London by Night

[ST1]

First of all an apology, in one of my recent posts (Link) I hinted at another bus trip in North Yorkshire, unfortunately that trip has had to be saved for another time.
I decided to go down to London to see the installation containing 888,246 poppies. The individual poppies represents each British and Commonwealth death during WW1. Having seen and read in/on the media regarding the numbers of visitors the installation was getting I decided on a night time visit for photography purposes. All images were either hand held or taken using some form of support (top of a wall etc.) as given the number of visitors I didn't think I would be able to use/carry a tripod around.

Instead of a trip around North Yorkshire fasten your seat belts for a whistle stop trip around London, enjoy.

#1, St Paul's from the South Bank



#2 St Paul's from the Millennium Bridge, AKA The Bouncing Bridge which; isn't an easy place to try to get sharp images from.



#3, Peters Hill looking towards St. Paul's. The scaffold at the end of the hill is the rear of some grandstand seating put in place for the Lord Mayors show.



#4 London's "Tower Bridge" and a streaking river boat ;-)



#5 Poppies between the Tower and the Thames, including a view of The Shard.



#6 I believe that this part of the display (the stream from the window) is to remain in situ beyond Armistice Day.



#7 A two image panorama from the same viewpoint as #6 above.

[Shadowman]

Nice stuff, always difficult combining lowlight shots with movement.

[Geoff F]

Yes, considering the shooting difficulties, these have come out exceptionally well.

[Rebel]

Very nice shots Peter.

[dje]

All very good Peter, you've done well without a tripod. I particularly like the compositions in 2,3 5 and 6.

One question - is the bridge in #4 London Bridge or Tower bridge ? Or perhaps you were using the term London Bridge in a general sense ?

Dave

[PaulRJennings]

Really nice pics! The ceramic poppy installation is quite stunning.

[Rita]

The poppies are fascinating. Can't say that I have ever seen a display like this.

[ST1]

All very good Peter, you've done well without a tripod. I particularly like the compositions in 2,3 5 and 6.

One question - is the bridge in #4 London Bridge or Tower bridge ? Or perhaps you were using the term London Bridge in a general sense ?

Dave

My Bad Dave i woke up this morning and thought oops; I've called Tower Bridge "London Bridge" for which; my apologies to all our readers
Thanks for confirming my mistake glad you like the images, I was kicking myself for not taking my travel tripod with me.

[ST1]

Thanks John, Geoff, Matt, and Dave for taking time to lok and comment on this set much appreciated.

Rita glad you liked the series thank you, you can find more information HERE regarding the poppy installation.

[Stagecoach]

Very nice set Peter, I especially like the 'blue' of No 1 & 2.

[dubaiphil]

My Bad Dave i woke up this morning and thought oops; I've called Tower Bridge "London Bridge" for which; my apologies to all our readers
Thanks for confirming my mistake glad you like the images, I was kicking myself for not taking my travel tripod with me.

I think the American's made a bid long before ebay thinking the same thing...!

[dubaiphil]

Nice set, Peter. With the early sunset you've tempted me to take a tripod down to London on my next visit.

[deetheturk]

Great images Peter, even without your tripod!

[IzzieK]

Very beautiful shots, Peter...I didn't like #3 much because the sharper part of the image is the steps (unless that is intentional and you have a reason why this is so...I will forgive you for it...) Anyway, that said, I like all of these shots. #1 and 2 are stunning; #3 the larger of the red lights is a bit too much...not complaining because I like red even though it sort of stopped me short a bit from looking at the other part of the overall photo...and your version of the ceramic poppies are so much better than all the other ones that are already posted in the net. The link for the poppies site was sent to me by a friend two weeks ago (I think) and I am waiting till someone from there take a shot of their interpretation about it and here you are...excellent view from your camera. I really really like the way you did this ones...Well done....!!!

[bnnrcn]

I like the shots very much Peter And +1 to Rita's comment.

[ST1]

Thank you everyone for taking time to look and comment, much appreciated. We were out with a couple of friends yesterday and they have just received their poppy (you could purchase one for £25 which goes to charities) so it was nice to have seen the installation and then one in the hand so to speak.

[JR1]

GREAT shots, you have B***** I would be scared stiff of being mugged

[ST1]

GREAT shots, you have B***** I would be scared stiff of being mugged

Jeremy I carried out a risk assessment prior to going to the Big City , I had the wife riding shotgun she has this natural aura so I was quite safe within her force field