancient and Modern

[Fangman]

Was taken by the lamps in the Royal Mews yesterday, but somewhat spoilt my the modern additions fitted below, which i hate to admit i did not notice until viewing in Lightroom in the evening.

 

[Dagwood56]

Don't you just hate when they add modern amenities to neat old things? I live in an area with many old covered bridges, and the counties have added traffic signs to many of them as well as traffic light structues in front of a few which just ruins the old time charm.

Anyway, to get back to your photo, I didn't really notice the new lights till I read your description. I was too busy looking at the older lights; they're gorgeous. Were they originally gas or always electric? The only thing that really bothers me with the photo is the color seems a bit flat. Maybe a slight bump in saturation and contrast would brighten it up.

 

[Fangman]

We had been given tickets for the tours of Gallery, Mews and State Rooms of Buckingham Palace and went up to town by train (I was told it had been 9 years since i last travelled by train) and foolishly decided not to take the 40D and stuck a little 5meg Fuji in my pocket. I have still not been forgiven for grumbling all day about my choice of camera! I rarely use the Fuji - it lives in the car - and did not enjoy the lag and tiny viewfinder and most of all the 18-200 sigma that it my all purpose lens for the Canon. Sorry a long winded way of explaining a flat image - any more saturation produces a blotchy sky on the 5meg image.

 

[Dagwood56]

:thumbup: I've done that too - left the Sony-100 home in favor of the Canon Point and shoot and then said to myself. "Why did I do this?"