...St Paul's Cathedral apparently.
It's many things to many people... an historic artifact from the 1600's, a great example of the genuius of Sir Christopher Wren or the defiant symbol of a nation in the midst of war. For me, it's the way it's still a major, imposing figure on the London skyline nearly 400 years since it was first built and looks better than most of the buildings created since.
If only I were on a Western beachfront, rather than on top of Stoke Newington High Street.
Still I'm getting lots of practice with my new camera! The exposure was a lot more balanced in this one which made post-processing a helluva lot easier. I've heard many times that the more you do in-camera, the better the end result and I think, compared to the shot form earlier in the week, this is a nice example of that.
So, I recently bought my very first DLSR (woop!) in preparation for my round the world trip later his year. I've been practising with it like mad, partly because there's a lot of tools and functions you just don't get with Diana's/Trips/iPhones, mainly because it's FUN!!
As well as being humbled by the power of it, I'm immensely impressed with just how easy it is to use and, coupled with CS5's new HDR function (i've heard it's not as good as photomatix or other 'specialist' HDR software but it seems good to me), i've managed to capture some beauties so far. To quote a well-known kids TV show... Here's one I made earlier:
I've just got back from a nice relaxing 10 days in La Palma with my girlfriend and I must say, I don't think I've ever been anywhere so beautiful. Seriously striking landscapes and a lot greener than the other Canary Islands. We had to get a plane to Tenerife and then a ferry on from there, so it took the best part of a day to get there but it was well worth it. It reminded me of a more populated and volcanic version of what I imagined Isla Nublar to be like when I was younger.
