New photo of the Shard, this one taken on my phone but proper one taken using my Mamiya 7.
Great day for photos in London today. We finished our whistle stop photo trip with shots of the Shard, Monument, Guildhall, the art deco Daily Express building on Fleet Street, Royal Courts of Justice and the Royal Opera House.
15 rolls of 120 Ilford FP4 to process from the 2 days. It will be a few weeks until they reach the website.
We are in London for a day or so taking photos to add to my picture library. Today was wet and dull until early afternoon and then really good light until dark.
Smithfield and Spitalfields (image attached taken on phone to show what I took on my Mamiya 7) Markets were first. In fact I did Smithfield twice as the light improved so much. Then the Old Bailey, St Pauls (as if I don't have enough already!), then on to the Millennium Bridge for a shot towards the Tate on the south side. Unfortunately, I grossly underestimated the numbers of people who would be there. It was impossible to get the shot. The bridge was a solid mass of people.
We moved on to the Waterloo Bridge for shots along the Thames in both directions. The Hungerford Bridge with London Eye behind was the view I wanted but the other direction to St Pauls (yet another one!) and the Shard was good too. More shots of Hungerford Bridge followed as it went dark but I was thwarted at Westminster Bridge as it wasn't lit apart from a few street lights, nor was the Houses of Parliament apart from Big Ben. Have made a note to return at dusk on a future trip.
8 rolls in total, that's 80 negatives with quite a few duplicates, just in case. A good start.
Tomorrow the forecast is good until mid afternoon so heading straight to Shard for a vertical panorama from below. The rest of the day will depend on the weather and time.
Out for a walk in the Peak District with good friend Peter Moore from Kenilworth. Took this tree on my Samsung Galaxy S3 phone and edited in Snapseed. The wind was strong and made it tricky to check the image as my eyes were watering so much.
Tried to post this earlier but didn't go.
I'm in Buxton Pavilion Gardens running Gallery in the Gardens all day. After 6 days at the Ideal Home show in Earls Court in London and 5 at the NEC immediately before that it was good to get out walking the hills for a change.
What a day we have here in the Peaks! Wall to wall sunshine with a dusting of snow on the tops. Lots of ice though so a bit slippery. It's a 6 mile walk over the hills to get here but I grabbed a few shots on my Samsung S3 phone and edited them to black and white using the editor in Google+ photos on my Nexus 10.
I had intended to take more photos of London during and after the show but decided it was too much for my bad back so we've decided to go down after Christmas, weather permitting. Shame though as we had 4 good days which would have been great for photos. We did manage to walk in and out to the show for the first 4 days, 3 miles each way but the only greenery we found was walking through Brompton Cemetery, a large green space just south of Earls Court. No peaks though!
Set up and ready for the Ideal Home Christmas Show www.idealhomeshowchristmas.co.uk at Earls Court. Our stand is 1F118 on the ground floor. Lots of show offers. Lots of new pictures. Large stand.
They hadn't laid the aisle carpets when we left so I'll take photos tomorrow morning and do another post. Walls and carpet that they provided are white. Not expecting carpet to stay white though! Looks great with our black and white stand.
The opening times are 10am to 6pm Wednesday to Sunday with late night opening Thursday until 9pm. Ticket info on the website, click the link above. It's a big one, over 650 exhibitors on 2 floors.
Another good start to the day. Dry but cold. Clouds on the tops though.
Started in the best way by catching the cable car to the top! Good view behind us over Trubsee Lake (lake photo taken by Jan as I forgot!). All of my photos here taken on my Samsung S3 and edited with Snapseed.
Walked past lake to another lift to Joch Pass. This resembled a building site so quickly moved on.
Fresh snow overnight above 1800m. Looked like winter. Hoped that tops would clear but stayed hidden from us.
Good views with nice skies. After the Engstlensee lake below the pass we climbed to Tannalp and on to Balmeregghorn. The weather was closing in here. Low cloud and snow.
The next section should have been spectacular. A narrow traverse up to Planplatten. The snow was falling harder and it was windy so we took the quick way down; a convenient cable car to Meiringen from 2100m!
We were down before the forecast rain and testing the local beer before reaching our very comfortable hotel.
Tomorrow, Thursday, we finish our 8 day walk in Grindelwald.
