A Mad Dash About London (several imgs)

SAKMD said:

A wondeful series....your students are sure to gain a whole new
perspective from these shots! I think what makes this even more
special is that you've done it with them in mind. Thanks for
sharing with us as well...

Sai

simonusborne said:

I've been a procrastinator ever since I was late arriving on Earth
and things were no different when I had to leave England for China
a couple of months ago. I teach here and wanted some photos of
London to share with my students. Most of what they see are tired
old snaps of big ben in tired old text books from the seventies.

The centre of London isn't far from my house (my Mother's house,
that is), as you can see from this shot taken from my bedroom
window after sunset:



The following Sunday morning, less than a day before my flight to
Shanghai I drove into the city centre at about half five in the
morning, loving the empty roads. My first stop was Waterloo Bridge
at 6, where the view up (or down?) river includes St.Pauls
Cathedral, Tower 42 (tall square one) and the brand new Swiss Re
building (shaped like a bullet):





I jumped back in the car and drove towards the next bridge,
Westminister Bridge, where the sun was just hitting the Palace of
Westminister, including St. Stephen's Tower, which houses the
famous Big Ben bell. The famous new London Eye is much taller than
the Big Ben.





But then, not ten minutes after the sun had risen and bathed London
in glorious light the clouds descended and turned everything a
familiar grey



With no time to wait for another sunny day, I continued my
whistlestop tour and drove to Buckingham Palace





And onwards to Trafalgar Square, where the National Gallery dominates



Other stops on my tour included Picadilly



Coven Garden Market (he's on a unicycle)



The King's Road



And off Whitehall



My Chinese students were fascinated to see this:



Also, here's a greener view of a different part of London. Canary
Wharf is a rapidly developing financial powerhouse to the East of
Central London. It's a stones throw from Greenwich Park, one of my
favourite Royal Parks (and very close to home). Here the
skycrapers loom over the Queen's House



And the next day it was time to say goodbye to my Mum and Brother
for another year.



Next Summer I want to go back and get more shots of the real
London. The people, the graffiti, the litter, the homelessness.

All pics taken with my V1, sometimes with Wide and Tele end lenses
(Sony V1 lenses)

All comments, criticisms and opinions more than welcome.

Simon

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Photos at http://simonusborne.smugmug.com

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robyy said:

Hello Simon, I have seen your photos with the Sony V1 w I must say
that they are much beautiful but I knew that V1 was one great
digitalcamera. I wanted to buy also it V1 but they are indeciso
why I would want something of piu' light and easy transportable and
therefore I had thought next to Sony P100 but I have fear that
turns out to you will be sure inferior to the V1. It thinks that
in Italy the V1 costs nearly how much the P100 and all the persons
who use this digitalis they speak well them about it. What you can
advise me? Thanks and hello.

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Mel Lammers said:

simonusborne said:

I've been a procrastinator ever since I was late arriving on Earth
and things were no different when I had to leave England for China
a couple of months ago. I teach here and wanted some photos of
London to share with my students. Most of what they see are tired
old snaps of big ben in tired old text books from the seventies.

The centre of London isn't far from my house (my Mother's house,
that is), as you can see from this shot taken from my bedroom
window after sunset:



The following Sunday morning, less than a day before my flight to
Shanghai I drove into the city centre at about half five in the
morning, loving the empty roads. My first stop was Waterloo Bridge
at 6, where the view up (or down?) river includes St.Pauls
Cathedral, Tower 42 (tall square one) and the brand new Swiss Re
building (shaped like a bullet):





I jumped back in the car and drove towards the next bridge,
Westminister Bridge, where the sun was just hitting the Palace of
Westminister, including St. Stephen's Tower, which houses the
famous Big Ben bell. The famous new London Eye is much taller than
the Big Ben.





