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Gret pics all around, very original light trails on #4. I presume those are from a double-decker bus? Makes me dizzy just looking at it!
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I liked the light trails on #4, but the ghost cyclist in the bottom right didn't appeal to me. It was especially nice that you got (i presume) a double decker bus' light trails in the shot.

The last shot is great. I love that building! And you've captured the colours really well. Good job!

Did you get any of "The Gherkin" round the corner from there? I've never photographed it, but when I stood there I wondered what would make a good shot if it from directly below....
 
Very nice my favorite was the Lloyds bank (final pic) and others are nice decent night shots.

The only one that I was disappointed was the tower bridge shot could do with a slightly longer exposure so the turrets would show up as at moment there are bit dark.
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Great Job - I too like #4 with all the light trails - especially the ghosted biker in the bottom right corner. Seems that all the white head lights vs red tail lights appear to be backwards. That's why Americans shouldn't drive in London - some of our celebrities drive like that here.
JH
 
wow, nice work! I'm glad to see your post.. I am planning a return trip to london in May and wanted to do some night shots.. a couple questions if you dont mind..

Can you tell me what lens you were using and some exif examples?

also.. someone told me I may have some problems with police if I am out taking pics of buildings at night... did you have any problems with that? I imagine it would just be a matter of explaining yourself.

thanks.. and thanks for sharing the pix!

john
 
I like the light on most of these (though I agree with the comments made about the tower bridge shot). What I don't like as much are the angles. There's almost no straight vertical anywhere. For example, in the first shot, the edge of the multi-colored building that is closest to the camera should be perfectly vertical; that way, it would not look off that the other verticals aren't. This way, it looks like the building is tipping over. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't expect ALL verticals to be straight in that particular shot, but in my opinion, the frontmost one should be. On the tower bridge, they could easily all be straight. The only picture in the collection where the leaning verticals actually add to the image is the last one. To summarize, while I very much like the light in most of these, I think the composition is a bit sloppy.

Daniel
 
Daniel - thanks for the comments. All lveling was done with a spirit level attached to the camera. It's clearly dodgy London builders or wonky eyes are to blame. I shall go out and shoot all those responsible immediately ! :oP

Dog Breath - I used the Sigma 17-70mm. ( the folowing was taken from my flickr ) Basically, I set up my D80 thus ;

o tungsten WB
o ISO 100
o Aperture Priotity shooting mode
o f-stop set between f22-f25
o exposure compensation was anything between -2 - +2
o camera locked to tripod
o shutter released with IR remote
o exposure times were anywhere between 5 - 40 seconds

I hope this helps !

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some awesome stuff here!!

i want to get out at night here in baltimore and take some night city shots but it has just been way to cold lately...oh well spring is a comming soon!
 
John - i got some funny looks from the police guarding the houses of parliament as i sat for about half an hour in parliament square taking pics, but other than that ive never had any bother. I guess its pretty clear that laden down with lenses and tripod you arent doing anything "dodgy".
 
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