Tate Britain - The Forbidden Staircase

I was in London last weekend. With the prospect of yet another wet day, I headed to Tate Britain. While I do enjoy all the art on offer, what I have always loved about Tate Britain is the building itself. It has some beautiful spaces. This time I was taken by one of the staircases and spent some time taking abstract shots. Eventually I drew the attention of one of the security guards. Apparently I wasn't allowed to take photos of the stairs. It was okay to shoot all the art, but not the building. That required 'a pass'. When questioned, he was a little vague of the reason and detail for any of this. Luckily I had what I wanted, so went on my way. Although I might take a few more photos of these stairs. next time I'm in.

 

Architectural Abstracts at the West Cambridge Site

A couple of Sundays ago, I joined Ann for a stroll around the West Cambridge Site.  It was my first time visiting this university site.  The sky was mostly grey, so I decided to concentrate on abstract images of the various buildings.

Triacontahedron

I was in London last weekend to celebrate my birthday.  I had a great meal at Theo Randall's, plus a wander around the posh bits of Town.  It wasn't a photography trip, but I did have my Olympus, 'just in case'.  Just in case turned out to be a sculpture in Berkeley Square.  90" Triacontahedron is one of a series of geometric designs by British-American artist Anthony James.  The glass and steel structure is lit internally by LEDs to give an infinite space.  It is something you can spend a long time playing with. Different angles and reflections can give wholly abstract shots or quirky street images.

iPhone Autumn

A small collection of images taken over autumn, using the Hipstamatic app on my iPhone.  Changing the 'lens' and 'film' options within this app changes the resultant image.  No further post processing has been done.  With the weather so poor for the whole of autumn, many of my favourite Hipstamatic shots were deliberately abstract.  Although the first two, straighter, images were taken during an hour or so of lovely evening light during a stroll by the river in St Neots.

 

 

 

 

Shuttleworth - not planes

I arrived at Shuttleworth before 10am, with the first planes not scheduled to fly until 2pm.  This gave plenty of time to look around the house (which frankly isn't't that interesting), the Swiss gardens (which are lovely) and the collection of vintage vehicles and non-flying planes.

 

 

Autumn Abstracts

I visited the Botanic Gardens in Cambridge recently on what ended up being quite an overcast day.  I decided to try some more creative and abstract Autumn images.  Double exposures, intentional camera movement and shallow depth of field.

A Little Flower Creativity

I was a bit bored and fancied doing something a little different.  So I headed to Wimpole, to try some in-camera double exposure shots of the last of the flowers.  I spent an enjoyable hour or so (photographer's time) playing around with various flower combinations, before heading for tea and cake. 

All of the images are two shot combinations taken with my Canon 7D, in multiple exposure mode, and a Sigma 50mm macro lens.  I have tweaked the settings a little in Lightroom, but otherwise they are pretty much as shot.