Uploads from Aaron Yeoman, tagged city, with geodata

Every Other

nobody@flickr.com (Aaron Yeoman) — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:16:05 -0700

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Oval Underground Station, London, England

Found this little gem of a staircase at Oval Underground station on the Northern Line. I thought I would try a little bit of selective colouring on this one, I have not done that in a while. The really yellow steps were screaming out to be done like this in a high contrast feel. The only thing I was not too sure on was the crop. This is 16:9 crop but I was not too sure if a square crop would work better? I might post a square crop later on and also a colour version too. Whats your opinion on this?

In other news, do you remember me saying about the project I am running called 'Edit my RAW' well I am in the process of writing up the blog post as we speak so it should be online today. Big thanks to those who contributed. Keep your eye out on my blog for the post

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Photo Details
Sony Alpha SLT-A77
Sigma 10-20mm 1:4-5.6 EX DC HSM
RAW
HDR
f/8.0
12mm
ISO800
1/8s exposure

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Lightroom 5
Photomatix 4

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Oval tube station in Kennington is a station on the Northern line of the London Underground between Stockwell and Kennington stations. Oval station is in Travelcard Zone 2. It is named after The Oval, which it serves.

The station is located at the junction of Kennington Park Road (heading north-east), Camberwell New Road (south-east), Clapham Road (south west) and Harleyford Street (north west) and is about 500 yards from the Oval cricket ground. It opened on 18 December 1890 as part of the City & South London Railway. Also close by are Kennington Park and the imposing St Mark's Church. The station has cricket-themed decorations, with murals, statues and banners all celebrating the illustrious game.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oval_tube_station

Down in the Belly of the Beast

nobody@flickr.com (Aaron Yeoman) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:53:47 -0700

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Kennington Underground Station, London, England

I have not been to this station for a while, must been nearly couple of years but it was nice to visit it. I forgot about this wonderful staircase with such stunning tiles that reflect all the light. Not a massively used station but mainly used for interchange between the terminating Northern line trains and the trains that go South on the Northern Line.

I also felt it was a change on post processing. I have not done a traditional HDR processed photo for a while, I have done a number of 32bit HDR images but they don't produce the same result as traditional HDR images. I really liked doing this image as it had a wide range of dynamic range which is perfect for HDR processing.

Anyway I would like to just remind all of my followers and friends to get involved in a little photography project that I am currently running. Today will be your LAST chance to get your entry in as I will be writing the blog post up today. What I would all like you to do is download this RAW file of mine

db.tt/9tchiovx

and basically I would like you to edit it in anyway you see fit, you have complete flexibility on what to do. When you have done, please email me to

info@aaronyeomanphotography.co.uk

Please keep the file around 2mb or less please. The reason why I am doing this is that its just a little experiment to see how other people interpret my images and how they compare to mine. I am going to doing the blog early next week so if you could get your entry to me as soon as possible that would be great. The more that get involve the better :-). Big thanks to those who have done it already.

Photo Details
Sony Alpha SLT-A77
Sigma 10-20mm 1:4-5.6 EX DC HSM
RAW
HDR
f/8.0
10mm
ISO400
1/5s exposure

Software Used
Lightroom 5
Photomatix 4

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Kennington tube station is a London Underground station on Kennington Park Road, on both the Charing Cross and Bank branches of the Northern Line. Its neighbours to the north are Waterloo on the Charing Cross branch and Elephant & Castle on the Bank branch; the next station to the south is Oval. The station is in Travelcard Zone 2. (Journeys from National Rail stations to Kennington and Oval via Waterloo are priced as if these destinations were in Travelcard Zone 1; the add-on amounts are called substandard fares by NR)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennington_tube_station

The Fiscal Jungle

nobody@flickr.com (Aaron Yeoman) — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:25:00 -0700

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Canary Wharf Financial District, London, England

Couple of days ago when I went out with my camera, my original intention was to do some Long Exposure photography like this. Well this was the only image I got before deciding I felt that the weather was not quite right and decided to head elsewhere. Now after that, this image was destined for the bin as it didn't look great on my camera when I had taken it. However, opening it today on the bigger screen of my computer, I have noticed a lot more detail in the image than I previously thought. This was the result after working on it and I have to admit I am really pleased with it.

Two things I learnt here, never discount an image until you see it with a fresh pair of eyes on a computer screen and something more importantly with regard to long exposure photography is to try it in all weathers (which I will be doing from now on)

Hope you all have a great weekend!

