TurnipFarmer's photostream  

Follow Me -> Twitter * 500px * Google+

Westminister Bridge, Bus Number 12, London, England

Just logged on again this morning to see that yesterdays photo made it into Explore, so thank you all again for visiting my photos and taking the time to comment. It was my buisest day on Flickr since I started approx 3 years ago according to my stats.

Also some big news (well for me anyway) I have finally got round to ordering a fisheye and hopefully will come in the post today (fingers crossed). I decided to get the Samyang 8mm f3.5, its a fully manual lens but I'm sure I will get used to that. Looking forward to using it.

A bit of change of subject, away form the Underground photos today but still in keeping with the London theme. Now I know this is a slightly cliché shot but I haven't seen too many done within the blue hour so I thought I would give it ago.

This was taken handheld and is a non HDR photo. Prior to this I must have taken 10-20 photos in which all my timing was off with the busses. However each time a bus passed it allowed me to tweak my settings on my camera until I was able to get this image. I do wish the bus was slightly more in frame but you can't win them all can you? :-)

Photo Details
Sony A700
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR
RAW
f/4.0
17mm
ISO400
1/5s exposure
Exposure Compensation = -0.75

Software Used
Lightroom 3.6
PTLens

Information
London Buses route 12 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Go-Ahead London.

Route 12 has a long history. In the 1930s destinations between as South Croydon and Brent Cross Station were served. By th 1950s, the route operated between South Croydon and Willesden Junction, although buses from Croydon generally ran no further than Oxford Circus and those from Harlesden no further than Dulwich.

The 12 was shortened to terminate at Norwood Junction in 1972, with new route 12A (later 312 and now 197) taking over between South Croydon and Peckham. On 25 October 1986, the route was reduced to operate only between Penge and East Acton From 14 August 1988, the 12 was curtailed to Dulwich from the north, capacity being maintained by extending the 78 from Dulwich to Forest Hill and the 176 from Forest Hill to Penge. The western terminal was moved to Shepherds Bush in 1991 and to Notting Hill Gate in 1994.

The route was restructured in 2005, with the section between Oxford Circus and Notting Hill Gate withdrawn, although it was partially replaced by an extension of route 390 and frequency increases on parallel route 148.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Buses_route_12

Follow Me -> Twitter * 500px * Google+

Canary Wharf Underground Station, London, England

Big thanks to everyone who took the time to comment and look at yesterdays photo upload, I am happy to say it made it into Explore :-)

This is one of my favourite underground stations on the network, the massive underground cavern type structure this station has is just amazing. However everytime I visit this station I always notice how the escalators are not symmetrical and sometimes I like it and sometimes it annoys me :-)

Has anyone else noticed this before? Even the other set of escalators at the other side of the station are the same.

I fancied this time trying B&W processing for a change. This is a HDR image again just to bring out the details. This station does work well with B&W I feel. Also tried slightly different composition by turning the camera on a angle and I quite like it. Doing it landscape didn't work very well I felt.

Photo Details
Sony A700
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR
RAW
HDR
f/5.0
17mm
ISO100
1/5s exposure

Software Used
Lightroom 3.6
Photomatix 4.1
PTLens

Information
Canary Wharf tube station is a London Underground station on the Jubilee Line, between Canada Water and North Greenwich. It is in Travelcard Zone 2 and was opened by Ken Livingstone setting an escalator in motion on 17 September 1999 as part of the Jubilee Line Extension. It is maintained by Tube Lines. Over 40 million people pass through the station each year, making it not only the busiest station on the London Underground outside Central London but also the busiest that serves only a single line. (The DLR station is completely separate.)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Wharf_tube_station

Follow Me -> Twitter * 500px * Google+

Hampstead Underground Station, London, England

I should have uploaded a photo yesterday but never got round to it, I do try to upload one a day to for you all hope you don't mind :-)

Well, back to Hampstead Underground Station. This is such a photogenic station, so many rich colours and photo opportunities. For this photo I had to time it in-between trains on both sides of the platforms and eventually this was the result.

I had to take this photo with ISO 400 which I normally don't do if I am going to make an HDR photo due to the noise but I had too with this because I wanted the DOF correct.

Well I hope you are all having a good week so far :-)

Photo Details
Sony A700
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR
RAW
HDR
f/5.6
17mm
ISO400
1/10s exposure

Software Used
Lightroom 3.6
Photomatix 4.1
PTLens

Information
Hampstead tube station is a London Underground station in Hampstead, north London NW3 1QG. The station is on the Edgware branch of the Northern Line, between Golders Green and Belsize Park stations, and on the boundary between Travelcard Zone 2 and Zone 3.

The station was opened on 22 June 1907 by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway. Located at the junction of Heath Street and Hampstead High Street, the name Heath Street was proposed for the station before opening: indeed, the original tiled station signs on the platform walls, recently restored, still read "Heath Street". Hampstead is on a steep hill and the station platforms are the deepest on the London Underground network, at 58.5 metres or 192 feet below ground level. It has the deepest lift shaft on the Underground at 181 feet which houses high-speed lifts. There is also a spiral emergency staircase, made up of over 320 steps.

