London

Taken 10-Aug-15

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Keywords:uk, england, gb, britain, london, urban, light, lights, shine, metal, metallic, structure, symmetry, line, frame, city, cityscape, city of London, capital, sky, canary wharf, one Canada square, londres, metropolis, building, street, perspective, geometry, topaz, Photomatix, mono, black and white, wide angle, lens, sony, sigma, Photoshop, a700, sony alpha, architecture, up, straight up, long exposure, clouds, modern, skyscraper

Photo Info

Dimensions5305 x 3516

Original file size8.76 MB

Image typeJPEG

Color spacesRGB

Date taken10-Aug-15 17:37

Shooting Conditions

Camera makeSONY

Camera modelDSLR-A700

Focal length15 mm

Focal length (35mm)22 mm

Max lens aperturef/5

Exposure1/200 at f/7.1

FlashNot fired, compulsory mode

Exposure bias0 EV

Exposure modeAuto bracket

Exposure prog.Aperture priority

ISO speedISO 100

Metering modePattern

Digital zoom0x

Monolith in the Metropolis

This is a shot of One Canada Square in Canary Wharf, London taken on a London day trip on the 10th August. The building was the tallest in the UK until the Shard usurped its title in 2010. Although the picture looks to be a long exposure it was actually faked in the processing . Setting up a tripod would have been pointless as the Security Guards have a habit of pouncing in that area.

The picture was taken with a Sony A700 with a Sigma 10-20 wide angle lens at 15mm.

There was some quite involved processing using HDR, Topaz filters and Photoshop. The mono conversion was done with Topaz B&W Effects. There is a lot of detailed control possible with this once you get out of the presets and use the adjustments.