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Sony Alpha SLT-A77
Sigma 10-20mm 1:4-5.6 EX DC HSM
LEE Big Stopper
LEE 0.9 ND Soft Grad
RAW
f/13
15mm
ISO50
30s exposure (stacked)

Software Used
Lightroom 5

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Canary Wharf is a major business district located in Tower Hamlets, London, England. It is one of London's two main financial centres – along with the traditional City of London – and contains many of the UK's tallest buildings, including the second-tallest, One Canada Square.[

Canary Wharf contains around 14,000,000 square feet (1,300,000 m2) of office and retail space, of which around 7,900,000 square feet (730,000 m2) is owned by Canary Wharf Group. Around 90,000 people work in Canary Wharf and it is home to the world or European headquarters of numerous major banks, professional services firms and media organisations including Barclays, Citigroup, Clifford Chance, Credit Suisse, Fitch Ratings, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, KPMG, MetLife, Morgan Stanley, Skadden, State Street and Thomson Reuters.

Canary Wharf is located in the West India Docks on the Isle of Dogs in the Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London. The West India Docks once formed part of the busiest port in the world. After the docks were closed in 1980 the British Government adopted various policies to stimulate the redevelopment of the area, including through the creation of the London Docklands Development Corporation in 1981 and granting the Isle of Dogs Enterprise Zone status in 1982. In 1987 the Canadian company Olympia and York agreed to construct a major office development on the Isle of Dogs, with construction commencing in 1988.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Wharf

Human Conduit

nobody@flickr.com (Aaron Yeoman) — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:45:30 -0700

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Bermondsey Underground Station, London, England

Gone for a colour upload today. Its been a while since I went on the Underground getting new material until yesterday that was. I originally went into London yesterday with the plan to get some new long exposure images however the weather was just not playing ball, the clouds were moving but there was just not breaks in the clouds for the images I was wanting. I was planning to go down Underground anyway but I decided to concentrate more time on the Underground and looking at new stations and new perspectives at old stations, it was good fun.

This is a walkway between platforms at Bermondsey Station on the Jubilee Line. I have been here many times but never noticed this walkway before. As far as I am aware its fairly unique in style and architecture as I have not come across one like this before. The bare metal lining of the walls mixed with the bright lights make a great image due to all the reflections and distortions.

Also I would like to just remind all of my followers and friends to get involved in a little photography project that I am currently running. What I would all like you to do is download this RAW file of mine

db.tt/9tchiovx

and basically I would like you to edit it in anyway you see fit, you have complete flexibility on what to do. When you have done, please email me to

info@aaronyeomanphotography.co.uk

Please keep the file around 2mb or less please. The reason why I am doing this is that its just a little experiment to see how other people interpret my images and how they compare to mine. I am going to doing the blog early next week so if you could get your entry to me as soon as possible that would be great. The more that get involve the better :-). Big thanks to those who have done it already.

Photo Details
Sony Alpha SLT-A77
Sigma 10-20mm 1:4-5.6 EX DC HSM
RAW
f/8.0
10mm
ISO400
1/6s exposure

Software Used
Lightroom 5
Photomatix 4

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Bermondsey tube station is a London Underground station. It is situated in the eastern part of Bermondsey in the London Borough of Southwark, and so also serves the western part of Rotherhithe.

The station itself was designed by Ian Ritchie Architects and was originally intended to have a multi-storey office building sitting on top. London Underground have yet to realise this second phase of the scheme.

It is on the Jubilee Line, having been built as part of the Jubilee Line Extension between London Bridge and Canada Water stations. It is notable for its extensive use of natural light. The main station entrance is situated on the south side of Jamaica Road. The station is in Travelcard Zone 2.

The station was opened on 17 September 1999.

Like its extension counterparts, Bermondsey station was designed with a futuristic style in mind by Ian Ritchie Architects. Extensively using natural light, it is built in both a cut-and-cover and tube design. The cut-and-cover section is supported by latticed concrete beams allowing light to penetrate to the platform level. The escalators down to this area are lined by flat concrete with a high ceiling to give a feeling of spaciousness. The bored section is encased with metal to keep in line the futuristic and metallic theme of the extension. As with all other deep level stations on the Jubilee Line Extension, Bermondsey station has platform edge doors for passenger safety and comfort.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermondsey_tube_station

Timeless

nobody@flickr.com (Aaron Yeoman) — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 01:18:00 -0700

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Lloyds Building, London, England

This is an image of The Lloyds Building in London that I took with fellow photographer Richard Hurst couple months back, the weather was just great for long exposure photography with our Lee Big Stopper. Really want to get more of this type of photography, is soooo addictive.

