Interesting places in City of Westminster:

London Eye		Hyde Park
Hungerford Bridge		Soho
Marylebone		London County Hall
Somers Town		British Museum
Lambeth (Waterloo)		Queen Elizabeth II Great Court (British Museum)
London Marriott Hotel County Hall		Piccadilly Theatre
Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament)		Westminster Bridge
British Museum Reading Room		Trafalgar Square
Westminster Abbey		Imperial College London - South Kensington Campus
Fitzrovia		Primrose Hill (DISTRICT)
Belgravia		Covent Garden
Whitehall, Westminster, London		Bloomsbury
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Canon 5D Mark II
Made by The Round Peg
Read our Blog or follow us on Twitter So what's all this hype about the new Canon 5D Mark II? Today I had the possibility to try it for some hours around London and I had my own ideas on it. Where to start? The specifications are well known to everyone, so I will not go through all of them, but I will underline those I feel make the difference. If I have to choose the most important thing this camera carries with it I would point one without any doubts. High ISO capability The photo I have chosen to show you with this short review portray a man outside a pub, a normal scene in London, but if you look closer you would see that there is a little bit of grain. Counting that the photo was taken almost at five in the afternoon, you could see that the quality is not that bad, but giving a deeper look at the EXIF you would see that I shot it at ISO 6400! At f/2.8 and 1/60th of a second the result is absolutely impressive. Yes, this is the main feature of this camera. Joking (but not so much to be honest) I wrote on a twit that this camera is able to create light from darkness. In a pitch black cab at ISO 25600 I was able to get a portrait; grainy, but still acceptable. megapixels, tons of megapixels One Jpeg at full resolution is almost ten megabytes. The impressive 21 MegaPixel are more than enough for using a violent use of the crop tool. I love not to crop the photos if I can, a good composition does not need cropping, but with so many megapixels you can play with your scissors! In order to avoid incompatibility with my editing software we decided not to shoot RAW, but nothing new on that side. I would still use the full RAW even at the cost of producing a huge 20MB file for each photo. The camera can produce smaller RAW files, but it is not a file compression, just a reduction in the number of used pixels: personally I would not go for a ten megabyte file just to use the camera at half its power... video I have always criticized Canon or Nikon for setting video capabilities in the new DSLR cameras, but I have to admit that in order to stay in tunes with the photojournalistic needs, video is something that CAN be the right move. I had some fun today using the video mode, the result are absolutely stunning, nevertheless I am not convinced that the feature will be used by more than a handful of photographers. The camera is not a videocam, so handling it while shooting a video is no easy job, nevertheless I think that few good attempt and a good direction will give everyone the right expertise to have some very good videos even without a tripod. Viewfinder Hey, it is a FULL FRAME camera. Do not expect a small viewfinder, because you will not get one. It is HUGE, very well designed and it brings you details only a full frame viewfinder can. Drawbacks There has been just one really annoying thing: the shutter button. It does feel a software button, if the focus is not perfect (and the camera is in Single Shot mode) the camera does not react. I like the mechanical feeling on the shutter; when I press the button the camera should do one thing and one thing only: release the shutter. Immediately! Did I focus badly? Who cares! I want the camera to fire straight away, without questions. I have to admit that the only moment I had this issue was when my time with the camera was closing to the end and the light was a dream. With my 40D shooting in those conditions would have been absolutely impossible, while with the new Canon 5D Mark II it was still possible to do many things... Conclusion I have to be honest: I would have loved to walk home, tonight, with the 5D Mk II in my hands. The camera is incredibly good, it is fast, the ISO settings are incredible and overall the quality of the camera is GREAT! There are many small details that have been improved since the 5D and the Prosumer camera from Canon is a serious player. I bet that many professional photographers would prefer it over a 1D Mk III. The price? It is high, but I think that the quality this camera is able to deliver is worth the price!


