...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.
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:
When it was first built i couldn't believe anyone could sanction such a concrete disaster as the new Shoreditch section of the London Overground. It's big, ugly, cumbersome and unimaginative. I still hate it but sometimes you've got to work hard to find the connection that allows yourself to overcome a hatred.
So I decided to grab my camera and get snapping, again with J G Ballard's landscapes in mind, to find something positive for me to hold on to.
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.
Lovely old clock at the top end of Hatton Gardens, right above Amp-London actually. Although it looks about 200 years old, it still tells the correct time.
