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Explore #1
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I have done many interior shots from around the world, such as Zagreb Cathedral in Croatia and Opera Garnier in Paris, but it's been a while since I went out in London for some.
Although a very common shot from this location, I wanted my own take on it and it finally took magnificent shot by John Esslinger to get my ass in gear and make the trek to Greenwich. And what a trek it was.
I live in North West London and Greenwich is in South East London. Normally when the Jubilee line is runing, it takes me about an hour. Sadly, during my trip, this line had a signal failure and it took me over two and a half hours to make the journey. Luckily I was aiming for interior shots, as it was pouring down with rain.
Once I had arrived, the whole area was filled with tents and vans and generators. It turns out that they were filming a movie version of Les Misérables there, staring Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman and Helena Bonham Carter. The Painted Hall was in line with the current shoot, so the production company had staff in the room stopping people from crossing the hall every now and again during takes. I managed to persuade them to stop people behind me, so I had a completely clear room for a few minutes. Bonus!
The room has a couple of shiny, wheeled tables in it, so that you may view the decorated ceiling without straining your neck. I used it to get the reflection of the more ornate section of the room. It required a little wheeling around the room, but I got there in the end.
Flickr never, ever does interior shots justice, even in the lightbox, so take a minute and please view this over on SmugMug; it's a much more pleasing experience to the eye.
A big thanks to everyone who helped get my last photo to Explore #1.
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Details
Canon EOS 5D Mark II / ISO 100 / f/13 / 17-40mm @ 17mm / HDR
Miroslav Petrasko (blog.hdrshooter.net), and 621 other people added this photo to their favorites.
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taipei_uk_tina 14 months ago | reply
wonderful work
J Griffin Photography 14 months ago | reply
Fantastic shot!!! Perfect reflections!!!
by Ophelia photos 14 months ago | reply
SICK!!!
S Ty Photography 14 months ago | reply
Astounding shot, Conor - bravo
efkarmanine 14 months ago | reply
this hdr is just... wow!!! amazing!!
Eric Rousset 14 months ago | reply
Perfect HDR bud
Vick Sahota 14 months ago | reply
Wow what a beautiful picture, that is one killer reflection!
Karnevil 14 months ago | reply
Super work! Love the colors!
whacker 13 months ago | reply
Amazing shot, just incredible.
edwinsail 13 months ago | reply
Great 25 sec. shot!!
CTRLF5 13 months ago | reply
Wonderful. I spent most of my weekends in this hall, my grandmother was an officer in the Naval College and took me to work with her. I spent hours lost in the paintings, both in the hall and underneath in the ante rooms and chalk walks.
LaFabs 13 months ago | reply
Amazing reflexion, very good!
Stacey Price (Roxy_77) 12 months ago | reply
Hoooooooly shit this is amazing
Tracey Stephens 11 months ago | reply
Wow :)
Meleah Reardon 10 months ago | reply
Awesome! They had one of these mirrors at York Minster when I was there last week. However, I wasn't able to find a good place to wheel it for a photo. Amazing that you were able to capture this!
Foto Wouter 8 months ago | reply
The perfect image!
jbnuthatch 7 months ago | reply
Super superb!
perth45 6 months ago | reply
whoooaahhh....awesome....
Silvans Cat 5 months ago | reply
Great picture with beautiful colors!
Fantastic!!!
lyndakmorris 4 months ago | reply
wow you have caught that reflection very well