Also this was the first image I have processed with the newest incarnation of Lightroom, Lightroom 5. First impressions I am very happy with, especially with the new clone and heal tools, granted not as powerful as the Photoshop versions but its a leap forward for us Lightroom users. Another handy new feature is the upright feature. This basically auto corrects horizontal and vertical shifts. I have had mixed results so far but its probably just because I have just got to get use to this new feature.

Also I would like all of my followers and friends to get involved in a little photography project that I am currently running. What I would all like you to do is download this RAW file of mine

db.tt/9tchiovx

and basically I would like you to edit it in anyway you see fit, you have complete flexibility on what to do. When you have done, please email me to

info@aaronyeomanphotography.co.uk

Please keep the file around 2mb or less please. The reason why I am doing this is that its just a little experiment to see how other people interpret my images and how they compare to mine. I have about 5 or 6 entries so far but I will reveal everyones in a blog post in the next week or two. The more that get involve the better :-). Thank you to those have done it already.

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Sony Alpha SLT-A77
Sigma 10-20mm 1:4-5.6 EX DC HSM
LEE Big Stopper
RAW
f/16.0
16mm
ISO50
33s exposure

Software Used
Lightroom 5
Nik Software Silver Efex Pro 2

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The Lloyd's building (sometimes referred to as the Inside-Out Building) is the home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London, and is located at 1, Lime Street, in the City of London, England. It is a leading example of radical Bowellism architecture in which the services for the building, such as ducts and lifts, are located on the exterior to maximise space in the interior.

Only 25 years after completion, the building received Grade I listing in December 2011; it was the youngest building ever to obtain this. It is said by English Heritage to be "universally recognised as one of the key buildings of the modern epoch."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd's_building

Building Magazine June 2013 - City Hall - London, England

nobody@flickr.com (Aaron Yeoman) — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 01:33:00 -0700

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Building Magazine Publication - June 2013 - City Hall (London) - Pan Peninsula, London, England

My latest publication that I am well chuffed about and really happy that they picked my image. This was printed on the back page of June's Building Magazine. I am not sure if you can get this in the shops but if you do see it let me know ;-).

The original image was taken at City Hall in London back at Open House London last year. I am sure they guy in the image was posing for the camera but I say thank you to him as it really finished the image off for me.

I hope you are all having a great week and all have a good weekend.

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City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA) which comprises the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. It is located in Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge. It was designed by Norman Foster and opened in July 2002, two years after the Greater London Authority was created.

The building has an unusual, bulbous shape, purportedly intended to reduce its surface area and thus improve energy efficiency, although the excess energy consumption caused by the exclusive use of glass (in a double facade) overwhelms the benefit of shape. Despite claiming the building "demonstrates the potential for a sustainable, virtually non-polluting public building" energy use measurements have shown this building to be fairly inefficient in terms of energy use (375 kWh/m2/yr), with a 2012 Display Energy Performance Certificate rating of "D". It has been compared variously to Darth Vader's helmet, a misshapen egg, a woodlouse and a motorcycle helmet. Former mayor Ken Livingstone referred to it as a "glass testicle" while the present mayor, Boris Johnson, has referred to it as "The Glass Gonad" and more politely as "The Onion". Its designers reportedly saw the building as a giant sphere hanging over the Thames, but opted for a more conventionally rooted building instead. It has no front or back in conventional terms but derives its shape from a modified sphere.

A 500-metre (1,640 ft) helical walkway, reminiscent of that in New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, ascends the full height of the building. At the top of the ten-story building is an exhibition and meeting space called "London's Living Room", with an open viewing deck which is occasionally open to the public. The walkway provides views of the interior of the building, and is intended to symbolise transparency; a similar device was used by Foster in his design for the rebuilt Reichstag (parliament) in Germany. In 2006 it was announced that solar photovoltaic cells would be fitted to the building by the London Climate Change Agency.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Hall_(London)

Echo

nobody@flickr.com (Aaron Yeoman) — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:43:00 -0700

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Canary Wharf Financial District - Pan Peninsula, London, England

This is a reworked image from my photowalk with Vulture Labs. I wanted to try out a different processing style that I came across to see if it would work with this image and surprisingly it did. Its 3 images stacked together that give approx 4 minute exposure and this is the effect it creates. I really like the effect that it has created here. The way that the clouds move using this technique I prefer, a lot more effective. We were very lucky with the reflections too. I want to get more of these type of images but the weather is clear tomorrow, not one cloud in the sky so maybe more Underground images it is.