But then, not ten minutes after the sun had risen and bathed London
in glorious light the clouds descended and turned everything a
familiar grey



With no time to wait for another sunny day, I continued my
whistlestop tour and drove to Buckingham Palace





And onwards to Trafalgar Square, where the National Gallery dominates



Other stops on my tour included Picadilly



Coven Garden Market (he's on a unicycle)



The King's Road



And off Whitehall



My Chinese students were fascinated to see this:



Also, here's a greener view of a different part of London. Canary
Wharf is a rapidly developing financial powerhouse to the East of
Central London. It's a stones throw from Greenwich Park, one of my
favourite Royal Parks (and very close to home). Here the
skycrapers loom over the Queen's House



And the next day it was time to say goodbye to my Mum and Brother
for another year.



Next Summer I want to go back and get more shots of the real
London. The people, the graffiti, the litter, the homelessness.

All pics taken with my V1, sometimes with Wide and Tele end lenses
(Sony V1 lenses)

All comments, criticisms and opinions more than welcome.

Simon

--
Photos at http://simonusborne.smugmug.com

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Mel--Digital Fan--
http://mslammers.smugmug.com/gallery/204084/1
'Thought allied fearlessly to purpose becomes creative
force.' (James Allen)

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simonusborne said:

I've been a procrastinator ever since I was late arriving on Earth
and things were no different when I had to leave England for China
a couple of months ago. I teach here and wanted some photos of
London to share with my students. Most of what they see are tired
old snaps of big ben in tired old text books from the seventies.

The centre of London isn't far from my house (my Mother's house,
that is), as you can see from this shot taken from my bedroom
window after sunset:



The following Sunday morning, less than a day before my flight to
Shanghai I drove into the city centre at about half five in the
morning, loving the empty roads. My first stop was Waterloo Bridge
at 6, where the view up (or down?) river includes St.Pauls
Cathedral, Tower 42 (tall square one) and the brand new Swiss Re
building (shaped like a bullet):





I jumped back in the car and drove towards the next bridge,
Westminister Bridge, where the sun was just hitting the Palace of
Westminister, including St. Stephen's Tower, which houses the
famous Big Ben bell. The famous new London Eye is much taller than
the Big Ben.





But then, not ten minutes after the sun had risen and bathed London
in glorious light the clouds descended and turned everything a
familiar grey



With no time to wait for another sunny day, I continued my
whistlestop tour and drove to Buckingham Palace





And onwards to Trafalgar Square, where the National Gallery dominates



Other stops on my tour included Picadilly



Coven Garden Market (he's on a unicycle)



The King's Road



And off Whitehall



My Chinese students were fascinated to see this:



Also, here's a greener view of a different part of London. Canary
Wharf is a rapidly developing financial powerhouse to the East of
Central London. It's a stones throw from Greenwich Park, one of my
favourite Royal Parks (and very close to home). Here the
skycrapers loom over the Queen's House



And the next day it was time to say goodbye to my Mum and Brother
for another year.



Next Summer I want to go back and get more shots of the real
London. The people, the graffiti, the litter, the homelessness.

All pics taken with my V1, sometimes with Wide and Tele end lenses
(Sony V1 lenses)

All comments, criticisms and opinions more than welcome.

Simon

--
Photos at http://simonusborne.smugmug.com

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simonusborne said:

Simon

Mel Lammers said:

simonusborne said:

I've been a procrastinator ever since I was late arriving on Earth
and things were no different when I had to leave England for China
a couple of months ago. I teach here and wanted some photos of
London to share with my students. Most of what they see are tired
old snaps of big ben in tired old text books from the seventies.

The centre of London isn't far from my house (my Mother's house,
that is), as you can see from this shot taken from my bedroom
window after sunset:



The following Sunday morning, less than a day before my flight to
Shanghai I drove into the city centre at about half five in the
morning, loving the empty roads. My first stop was Waterloo Bridge
at 6, where the view up (or down?) river includes St.Pauls
Cathedral, Tower 42 (tall square one) and the brand new Swiss Re
building (shaped like a bullet):





I jumped back in the car and drove towards the next bridge,
Westminister Bridge, where the sun was just hitting the Palace of
Westminister, including St. Stephen's Tower, which houses the
famous Big Ben bell. The famous new London Eye is much taller than
the Big Ben.





