Colourful London

mad_malteaser · Dec 11, 2004

It's not often I spend a day in London and actually remember to get my camera out. So achieving both these things on the same day was impressive enough. Actually coming back with several pictures that I was really happy with was even better!

St Martin-in-the-Field, Trafalgar Square

A fairground in Leicester Square.

Aoide · Dec 11, 2004

Love the spinning carousel. I have one like that but it was taken at night so it is mainly a blur of light. I like that you can see some details of the carousel.

triggerhappy · Dec 12, 2004

Nice work! I like the way you left all the people in the first picture - you get some really good perspective by having all these tiny people running around such an imposing builidng.

ditto aoide's comments on the latter pictures.

sillyphaunt · Dec 12, 2004

I love the last 2.. The spinning is awesome, and the color on the 2nd one is really great. IT almost looks colorized.

John E. · Dec 12, 2004

Good pictures. Ditto on the Carousel. Having never been to London, is the fairground open all year?

mad_malteaser · Dec 12, 2004

Thanks Everyone!

Cruzin said:
Good pictures. Ditto on the Carousel. Having never been to London, is the fairground open all year?

Cruzin: That's a very good question which I'm afraid I don't know the answer to! A lot of people seem to know about the fairground, so I'm guessing it's there either all the year or for a large amount of it.

Anubis · Dec 12, 2004

Great shots!!!

I especially like #3, would you mind posting the aperture/speed you used.

Excellent stuff,

Bryan.

mad_malteaser · Dec 12, 2004

Bryan said:
Great shots!!!

I especially like #3, would you mind posting the aperture/speed you used.

Excellent stuff,

Bryan.

Sure! For that particular photograph:
Shutter Speed: 1/8 second
F Number: F/8.0
Focal Length: 6 mm
ISO Speed: 200

I also upped the contrast, cropped and rotated a little in Photoshop.