Going to test out my new Sony 16-50 f2.8 lens tomorrow. Although not as wide as my Sigma 10-20, it is matched to my Sony A77 and the in camera settings fix the barrel distortion which the Sigma 10-20 has loads of sadly which I often have to fix and sometimes can't.

Also just to let you all know this image is available as a print and many more of my images over on my website

www.aaronyeomanphotography.co.uk

Photo Details
Sony Alpha SLT-A77
Sigma 10-20mm 1:4-5.6 EX DC HSM
LEE Big Stopper
LEE 0.6 ND Soft Grad
RAW
f/22
15mm
ISO50
252s exposure (stacked)

Software Used
Lightroom 4.4

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Pan Peninsula, also known as 1 Millharbour, is an exclusive luxury residential development in the Docklands area of London, near South Quay DLR and Canary Wharf Underground stations. Pan Peninsula is one of several new high-rise residential developments that have sprung up due to increased demand for higher living standards in and around Canary Wharf.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Peninsula

Tetris

nobody@flickr.com (Aaron Yeoman) — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:53:06 -0700

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Blackfriars Railway Station, London, England

A new station for me this one. I had never visited it before and was aware that it was still under modernisation and refurbishment. If you have not been you must as its an awesome station. They have used old existing bridge pillars (of an old railway bridge) to support all the platforms spanning the Thames, the only kind like it in the world I believe. Some of the station is still closed off to the public due to works but they are slowly getting it open and this is certainly one station that London can be proud of.

This is a photo of one of the entrance stairways up to the platforms of the new station. Quite unusual in design, they sort of have a modern yet retro feel to it. This scene reminds me of all the days playing Tetris on the Gameboy when I was a young lad, I think it must be the rectangular tiles that trigger this association off :-).

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Sony Alpha SLT-A77
Sigma 10-20mm 1:4-5.6 EX DC HSM
RAW
HDR 32bit
f/8.0
10mm
ISO400
1/20s exposure

Software Used
Lightroom 4.4
Photomatix 4
PTLens

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Blackfriars station is being rebuilt. The office building above has been demolished and will be replaced as part of the Thameslink programme. The new station will be the same height and will house a shared National Rail–London Underground ticket hall and ventilation shaft together with escalators and lifts between a mezzanine level for National Rail services and the sub-surface level for London Underground services. The Underground station will also see major enhancements with a new roof of glazed north lights and partial-height glazed side panels to be installed along the entire length of the bridge. A new station entrance has been created at Bankside, where a second ticket hall has been provided.

The through platforms have been extended along Blackfriars Railway Bridge over the River
Thames to accommodate twelve-car trains (in place of the previous eight). The platform layout is being altered by building new platforms on the west side, avoiding the need for trains between City Thameslink and London Bridge to cross the lines that lead to the terminal platforms.

The works exploit the disused piers west of the existing railway bridge which once supported the former West Blackfriars and St Paul's Railway Bridge. The easternmost line of disused piers has been strengthened, tied into the existing bridge and clad in stone. The number of bay platforms is being reduced from three to two in the process, but some terminating services will become through services, and the increased length will allow longer trains to terminate at Blackfriars. The subway entrance to Blackfriars station has been permanently closed.

The original concept for the project was designed by Pascall+Watson architects, with execution by Jacobs and Tony Gee and Partners and is being built by Balfour Beatty.
By January 2011 the eastern half of the station's new roof had been erected, and First Capital Connect services began using the newly constructed platforms on the east side of the bridge, where the bay platforms used to be. Work is now proceeding on the western side of the station to remove the original Thameslink platforms and widen the bridge to provide space for the new terminus platforms. The station's new entrance and ticket hall on the south side of the river opened on 5 December 2011.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackfriars_station

Afterglow

nobody@flickr.com (Aaron Yeoman) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:12:56 -0700

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Casa Batlló, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Continuing the theme from last upload but this time back in Barcelona. I really like these high contrast black and white images. I have been wanting to do this image for a while but everytime I went to edit it and I finished editing it just didn't feel right so I didn't upload it. I came back to it recently and tried a different crop and the selection that crop shows and now it felt right to me and this was the result. Its amazing how much a crop can make a difference to an image.