But then, not ten minutes after the sun had risen and bathed London
in glorious light the clouds descended and turned everything a
familiar grey



With no time to wait for another sunny day, I continued my
whistlestop tour and drove to Buckingham Palace





And onwards to Trafalgar Square, where the National Gallery dominates



Other stops on my tour included Picadilly



Coven Garden Market (he's on a unicycle)



The King's Road



And off Whitehall



My Chinese students were fascinated to see this:



Also, here's a greener view of a different part of London. Canary
Wharf is a rapidly developing financial powerhouse to the East of
Central London. It's a stones throw from Greenwich Park, one of my
favourite Royal Parks (and very close to home). Here the
skycrapers loom over the Queen's House



And the next day it was time to say goodbye to my Mum and Brother
for another year.



Next Summer I want to go back and get more shots of the real
London. The people, the graffiti, the litter, the homelessness.

All pics taken with my V1, sometimes with Wide and Tele end lenses
(Sony V1 lenses)

All comments, criticisms and opinions more than welcome.

Simon

--
Photos at http://simonusborne.smugmug.com

Click to expand...

--
Mel--Digital Fan--
http://mslammers.smugmug.com/gallery/204084/1
'Thought allied fearlessly to purpose becomes creative
force.' (James Allen)

Click to expand...

--
Photos at http://simonusborne.smugmug.com

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Mel Lammers said:

simonusborne said:

Simon

Mel Lammers said:

simonusborne said:

I've been a procrastinator ever since I was late arriving on Earth
and things were no different when I had to leave England for China
a couple of months ago. I teach here and wanted some photos of
London to share with my students. Most of what they see are tired
old snaps of big ben in tired old text books from the seventies.

The centre of London isn't far from my house (my Mother's house,
that is), as you can see from this shot taken from my bedroom
window after sunset:



The following Sunday morning, less than a day before my flight to
Shanghai I drove into the city centre at about half five in the
morning, loving the empty roads. My first stop was Waterloo Bridge
at 6, where the view up (or down?) river includes St.Pauls
Cathedral, Tower 42 (tall square one) and the brand new Swiss Re
building (shaped like a bullet):





I jumped back in the car and drove towards the next bridge,
Westminister Bridge, where the sun was just hitting the Palace of
Westminister, including St. Stephen's Tower, which houses the
famous Big Ben bell. The famous new London Eye is much taller than
the Big Ben.





But then, not ten minutes after the sun had risen and bathed London
in glorious light the clouds descended and turned everything a
familiar grey



With no time to wait for another sunny day, I continued my
whistlestop tour and drove to Buckingham Palace





And onwards to Trafalgar Square, where the National Gallery dominates



Other stops on my tour included Picadilly



Coven Garden Market (he's on a unicycle)



The King's Road



And off Whitehall



My Chinese students were fascinated to see this:



Also, here's a greener view of a different part of London. Canary
Wharf is a rapidly developing financial powerhouse to the East of
Central London. It's a stones throw from Greenwich Park, one of my
favourite Royal Parks (and very close to home). Here the
skycrapers loom over the Queen's House



And the next day it was time to say goodbye to my Mum and Brother
for another year.



Next Summer I want to go back and get more shots of the real
London. The people, the graffiti, the litter, the homelessness.

All pics taken with my V1, sometimes with Wide and Tele end lenses
(Sony V1 lenses)

All comments, criticisms and opinions more than welcome.

Simon

--
Photos at http://simonusborne.smugmug.com

Click to expand...

--
Mel--Digital Fan--
http://mslammers.smugmug.com/gallery/204084/1
'Thought allied fearlessly to purpose becomes creative
force.' (James Allen)

Click to expand...

--
Photos at http://simonusborne.smugmug.com

Click to expand...

--
Mel--Digital Fan--
http://mslammers.smugmug.com/gallery/204084/1
'Thought allied fearlessly to purpose becomes creative
force.' (James Allen)

Click to expand...

jesusv said:

Great pics.

