This was taken last month on my last London trip. This included a long overdue visit to Switch House the new extension of the Tate Modern, a modern art museum. The extension was opened in mid June but I tend to avoid London visits during the crowds of summer. The extension is 10 floors high and has a free viewing area all round the top floor. Still my main interests were elsewhere in the Brutalist Style Architecture and even some short spiral stairs. This one is a view of the lowest floor spiral just going up one storey but still worthwhile for the shapes. The 3 figures moving into the picture were ideal to give scale and a focal point.

The picture was taken handheld with a Sony A700 with a Sigma 10-20 mm lens at 10mm. One RAW image with initial editing in RAW. Then I used Nik Define to remove noise and Topaz Clarity. Mono conversion was done in Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 using a Film Noir preset with some local adjustments. It is worth knowing that the entire Nik collection of plugins has been free since earlier this year and can be used with Photoshop, Elements and Lightroom. With the use of Presets it makes complex edits quick and easy. Worth a try especially for some people who find processing just too difficult..