This was one of the corridors inside the Casa Batlló designed by architect Antoni Gaudi. As mentioned before in my uploads of his work, his attention to detail is just stunning, especially as he worked with very basic materials.

I hope you all had a great weekend and are enjoying the weather, I think this is meant to be a very nice week here in the UK (hopefully).

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Sony Alpha SLT-A77
Sigma 10-20mm 1:4-5.6 EX DC HSM
RAW
f/13
10mm
ISO200
1/20s exposure

Software Used
Lightroom 4.4

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Casa Batlló (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈkazə βəʎˈʎo]) is a renowned building located in the heart of Barcelona and is one of Antoni Gaudí’s masterpieces. Casa Batlló is a remodel of a previously built house. It was redesigned in 1904 by Gaudí and has been refurbished several times after that. Casa Batlló evokes the creativity and playfulness of Gaudí’s work through the incracite facades and creative floors. Gaudí's assistants Domènec Sugrañes i Gras, Josep Canaleta and Joan Rubió also contributed to the renovation project.

The local name for the building is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones), as it has a visceral, skeletal organic quality. It was originally designed for a middle-class family and situated in a prosperous district of Barcelona.

The building looks very remarkable — like everything Gaudí designed, only identifiable as Modernisme or Art Nouveau in the broadest sense. The ground floor, in particular, is rather astonishing with tracery, irregular oval windows and flowing sculpted stone work.

It seems that the goal of the designer was to avoid straight lines completely. Much of the façade is decorated with a mosaic made of broken ceramic tiles (trencadís) that starts in shades of golden orange moving into greenish blues. The roof is arched and was likened to the back of a dragon or dinosaur. A common theory about the building is that the rounded feature to the left of centre, terminating at the top in a turret and cross, represents the lance of Saint George (patron saint of Catalonia, Gaudí's home), which has been plunged into the back of the dragon.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Batlló

Obscure Underworld

nobody@flickr.com (Aaron Yeoman) — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 05:35:00 -0700

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Bank-Monument Underground Station, London, England

Another image of this little mini series of Bank Underground station. I have actually taken this image before but never uploaded it as when I got home I noticed that I cut part of the archway off and this really annoyed me. This was a revisit image and it came out the way I imagined it. I really enjoyed processing this image although it was quite difficult getting all the tones and shadows balanced out but I think I got it there.

I don't know what it is about Bank Underground station, there just seems to be a lot of stuff to take images off. The tonal contrast really attracted me to this escalator and the way the light shines off certain parts of metal. Had to time this one quite well as it is normally a very busy escalator. Hope you all like this dark, high contrast feel to this, let me know what you think.

Photo Details
Sony Alpha SLT-A77
Sigma 10-20mm 1:4-5.6 EX DC HSM
RAW
HDR 32bit
f/8.0
17mm
ISO400
1/13s exposure

Software Used
Lightroom 4.4
Photomatix 4

Information
Bank and Monument are interlinked London Underground and Docklands Light Railway stations that form a public transport complex spanning the length of King William Street in the City of London. Bank station, named after the Bank of England, opened in 1900 at Bank junction and is served by the Central, Northern and Waterloo and City lines and the Docklands Light Railway. Monument station, named after the Monument to the Great Fire of London, opened in 1884 and is served by the District and Circle lines. The stations have been linked as an interchange since 1933. The station complex is the fourth-busiest on the London Underground network and is in fare zone 1.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank-Monument_station

Unsettling

nobody@flickr.com (Aaron Yeoman) — Tue, 28 May 2013 02:28:30 -0700

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Bank-Monument Underground Station, London, England

Yes I know its another from Bank Underground Station but I have forgotten how much of photographers paradise this place is! There are so many interesting walkways, stairs and escalators in this station.

This is a staircase that I have not noticed before, has the same tiles as throughout other parts of the station with the interesting lines on but what really caught my eye was the dark chrome handrails shining from the florescent lights and then the shadows created by them on the floor. Such an interesting scene it would have been rude not to take an image ;-) Not long after this image a pile of people came down out so I was bit lucky in the timing.

I was going to go into London this morning but the weather is horrendous out there at the moment, chucking it down for it only to get worse this afternoon so I am going to work more on my website

www.aaronyeomanphotography.co.uk

I have made good progress on my website yesterday and its getting to the point where I want it but it just needs a little bit more refinement in places, its amazing how something as small as a font change can affect the whole feel of a website.