Jesus

simonusborne said:

I've been a procrastinator ever since I was late arriving on Earth
and things were no different when I had to leave England for China
a couple of months ago. I teach here and wanted some photos of
London to share with my students. Most of what they see are tired
old snaps of big ben in tired old text books from the seventies.

The centre of London isn't far from my house (my Mother's house,
that is), as you can see from this shot taken from my bedroom
window after sunset:



The following Sunday morning, less than a day before my flight to
Shanghai I drove into the city centre at about half five in the
morning, loving the empty roads. My first stop was Waterloo Bridge
at 6, where the view up (or down?) river includes St.Pauls
Cathedral, Tower 42 (tall square one) and the brand new Swiss Re
building (shaped like a bullet):





I jumped back in the car and drove towards the next bridge,
Westminister Bridge, where the sun was just hitting the Palace of
Westminister, including St. Stephen's Tower, which houses the
famous Big Ben bell. The famous new London Eye is much taller than
the Big Ben.





But then, not ten minutes after the sun had risen and bathed London
in glorious light the clouds descended and turned everything a
familiar grey



With no time to wait for another sunny day, I continued my
whistlestop tour and drove to Buckingham Palace





And onwards to Trafalgar Square, where the National Gallery dominates



Other stops on my tour included Picadilly



Coven Garden Market (he's on a unicycle)



The King's Road



And off Whitehall



My Chinese students were fascinated to see this:



Also, here's a greener view of a different part of London. Canary
Wharf is a rapidly developing financial powerhouse to the East of
Central London. It's a stones throw from Greenwich Park, one of my
favourite Royal Parks (and very close to home). Here the
skycrapers loom over the Queen's House



And the next day it was time to say goodbye to my Mum and Brother
for another year.



Next Summer I want to go back and get more shots of the real
London. The people, the graffiti, the litter, the homelessness.

All pics taken with my V1, sometimes with Wide and Tele end lenses
(Sony V1 lenses)

All comments, criticisms and opinions more than welcome.

Simon

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Photos at http://simonusborne.smugmug.com

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http://jesusv.smugmug.com/

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Natty Brito said:

Natty Brito (Portugal)

simonusborne said:

I've been a procrastinator ever since I was late arriving on Earth
and things were no different when I had to leave England for China
a couple of months ago. I teach here and wanted some photos of
London to share with my students. Most of what they see are tired
old snaps of big ben in tired old text books from the seventies.

The centre of London isn't far from my house (my Mother's house,
that is), as you can see from this shot taken from my bedroom
window after sunset:



The following Sunday morning, less than a day before my flight to
Shanghai I drove into the city centre at about half five in the
morning, loving the empty roads. My first stop was Waterloo Bridge
at 6, where the view up (or down?) river includes St.Pauls
Cathedral, Tower 42 (tall square one) and the brand new Swiss Re
building (shaped like a bullet):





I jumped back in the car and drove towards the next bridge,
Westminister Bridge, where the sun was just hitting the Palace of
Westminister, including St. Stephen's Tower, which houses the
famous Big Ben bell. The famous new London Eye is much taller than
the Big Ben.





But then, not ten minutes after the sun had risen and bathed London
in glorious light the clouds descended and turned everything a
familiar grey



With no time to wait for another sunny day, I continued my
whistlestop tour and drove to Buckingham Palace





And onwards to Trafalgar Square, where the National Gallery dominates



Other stops on my tour included Picadilly



Coven Garden Market (he's on a unicycle)



The King's Road



And off Whitehall



My Chinese students were fascinated to see this:



Also, here's a greener view of a different part of London. Canary
Wharf is a rapidly developing financial powerhouse to the East of
Central London. It's a stones throw from Greenwich Park, one of my
favourite Royal Parks (and very close to home). Here the
skycrapers loom over the Queen's House



And the next day it was time to say goodbye to my Mum and Brother
for another year.



Next Summer I want to go back and get more shots of the real
London. The people, the graffiti, the litter, the homelessness.

All pics taken with my V1, sometimes with Wide and Tele end lenses
(Sony V1 lenses)

All comments, criticisms and opinions more than welcome.

Simon

--
Photos at http://simonusborne.smugmug.com

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