Ian Smith Photography
An Evening in London
Posted by Ian Smith (London, United Kingdom) on 18 March 2013 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
Long exposure (with no filters) from Golden Jubilee Bridge looking south towards Westminster Bridge - just before I got drenched in an instant thunderstorm that the BBC weather service failed to mention before I headed out.
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sawsengee from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
a beautiful blue hour shot with fine light, colours & the light steaks from the moving boat with the 8 seconds exposure
18 Mar 2013 6:36am
digitalCG from Manchester, United Kingdom
Framing is a touch tight at the top but that's easily overlooked when all other aspects are so bloody good. Excellent stuff Ian.
18 Mar 2013 7:24am
@digitalCG: I need to get an UWA.
Gérard Beullac from Paris, France
Beautiful !
The light and reflection of the boat in motion are a huge structural element in the image.
18 Mar 2013 7:31am
omid from mashhad, Iran
wooooooow!
very nice night shot!
so beautiful composition, colors, lights & reflections!
18 Mar 2013 7:53am
Aubélia from Kortrijk, Belgium
A gorgeous view! Beautiful light and reflections! I love it! Have a nice day, Ian.
18 Mar 2013 8:18am
Hans ter Horst from Dippach, Luxembourg
LOL, I know what you mean by the unexpected rain. I use this website to plan my photo shoots if it looks like rain: http://weatherspark.com/#!dashboard;a=London
18 Mar 2013 8:36am
@Hans ter Horst: Thanks!
Basile Pesso from Paris, France
Stunning slow speed with wonderful night shot quality, and, as almost all achieved slow speed pictures upon water, candidate to spotlight.
18 Mar 2013 8:46am
Stu from From Scotland | Living in 京都 Kyoto, Japan
Fantastic!
I stopped trusting the Beeb's weather forecast after the famous Michael Fish hurricane "incident" of 1987.
18 Mar 2013 1:51pm
DarkElf from Perth, Australia
great composition and fine exposure! the line created by the boat moving on the right actually helps to point the eyes towards the city and Ferris Wheel...
19 Mar 2013 12:43am
@Basile Pesso: You have great influence! :-) Merci!
Baldwin Vandewalle from Bejuma, Afghanistan
Stunning night shot ... light and colors are absolutely magnificent !!!
Congratulations on this well deserved Spotlight !!!
19 Mar 2013 8:33pm
Ainsley from Derbyshire, United Kingdom
wonderful image Ian, I missed this first time around, but i love the blue shimmer from the eye on to the Thames.
19 Mar 2013 9:03pm
Elaine Hancock from Rockville, United States
Absolutely beautiful! Congratulations on the Spotlight!
19 Mar 2013 10:03pm
Bruno F from Planète Terre, Europe, France
Yesterday, you were my favorite, so congrats !
19 Mar 2013 10:03pm
Ted from South Wales, United Kingdom
Congrats Ian...love the intensity of colour, sharpness and fiery motion.
19 Mar 2013 10:30pm
L'angevine from Angers, France
bravo pour la qualité de ces couleurs et de la netteté aussi puis j'adore cette roue bleue
20 Mar 2013 8:14am
Sylvie capture image from Anjou - Maine et Loire (Loire Valley), France
congratulations... wonderful image.
20 Mar 2013 8:42am
Ian Smith from London, United Kingdom
Thank you for your kind comments everyone! Makes the memory of getting soaked a distant one :-)
20 Mar 2013 9:33am
Mhelene from Villiers-sur-Marne, France
So beautiful ! A splendid blue and gold photo !Congratulations on the spotligt !
20 Mar 2013 9:36am
Laurette from Johannesburg - Fourways, South Africa
A very beautiful composition and superbly photographed ! Congratulations on the Spotlight !
20 Mar 2013 12:19pm
Judy aka L@dybug from Brooksville, FL, United States
Wow, this is fantastic ... like a speeding car racing into the river on a disappearing road.
Congratulations on the Spotlight!
20 Mar 2013 5:06pm
Benz World from Australia
Love the colours and the movement from the boat. Were you tempted to stay and try to get some lightning strikes in your long exposures?
22 Mar 2013 11:30am
@Benz World: Unfortunately the 60D isn't waterproof, and neither was I :-)
This image has been featured in 6 Remix collections.
Lumières - Lights - Couleurs - Colors by Sylvie SLG - capture image
Canon EOS 60D
8 seconds
F/11.0
ISO 100
15 mm
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