To the north, between Hampstead and Golders Green stations is the uncompleted North End or Bull & Bush station. Hampstead Heath station on the North London Line is a 10-15 minute walk east.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampstead_tube_station

Follow Me -> Twitter * 500px * Google+

Greenwich Foot Tunnel, London, England
UPDATE FEB 2012 - #11 on Explore for 29.02.2012 - Had a nice surprise when I logged on so thank you very much everybody! :-)

A friend of mine came down from up North couple of days ago, his flickr profile is here Camel Kegs so we had a trip into London. Here is his photo from the same position but from different perspective -

www.flickr.com/photos/50428574@N08/6775461960/in/photostream

We visit quite a few places but both of us really enjoyed photographing here at Greenwich foot tunnel. Having been here myself before it was great for a revisit and get those photos and perspectives that I missed last time.

I was always intrigued by this red box about halfway along the tunnel, its really the only bit of colour in the whole tunnel, it is such a contrast to the rest of the tunnel. Sadly I don’t know what it does though. My tripod was almost flat to the ground and pointed it upwards slightly and this was the result.

This is an HDR image made from a single image, processed in a gritty way to reflect the charactroer of the tunnel which I hope you will all enjoy.

Anyway, must dash but I hope you all have an awesome Friday and weekend :-)

Photo Details
Sony A700
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR
RAW
HDR
f/5.6
17mm
ISO100
2.5s exposure

Software Used
Lightroom 3.6
Photomatix 4.1
PTLens

Information
The Greenwich foot tunnel is a pedestrian tunnel crossing beneath the River Thames in East London, linking Greenwich (Royal Borough of Greenwich) in the south with the Isle of Dogs (London Borough of Tower Hamlets) to the north. The tunnel is currently undergoing refurbishment and the works were due to be complete by June 2011, but delays mean that they are now scheduled to be complete some time in 2012.

The tunnel was designed by civil engineer Sir Alexander Binnie for London County Council, and was constructed by contractor John Cochrane & Co; the project started in June 1899 and the tunnel was opened on 4 August 1902. The tunnel replaced an expensive and sometimes unreliable ferry service, and was intended to allow workers living on the south side of the Thames to reach their workplaces in the London docks and shipyards then situated in or near the Isle of Dogs. Its creation owed much to the efforts of working-class politician Will Crooks who had worked in the docks and, after chairing the LCC's Bridges Committee responsible for the tunnel, would later serve as Labour MP for nearby Woolwich.

The entrance shafts at both ends lie beneath glazed domes, with lifts (installed in 1904, upgraded in 1992) and spiral staircases allowing pedestrians to reach the sloping, tile-lined tunnel at the bottom. The cast-iron tunnel itself is 370.2 m (1,217 ft) long and 15.2 m (50 ft) deep and has an internal diameter of about 9 feet (2.7 m). Its cast-iron rings are lined with concrete which has been surfaced with some 200,000 white glazed tiles. The northern end was damaged by bombs during World War II and the repairs included a thick steel and concrete inner lining that reduces the diameter substantially for a short distance.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_foot_tunnel

Follow Me -> Twitter * 500px * Google+

Hampstead Underground Station, London, England

This one from Hampstead Underground Station very similar to this one I did but from a different angle

www.flickr.com/photos/turnipfarmer/6908329545/in/photostream

I thought I would also try a different way of processing this photo and went for a high contrast black and white feel. I didn't think it would work or I would like it but it seems to work. What caught my eye was the massive curve around the sweeping bend, I really liked this place.

When taking this photo I wish I had a fisheye or very wide angle lens to capture it in its entirety. I mentioned a few weeks ago that I'm thinking of getting a super wide angle lens but I think I'm going to get a fisheye, looking at the Samyang 8mm f3.5, seems a good price and I'm sure I will use it although it seems the consensus from my Twitter followers that sadly they don't get used as much as they should, whats you thoughts?

Well thats all for now :-)

Photo Details
Sony A700
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR
RAW
f/5.6
17mm
ISO400
1/8s exposure

Software Used
Lightroom 3.6

Information
Hampstead tube station is a London Underground station in Hampstead, north London NW3 1QG. The station is on the Edgware branch of the Northern Line, between Golders Green and Belsize Park stations, and on the boundary between Travelcard Zone 2 and Zone 3.

The station was opened on 22 June 1907 by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway. Located at the junction of Heath Street and Hampstead High Street, the name Heath Street was proposed for the station before opening: indeed, the original tiled station signs on the platform walls, recently restored, still read "Heath Street". Hampstead is on a steep hill and the station platforms are the deepest on the London Underground network, at 58.5 metres or 192 feet below ground level. It has the deepest lift shaft on the Underground at 181 feet which houses high-speed lifts. There is also a spiral emergency staircase, made up of over 320 steps.

To the north, between Hampstead and Golders Green stations is the uncompleted North End or Bull & Bush station. Hampstead Heath station on the North London Line is a 10-15 minute walk east.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampstead_tube_station