Some up, some down
Made by Katarina 2353
My London set London is the largest urban area and the capital of England and the United Kingdom. An important settlement for two millennia, London's history goes back to its founding by the Romans. Since its settlement, London has been part of many important movements and phenomena throughout history, such as the English Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution, and the Gothic Revival. The city's core, the ancient City of London, still retains its limited medieval boundaries; but since at least the 19th century the name London has also referred to the whole metropolis which has developed around it. Today the bulk of this conurbation forms the London region of England and the Greater London administrative area, with its own elected mayor and assembly. London is one of the world's leading business, financial, and cultural centres, and its influence in politics, education, entertainment, media, fashion and the arts all contribute to its status as a major global city. London boasts four World Heritage Sites: The Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church; the Tower of London; the historic settlement of Greenwich; and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The city is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, and its popularity has increased over the years due to economic growth. London's diverse population draws from a wide range of peoples, cultures, and religions, and over 300 languages are spoken within the city. As of 2006, it has an official population of 7,512,400 within the boundaries of Greater London and is the most populous municipality in the European Union. As of 2001, the Greater London Urban Area has a population of 8,278,251 and the metropolitan area is estimated to have a total population of between 12 and 14 million. The 2012 Summer Olympic Games will be held in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012, followed by the 2012 Paralympic Games from 29 August to 9 September. I hope this aerial photos of London will help you during your stay in this beautiful metropolis! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London


Disappointed
Made by The Round Peg
I wondered how to call this shot and what to write underneath it. My mind is racing in three different direction and I cannot find the perfect photo for any of the three thoughts. From one side I have the excitement for tonight public debate on Photographers' Rights and Obligations in the UK. The London Calling Photographers has succeeded in gathering the London Metropolitan Police (MET), the British Journal of Photography (BJP) and the British Press Photographers' Association (BPPA) to discuss about the recent development in the laws and in the Prime Minister feedbacks on the issue. The meeting is free and open to everybody, so if you are interested there are still few seats available: go on our website and signup on the wiki page. We have been featured in the Guardian, and some journalists will cover the event as well. On another side I had the pleasure, yesterday evening, to attend an Event in the Apple Store. Stephen Fry held a speech on technology, and it had been really interesting. Unfortunately I was restrained by using one of my lenses because I seemed too professional and I was not accredited as press. The event was really good, but the photo did not turned out very well: I was a little too far and in the middle of the crown to capture good shots with the 50mm. Well, lesson learned! Then there is a huge blow I received yesterday, watching the behavior of a man I trusted going so low in my scale of respectability that I have been almost dizzy for some minutes. Today the disappointment is surfacing, the incredulity is forming more clearly. Disappointment, then, is the title of this photo. Disappointed by the general outcome, but pleased with the lessons I have learned once more. Disappointed as the girl I took a photo almost by mistake. Disappointed because more conscious. Yes, We Can! The mantra in my head, the disappointment in my mind and the strong urge to prove myself, to move forward. Where will this end? Follow me on twitter!


Great Court in the British Museum, London (UK)
Made by Panoramyx
Canon EOS400D with Kit Lens 18-55mm. Panorama merged in Photoshop CS4 from 8 handheld shots f:/4,5 1/50s @18mm. Processed in Photomatix Pro to HDR. El Museo Británico, inaugurado en 1759, es el mayor del Reino Unido y uno de los más visitados del mundo. Sus más de siete millones de objetos de todos los continentes (expuestos, en restauración o almacenados por falta de espacio) conforman una de las colecciones más importantes del mundo. La entrada al museo es gratuita (a excepción de algunas exposiciones temporales). Cabe destacar la sección del Antiguo Egipto (sólo superada por la del Museo Egipcio de El Cairo), la de Oriente Medio o la de la Antigua Grecia. En esta panorámica se ve el Gran Atrio de la reina Isabel II, inaugurado en el año 2000, que rodea la sala de lectura. Diseñado por el estudio del arquitecto Norman Foster, ocupa el sitio que antes ocupaba la Biblioteca Británica y se ha convertido en la mayor plaza cubierta de Europa (90 x 70 metros). El techo del atrio es de cristal y acero, y está compuesto por 1.656 pares de cristales. The British Museum, established in 1759, is the biggest museum in the UK and one of the most visited in the world. Its collections, which number more than 7 million objects (exposed, under study or restauration or just in shelves due to lack of space), are among the largest and most comprehensive in the world. The Museum charges no admission fee, although charges are levied for some temporary special exhibitions. The Ancient Egypt collections (only second to those in the Egyptian Museum in El Cairo), and the Middle East and Ancient Greece sections are well worth a visit. In this panorama we can see the Great Court, opened in 2000, which was designed by architect Sir Norman Foster. It surrounds the Reading Room, exactly where the British Library used to be and has become the largest roofed square in Europe (90 m x 70 m). The roof is made of steel and 1.656 pairs of glass pieces.