Photo Details
Sony Alpha SLT-A77
Sigma 10-20mm 1:4-5.6 EX DC HSM
RAW
HDR 32bit
f/8.0
10mm
ISO400
1/8s exposure

Software Used
Lightroom 4.4
Photomatix 4

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Bank and Monument are interlinked London Underground and Docklands Light Railway stations that form a public transport complex spanning the length of King William Street in the City of London. Bank station, named after the Bank of England, opened in 1900 at Bank junction and is served by the Central, Northern and Waterloo and City lines and the Docklands Light Railway. Monument station, named after the Monument to the Great Fire of London, opened in 1884 and is served by the District and Circle lines. The stations have been linked as an interchange since 1933. The station complex is the fourth-busiest on the London Underground network and is in fare zone 1.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank-Monument_station

Muddle of a Jumble

nobody@flickr.com (Aaron Yeoman) — Mon, 27 May 2013 01:31:36 -0700

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Bank-Monument Underground Station, London, England

I hope you are all having a wonderful Bank Holiday, its actually amazing that we have nice, warm weather here in the UK :-).

As promised on my last upload I went to get some new London Underground material. I headed over to Bank Underground station first and headed over to the escalator that connects the Circle Line to the Northern/DLR etc however this is such a busy escalator I have never been able to get it empty of people, this will be one to visit when its quieter.

After this, I headed towards the Northern Line with the plan to go to another station but I spotted this escalator that didn't seem as busy at all. I got one of completely empty and then one person came down the escalator and the feeling this person adds to the image really finishes it off in my opinion. I also decided to take it in portrait as it helps exaggerate the length of the escalator. I hope you all like it :-)

I am planning to go out again tomorrow and get some more images, really enjoyed getting some new London Underground material.

Photo Details
Sony Alpha SLT-A77
Sigma 10-20mm 1:4-5.6 EX DC HSM
RAW
HDR 32bit
f/8.0
10mm
ISO400
1/15s exposure

Software Used
Lightroom 4.4
Photomatix 4

Information
Bank and Monument are interlinked London Underground and Docklands Light Railway stations that form a public transport complex spanning the length of King William Street in the City of London. Bank station, named after the Bank of England, opened in 1900 at Bank junction and is served by the Central, Northern and Waterloo and City lines and the Docklands Light Railway. Monument station, named after the Monument to the Great Fire of London, opened in 1884 and is served by the District and Circle lines. The stations have been linked as an interchange since 1933. The station complex is the fourth-busiest on the London Underground network and is in fare zone 1.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank-Monument_station

Immovable

nobody@flickr.com (Aaron Yeoman) — Fri, 24 May 2013 01:32:19 -0700

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Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Oh dear it seems that Flickr is throwing a few wobblers this morning. I uploaded this image via Lightroom 4 and then could not access Flickr via Safari, I kept trying and trying but didn't work. Swapped browsers to Firefox and all is well. Maybe they are fixing a few things or there has been a major crash, thankfully I have got in and able to right my description.

I was a little apprehensive in uploading this image as it was not quite where I wanted it after post processing. You have probably spotted what I am on about, the light! I tried cropping it but with no success and though ah well I will keep it in. The other thing that was not quite right is one of the cranes was in the wrong position, again not much I could do with that. However the thing I was happy with is the reflection in the water. There was no wind at all and it created this stunning reflection. With the continuing work on this wonderful building I am sure that this view will change over time and look forward to seeing it in a few years time again hopefully.

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Sony Alpha SLT-A77
Sigma 10-20mm 1:4-5.6 EX DC HSM
RAW
f/13
11mm
ISO100
20s exposure

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The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (English: Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family; Spanish: Basílica y Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia), commonly known as the Sagrada Família (Catalan pronunciation: [səˈɣɾaðə fəˈmiɫiə]), is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926). Although incomplete, the church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and in November 2010 was consecrated and proclaimed a minor basilica by Pope Benedict XVI.

Though construction of Sagrada Família had commenced in 1882, Gaudí became involved in 1883 taking over the project and transforming it with his architectural and engineering style—combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms.

Gaudí devoted his last years to the project, and at the time of his death at age 73 in 1926, less than a quarter of the project was complete. Sagrada Família's construction progressed slowly, as it relied on private donations and was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War—only to resume intermittent progress in the 1950s. Construction passed the midpoint in 2010 with some of the project's greatest challenges remaining and an anticipated completion date of 2026—the centennial of Gaudí's death. The basílica has a long history of dividing the citizens of Barcelona—over the initial possibility it might compete with Barcelona's cathedral, over Gaudí's design itself over the possibility that work after Gaudí's death disregarded his design and the recent possibility that an underground tunnel of Spain's high-speed train could disturb its stability.

