Behind the shot - The London Eye

The London Eye at dusk

I used to work adjacent to this iconic landmark. I decided that I would take a photo and planned the shot to include some color from the sunset. In February the sun sets directly behind the wheel from this location. The added advantage is that the trees are bare and don't dominate the scene as they do during the Summer months.

I opted for a 30 second exposure to allow for some movement in the wheel as it turned slowly (The wheel completes one turn every 30 minutes) The length of exposure also helped remove pedestrians that walked through the scene constantly. As long as they moved during exposure they were not recorded.

On this occaision some of the wheel was not illuminated and it was therefore necessary to time the shot for when the dead section was hidden behind the building on the left of the Photo.

{005} bridge view

{005} bridge view
Originally uploaded by pixelstate

Day 5 of my Project 365 and I'm still managing to take a shot each day.

This photo of the London Skyline was taken from Hungerford Bridge looking up the Thames to the Houses of Parliament at Westminster.

Taken using an iPhone 4 and edited in Camera using the 'Nostalgic' filter effect in the Camera+ Application

Photographer of the Month

One of my photos has just been featured on Chris Shepherd's excellent photography site. :)

St Pauls and Millenium Bridge at dawn

Chris' site contains some exceptional and inspirational photography and is well worth a visit

Chris Shepherd