London eye
Made by Katarina 2353
My London set London is the largest urban area and the capital of England and the United Kingdom. An important settlement for two millennia, London's history goes back to its founding by the Romans. Since its settlement, London has been part of many important movements and phenomena throughout history, such as the English Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution, and the Gothic Revival. The city's core, the ancient City of London, still retains its limited medieval boundaries; but since at least the 19th century the name London has also referred to the whole metropolis which has developed around it. Today the bulk of this conurbation forms the London region of England and the Greater London administrative area, with its own elected mayor and assembly. London is one of the world's leading business, financial, and cultural centres, and its influence in politics, education, entertainment, media, fashion and the arts all contribute to its status as a major global city. London boasts four World Heritage Sites: The Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church; the Tower of London; the historic settlement of Greenwich; and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The city is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, and its popularity has increased over the years due to economic growth. London's diverse population draws from a wide range of peoples, cultures, and religions, and over 300 languages are spoken within the city. As of 2006, it has an official population of 7,512,400 within the boundaries of Greater London and is the most populous municipality in the European Union. As of 2001, the Greater London Urban Area has a population of 8,278,251 and the metropolitan area is estimated to have a total population of between 12 and 14 million. London will be hosting the 2012 Summer Olympics. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London


Happy Valentine's 2009 أجمل ما في الحب الصراحة مهما كانت قاسيه لأنها حبات اللؤلؤ التي تزين بها الذكريات
Made by A.T.Q * In UK
14th of Feb 2009 Happy Valentine's Day London , uk I'm Not Crying Say all the words you want baby But I'm not breaking down Your words just bounce right off me My tears are nowhere to be found You and I are over That's road's already been paved And it's too late for you to realize What we had could've been saved Now that your girl dumped you You say you know how I feel But don't expect my sympathy 'Cause you caught the raw end of that deal You're begging me to take you back The tears running down your face But the emotions have frozen within me And I'm in a different place. A place where I don't have to care About how hard you're trying And all I can think as I turn away Is that for once I'm not crying أبوس تـراب رجـلـك يا لـويـلي .... ولــولا ذاك لا أدعــى مصـابا وما بـوس التراب لحب ارض .... ولكـن حـب من وطىء الترابا جننت بها وقـد أصـبحت فيها .... محبـــا أستطــيب بهـا العـذابا ولازمـت القـفـار بـكـل أرض .... وعيشي بالوحوش نمى وطابا الحب مشاعر صادقه نقيه ولا يكون حب بخداع او كذب انما بقلب صادق ان لم يكن هناك شيء اسمه حب لخترعناه لنغيش به


Watching the fireworks
Made by Dean Ayres
...in Leicester Square during the Chinese New Year celebrations. I love the expression on this woman's face as a cloud of firework smoke engulfs the crowd, and the way she presses the youngest child into her scarf. I'd never seen a firework display in daylight before; they aren't much to see, but the noise and the smoke are very striking. And they are what this family are reacting to. It was a lucky capture. A gap opened up in the crowd. I saw the expression on the woman's face, took a couple of steps towards her, and realised that if I went any closer I would distract her. So I zoomed in as close as my lens would allow and fired off a few shots. I've cropped the image quite hard to isolate the central family group. The shot I took a second later didn't have the girl with the pink hood in the foreground, but the woman's face had changed, and the photo doesn't have the same dynamism. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you all for your kind comments. I'm amazed that a large number of people are still viewing this photo 6 months after it was taken, and I'm intrigued about how you stumble upon it. If you are thinking of adding a comment, please tell me how you got here. Thanks again, Dean