Describing Sagrada Família, art critic Rainer Zerbst said "it is probably impossible to find a church building anything like it in the entire history of art" and Paul Goldberger called it "the most extraordinary personal interpretation of Gothic architecture since the Middle Ages."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia

Around the Bend

nobody@flickr.com (Aaron Yeoman) — Thu, 23 May 2013 01:39:33 -0700

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City Hall, London, England

This building is simply awesome, one of my favourites from Open House London so much a have visited it twice in the the last two years of Open House.

I have gone for a slightly different composition here, different from the norm. I like it but I have a feeling that it is an image that may get mixed reviews, please do let me know what you think. If you do get to go to Open House this year and you have never been this is certainly one to visit and I suggest going first thing and it will be less quiet. This image was taken about 1700hrs, right before it closed and everyone (apart from me and Mark lol) were making their way to the exit.

For me this building is such a wonder to the eye, so many different angles and geometric shapes, something that its architect Norman Foster is brilliant at.

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City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA) which comprises the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. It is located in Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge. It was designed by Norman Foster and opened in July 2002, two years after the Greater London Authority was created.

The building has an unusual, bulbous shape, purportedly intended to reduce its surface area and thus improve energy efficiency, although the excess energy consumption caused by the exclusive use of glass (in a double facade) overwhelms the benefit of shape. Despite claiming the building "demonstrates the potential for a sustainable, virtually non-polluting public building" energy use measurements have shown this building to be fairly inefficient in terms of energy use (375 kWh/m2/yr), with a 2012 Display Energy Performance Certificate rating of "D". It has been compared variously to Darth Vader's helmet, a misshapen egg, a woodlouse and a motorcycle helmet. Former mayor Ken Livingstone referred to it as a "glass testicle" while the present mayor, Boris Johnson, has referred to it as "The Glass Gonad" and more politely as "The Onion". Its designers reportedly saw the building as a giant sphere hanging over the Thames, but opted for a more conventionally rooted building instead. It has no front or back in conventional terms but derives its shape from a modified sphere.

A 500-metre (1,640 ft) helical walkway, reminiscent of that in New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, ascends the full height of the building. At the top of the ten-story building is an exhibition and meeting space called "London's Living Room", with an open viewing deck which is occasionally open to the public. The walkway provides views of the interior of the building, and is intended to symbolise transparency; a similar device was used by Foster in his design for the rebuilt Reichstag (parliament) in Germany. In 2006 it was announced that solar photovoltaic cells would be fitted to the building by the London Climate Change Agency.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Hall_(London)

Tumble Down

nobody@flickr.com (Aaron Yeoman) — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:25:53 -0700

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Bank Monument Underground Station, London, England

Couple of months back I decided to give my London Underground images a break as I wanted to experiment with different photographic genres and techniques, too much of a good thing sometimes can be bad right? With bits and peaces of what I have learnt I feel I can transfer these new skill-sets over to my London Underground images.

With renewed energy I am hoping to get out this week or early next and visit some new stations and get some new material but for now this one from the archives will have to do ;-)

Taken at Bank-Monument station, this is the staircase that leads down to the Waterloo and City Line, its actually quite a long set of stairs, better going down then up them ;-). I know this staircase has been taken many of time but I wanted to put my take on it which I hope you all like.

Change of subject, I see that the new Flickr got a right slating off yesterday on a lot of social media websites. I do try to embrace change in a positive way and do feel that Flickr was in need of an update. It will be sad to see any of my followers, friends and photographers go. My advice is just give it a little more time and hopefully Flickr will fix the issues with the parts of the new design out soon.

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Bank and Monument are interlinked London Underground and Docklands Light Railway stations that form a public transport complex spanning the length of King William Street in the City of London. Bank station, named after the Bank of England, opened in 1900 at Bank junction and is served by the Central, Northern and Waterloo and City lines and the Docklands Light Railway. Monument station, named after the Monument to the Great Fire of London, opened in 1884 and is served by the District and Circle lines. The stations have been linked as an interchange since 1933. The station complex is the ninth-busiest on the London Underground network and is in fare zone 1.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank-Monument_station

Unending

nobody@flickr.com (Aaron Yeoman) — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:25:06 -0700

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La Sagrera Metro Station, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Well logged onto Flickr last night to find a complete revamp, completely different to the Flickr of old. I had a quick look around to see how it fared and initial thoughts I quite liked it. Had a further look at it this morning and these are my observations

Things I like -
1. The new dynamic feel
2. Larger images to see when you upload and from your contacts too
3. The ability to see what others comment on other contacts photos that you may like.

