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Morning in Estonia

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On a recent Baltic trip, myself and Greg went to Helsinki and Tallinn. Whilst in Tallinn, we had gotten up for a sunrise shoot and got the most wonderful colours in the sky. It was far better than our previous early morning shoot in Helsinki. The sky in this shot actually reminds me of one of my dawn shots of Battersea in London.

Randomly, my last three photos have all been of UNESCO world heritage sites. This image looks far, far better in the lightbox, so give that a go.

There is a quick behind the scenes video for this photoshoot on Vimeo:
vimeo.com/32603244 You can see from the video that the colours in this photo were actually in the sky and not added post-processing.

Edit:
Seeing this in the light of day, I wasn't happy with the overall processing. I've fixed a few things and lightened the whole image. It'll probably make it drop out of Explore, but it's a better image overall and that's all that matters.

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II / ISO 100 / f/11 / 50mm / HDR

Uploaded on Jan 31, 2012 | Map

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The Sun-Filled Corridor

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While on a photowalk around Westminster with Siany, we walk around the back of Westminster Abbey and she found this little entrance. We wandered in and found this fantastic little cloister and many other churchy-type things. We also found the oldest door in England, dating back to around 1050.

The interior of this, I believe it's called a chapter house, is modelled on the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. I loved the sense of perspective that this corridor gave, plus the wonderful ceiling and the bright sunlight shining in through the cloister windows.

This looks much more lovely large on black. I've also just realised that my Flickr stream has just passed over a million views, so thank you everyone who as visited and continues to visit my photos!

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II / ISO 100 / f/16 / 17-40mm @ 17mm / HDR

Uploaded on Jan 30, 2012 | Map

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A Storm Approaches Paris

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I was in Paris and did the usual tourist thing of going up the Eiffel Tower to get some shots of the Parisian skyline. While up there, I could see this massive storm approaching the city in the distance. The clouds were right along the horizon and lightening was just about visible.

This is much nicer when viewed on large. You get to see all the intricate details and colours. I wish Flickr had a bigger default size. I'll try and catch up with your photostreams later in the week!

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II / ISO 100 / f/6.3 / 17-40mm @ 17mm / HDR

Uploaded on Jan 29, 2012 | Map

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Purple Haze

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As stated in previous posts, I've been really busy recently, so here's one from the archives and sadly you'll have to see another Lake Bled photo. This was part of my sunrise session and, although similar to some of the others, different enough to warrant displaying it.

It's amazing just how much the sun can change the colour of the sky in such a short time, until the sun finally peaks over the horizon. If you're just getting into photography, my main tip is to pay attention to the light. If I took this exact scene during the middle of the day, not only would it be filled with tourists, but the colours wouldn't exist and it would look like every other tourist snap. The fact that I was bothered to scout the location and get up at 05:30 made all the difference.

This photo looks lovely larger.

You can see a behind the scenes video of this shoot on Vimeo. Also, do any of my contacts use F-Stop bags? I'm thinking of getting one and would like to hear feedback if you have it.

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II / ISO 100 / f/13 / 17-40mm @ 17mm / HDR

Uploaded on Jan 22, 2012 | Map

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The Razor

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I know it's the 17th of January, but happy new year everyone! This is my first proper post of 2012, as I've been so busy with work and training. I haven't had the chance to really get out with the camera, although I have been planning some trips for later this year. Myself and Greg A are off to China in the spring, so if anyone has any good advice, we'd appreciate it!

Although this cityscape isn't as pretty as some others, I thought I'd take the chance to show the often overlooked south London. As cityscapes go, it's pretty lacking in excitement, especially when compared to the glamour of the north London skyline, but it's still worth seeing. The main building is The Razor, a residential block that resuses rainwater and whose roof contains three wind turbines to generate some of the building's power.

I really like the futuristic feel that this photo has. There's something about the way the metallic skyscraper stands out amongst the smaller surrounding houses.

I'll hopefully get posting some more landscapes soon, assuming I get more time and can find some in the archives. For those of you that missed it, I produced a video showing my photography from last year (which is also my first year of photography). You can see it at:

vimeo.com/34314964

I know I say this about all photos, but this one really pops on black! It also really needs to be seen extra large, so here's a link to it on Smugmug:

Extra large version.

I'll catch up with your Flickr streams as soon and as best as I can!

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II / ISO 100 / f/7.1 / 17-40mm @ 40mm / HDR

Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012 | Map

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