London Eye
Made by Jeroenolthof.nl
Lovely view of the London Eye. I've been to London a couple of times but I've never taken a decent shot of the Eye. To be honest, I've never been inside, it's just too freakin' expensive. This shot was taken from Victoria Embankment. The London Eye (also known as the Millennium Wheel) at a height of 135 metres (443 ft), is the biggest Ferris wheel in Europe, and has become the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom, visited by over 3 million people a year. At the time it was erected it was the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, until it was surpassed by the Star of Nanchang (160m) in May 2006, and then the Singapore Flyer (165m) on 11 February 2008. However, it is still described by its operators as the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel (because the entire structure is supported by an A-frame on one side only). The London Eye is located at the western end of Jubilee Gardens, on the South Bank of the River Thames in London, United Kingdom, between Westminster Bridge and Hungerford Bridge. The site is adjacent to that of the former Dome of Discovery, which was built for the Festival of Britain in 1951. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_eye


Mirror Pool (Trafalgar Square), London
Made by flatworldsedge
Please do view me large on black! Another one from last week's evening in town, in the cold. The original version (see below) looked a little lopsided with just one fountain, so I thought I'd try this reflected version. It's maybe a little over processed in Photoshop 7.0, but as I had it loaded up anyway for the reflection and to skew the lines straight, I thought I might as well take it a little further. I'm delighted by the detail and symmetry in the very centre of the image which only really comes out in Lightbox so, whilst I feel terrible imposing on people as to how they might want to view it, I'd really recommend firing it up full size by hitting L. I hope you like it! Having whinged in several posts about (supposed) Terror regulations in London and the interference of security guards and so forth, I have to say that the Police in Trafalgar Square are fantastic. They were a very nice presence after a few (as yet unposted) nights out and about terrifying myself in fields, woods and towns! Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend and look forward to seeing your stuff now I'm home!


Charity Print Sale - 15/52 - Giraffe
Made by jamesgalpin
This image has been requested by a colleague so he can donate for the Demelza Hospice. It was a fun image that has been viewed close to 30,000 times now. This is the 15th image for sale from my 52 week fundraising effort for the Demelza Trust. www.demelza.org.uk/ Each Saturday one image will be uploaded with the following price guide. All profits from the images will go to the Demelza Trust. www.justgiving.com/jimjam52pics Pledge size will result in differing print sizes as follows: 6x4.5 - £1.50 8x6 - £7.50 12x9 - £25 16x12 - £50 Each image will be sold a maximum of 5 times, first come first served. Each print will be accompanied by a certificate of authenticity recording its limited edition status. Please be generous, it's a very good cause. And please note which image the donation relates to so I know which to print. James


Her Curly Hair and my Fatherly Instinct
Made by The Round Peg
Lately I feel, more than ever, a strong fatherly instinct. I have always wanted to have children, but in these months I smile more broadly when I see children smiling, laughing or walking their steps through the world. It can be something normal for most of the people, but for me it is a pleasant sensation. During the second day of the Notting Hill Carnival 2008 I met a lot of people, the crowd was almost unbearable at some points, but the children there opened my heart more than once and everything became light and easy. This child's eyes in particular were full of that particular curiosity that it is typical of children. She was amazing: a whistle in her mouth, a white dress, riding her father's shoulders and most of all a great bushy hair to crown that little face. I saw them from the distance; they were walking away from me, but I had some luck because the the man turned for a while, just in time to take this shot.


London Night Bus, Whitehall
Made by flatworldsedge
First shot from a night series in and around Trafalgar Square. I nearly lost a hand to frostbite taking this; autumn has turned to winter. This is actually a composite - like - of my favourite takes from the left and right hand sides of the road. There's a traffic island at the head of Whitehall where you can set up looking down towards Big Ben. As the traffic is often stopped at the lights, there are awkward moments when 10-20 cars are all parked glaring at you, thinking the camera is pointed at them alone. I was worried some MP would leap out of his mistress's Saab to threaten arrest on Terror charges. I spent most of my time therefore avoiding eye-contact, looking over my left shoulder for the buses to come. Some of the shots are blurred from the turbulence thrown up behind the passing buses! Hope everyone is very well and enjoying the end of the week.


