London at Night

I am fortunate (or unfortunate depending on your view!) that I work in London. Yesterday (Saturday) I was working at another location which allowed me to travel a different route through London, givving me the opportunity to take one of the photos that I've seen done many times, but wanted to do myself. The London Eye at night.

I had expected to finish work late afternoon, so had packed my camera, 28-135 lens (next time I'll take the 10-20 I think), my gorrilapod and my TC-80N3 remote (which I got for christmas and don't really know how to use yet - but I'm learning - what there's a manual!).

I'd taken some pictures of the Houses of Parliment lit up at night a few years ago, so I went and tried to recapture them - not sure how happy I am with the results - so no posting of those. I then went onto the embankment and picked a few spots for the London Eye shots. These are my two favourites.


London Eye and County Hall


London Eye

I used the Gorillapod on walls for support, and eventually worked out how to set a long exposure through the remote (bulb on the camera, set the time for the exposure and press start on the remote). It's so much better than getting the shakes - it was just above freezing.

Ah well - that's a tick in the must do photos of London - plenty more to shoot.