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Another view I captured of the Houses of Parliament, Elizabeth Tower, Westminster Bridge and the River Thames.

Standing in the rain for two hours was worth it, especially as it was our last night in London and I'm not sure how soon another opportunity will present itself.

One of the first images of Ely Cathedral I captured was an exterior shot.

I positioned the lens quite close and pointed up for an exggerated angle of the large cathedral.

An image of the London Houses of Parliament, Elizabeth Tower, the Westminster Bridge and the River Thames was on my list of quintessential London scenes to capture during our fleeting five-day visit.

On the first night, it was wet and miserable, and my efforts down at Tower Bridge weren't as pleasing as I had hoped.

On night two, we were on our way back to London from Ely and Cambridge, so a twilight shoot was not possible.

Night three saw us catching up for dinner with some good friends who have recently moved to London for a few years.

Night four was my last chance to capture the iconic scene.

The weather has been wet, cold and windy for the entire duration of the trip, but I decided that I was going to capture my image no matter what the weather presented.

After standing in cold rain for over an hour, waiting for the right light and for the lights to switch on and illuminate my subject, I finally landed my image.

It was worth it.

This image of London's famous clock tower -- colloquially and incorrectly called 'Big Ben', but in actuality now called Elizabeth Tower -- is one of a series of images I shot of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster on our last night in London on this trip.

This image is something of a 'labour of love'. I dragged Xenedette into the cold, rainy and windy streets where we stood in constant drizzle for the better part of two hours while I waited for the right light and shot my series of images.

To say I am pleased with the result is an understatement, as I've been wanting to shoot some twilight images of London's 'postcard' scenes for a while, and the weather has been less than accommodating.

Even tonight, the weather was not ideal or pleasant, but even during cloudy nights, the twilight produces a royal blue sky, with some additional texture in the way of the clouds.

This is another view of the magnificent interior of Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire, England.

In this view, the beautiful organ and ornate architecture of the ceiling of the nave can be seen, right down to the stained glass windows beyond the high altar.

Ely Cathedral, which was built from 1083 to 1375, is well worth visiting, and in my opinion, is an architecture photographer's paradise.

It is magical even to view it with one's own eyes.