Good News on the Phone
Made by The Round Peg
Good news are always welcome. No matter who you are, what you background is or what the news is. I was hit by the expression of this woman. I like to think she just received a great news and she was trying to behave well while on the phone. Or at least I hope she did! Yesterday Fabiana was at the gym, so I took some time after work and went hunting with the long lens once more. I went from Charing Cross to the South Bank, then to Piccadilly Circus, Oxford Circus and then towards Notting Hill and finally home. Shooting for some weeks with a different lens (the 28mm) helped me gaining confidence. Now with the long lens, when I see something interesting I simply put my camera on my eye, focus, compose and shot. As if it was a perfectly normal thing. It is, don't misunderstand me, but the psychological gap is always there.


Big Ben at Twilight – London England
Made by Jeff McNeill Photography (Thanks for 95K Views)
Well I finally was able to get out of the hospital, get into an apartment, and back to classes. With all of that I had not been able to get out and take the photos I had been hoping for while here in London. But tonight I went down to the Thames ate dinner and was able to take a series of photos. This is one of the first I was able to process. I love the way it turned out. This was one of the best nights I have had while here. I hope you all like it and I hope to have some of the others up in a few days. Best Viewed Large ISO 100 F/12 Shutter Speed 1/10 of a Second 26mm Focal Length Hoya Polarized Filter PhotoAwardsCounter Click here to see the awards count for this photo.


Shake your Booty!
Made by The Round Peg
Listen to the music, smile, shake your booty and be free. Be free to choose, to love, to be Proud of what you are. Follow the rhythm, do not follow the standards, feel free to march with your head high, and to swim against the current loving what you love. The London Pride, or Gay Pride, is, first and foremost, a fantastic Party. I personally think that everyone should be free to choose his or her own sexuality, and should be free from judgments. First of the London Pride series, more to come in the next days!!!I have decided to name this set , following one of the billboards proudly carried by the people in he parade and sharing the idea that homophobia is bad.


Red Woman In Tube
Made by edscoble
John, you bloody well better love this, because it took bloody age to focus through the viewfinder of the Lubitel, and sitting beside a fat Yanks whose legs is rubbing against me is not helping. It's all guesstimate, since I have 200 ISO film, I can able to set the shutter speed to 1/60th of a second at F/4.5 (max), the nicest thing about cross processing is that even if a picture wasn't exposed properly, the cross processing allowed to make the image more vivid and brighter, thus giving the impression that it's actually exposed properly.


The Wall of Water
Made by The Round Peg
There are games you cannot stop yourself playing, even if the moment is not the perfect one, even if you are grown up. Despite everything you should not do, when you find a fountain that is also a game, when you find walls of water that get up and down, you play! I took this shot during the Workshop we had few saturdays ago. A contact in Twitter pointed out that this wall seems a little weak, but I can assure you that those who tried to pass trough it went out soaked wet! (and it was a quite cold day... the sun had just came out for few moments)


[ لندن وصلت ودونك شلون حالي~ وأنت حيات الروح يا روح لندن في كل مكان يلتقي فيك بالي ]
Made by [آل صمخان الكـبيسـي]
Hello everyone =D Firs thing I miss london ~ i miss harrods ~ i miss tracaderoo ;P Relly i Miss London ~ only 2 month but i can't tike it too long =( ,, iknow every one miss london so so so much ~ ! ,, So i hop u like the shoot ,, أهـــداء للكل ,, لندن وصلت ودونك شلون حالي؟ وأنت حيات الروح يا روح لندن في كل مكان يلتقي فيك بالي song.6arab.com/3abdelmajeed-3abdallah_shay5at-algalb.ram Enjoy ~ ! Qatari Stayle


Overlooking the Big Ben
Made by The Round Peg
A little break to the kiss stream. I have one or two more of them, but I am not entirely convinced by how they turned out, so I prefer to publish one I like. Almost a painting in grainy pencils, this is what I expect from my city: a bench where to talk to a friend, overlooking the Big Ben. Sometimes it is important to remember where we are and why we can make the difference! Follow me on twitter or have a look at more of my photos in my posterous blog


Taxi!
Made by The Round Peg
Walking around London is interesting for a lot of reasons and one of these is that you can meet one type of people in a location, and a complete different one just around the corner. I was in Green Park today, but I was not attracted by anything I saw, then I decided to cut through Mayfair to get to Oxford Street. The street I took was New Bond Street, where the worst shop is the Louis Vuitton one (just because it is under refurbishment)... This man was coming out from one of the many shops and he stopped to call a taxi: the perfect moment.