Things I don't like (at the moment) -
1. Too much clutter on the homepage and quite confusing to find what your looking for and the lack of 'Your activity'. To access your activity now on your images, you have to click the drop down menu on the 'You' at the top.
2. The groups have not been improved at the moment however I suspect this is coming at a later date so maybe this one is not a fair observation.
3. On the image page the lack of map in my opinion is a step backwards, I use to like the map on there so my contacts could see where it was taken. Granted it states the location in words on there but its not as easy or as quick as looking at a map.
4. Something very similar (one that has been picked up most on by my Twitter followers) is the lack of visible EXIF on your image page. It is there but you have to click 'Show More' next to the additional info tab which then brings it up.
5. The confusion over the new subscription structure for us old Pro users. Flickr has discontinued the old Pro account but I think I am right in saying that it still gives us the option of upgrading the Pro account if we are already a Pro account holder otherwise it will resort to a Free account which if we want rid of the adverts we will have to pay $50 per year. Am I right in saying this? If you have a better understanding of this let me know ;-)

I know its early days but I hope Flickr listen to feedback from Photographers and tweak accordingly.

Anyway this is an image taken on the Barcelona Metro when I visited it there last month. So different to my local London Underground. I decided to visit its newest part of the network, the station La Sagrera. Everything is clean lines with cool lights everywhere. I could have taken the lift down to the platforms but opted for the escalators so I could get images of this. The thing that I wasn't prepared for was the amount of escalators there was. There was about 7 or 8 of these down to the platform, there is nothing like this on the London Underground but I wasn't complaining ;-).

In other news I have updated and I am on the verge of selling prints from it, keep checking out my website this week if your interested in buying prints off me and feel free to checkout my website

www.aaronyeomanphotography.co.uk

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La Sagrera-Meridiana, also known as simply La Sagrera, is an important station for Rodalies de Catalunya and one of the largest and busiest stations in Barcelona Metro network. It is located under Avinguda Meridiana, in Barcelona's neighborhood of La Sagrera. It is served by Rodalies de Catalunya suburban railway lines R3, R4, R7 and regional line R12, and it is also served by TMB-operated Barcelona Metro lines L1, L5, L9 and L10. It is planned that Barcelona Metro line 4 will serve the station through an enlargement that is under construction.

Barcelona Metro line 9/10 station was opened in June 2010 with the opening of the line between Bon Pastor and this station. Temporarily L9 and L10 use what will be the future L4 tunnel, when this line will arrive at the station. The station is located under the intersection of Avinguda Meridiana and Felip II street. It is divided in three levels: the upper hall, the upper platform and lower platform. The upper hall is used together with line 5 and is equipped with ticket vending machines and a TMB Control Center. On the upper platform run all the trains that stop in the station because the lower platform is currently closed.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Sagrera-Meridiana_station

Empire of the Mind

nobody@flickr.com (Aaron Yeoman) — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:09:00 -0700

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Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Well back to the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, now one of my favourite all time buildings. As I have mentioned before, I could have spent all day photographing this place, such wonderful architecture, it really does need to be seen in real life to be believed. How did Gaudi, a architect in the 1800s dream of something so modern as this, it simple amazes me. These stained glass windows seemed to go on for ever and ever, I can't imagine how much they cost and they are very abstract compared to older stained glass windows. I can't wait for my next visit to Barcelona.

On another note, thank you to all those who gave me feedback on my Bluebell image, gave me a few ideas and hopefully will get out soon to get some more images (just waiting in for a parcel at the moment). I will also be working on my website today, giving it an update that is much needed. Feel free to checkout my website

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The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (English: Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family; Spanish: Basílica y Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia), commonly known as the Sagrada Família (Catalan pronunciation: [səˈɣɾaðə fəˈmiɫiə]), is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926). Although incomplete, the church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and in November 2010 was consecrated and proclaimed a minor basilica by Pope Benedict XVI.

Though construction of Sagrada Família had commenced in 1882, Gaudí became involved in 1883 taking over the project and transforming it with his architectural and engineering style—combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms.

Gaudí devoted his last years to the project, and at the time of his death at age 73 in 1926, less than a quarter of the project was complete. Sagrada Família's construction progressed slowly, as it relied on private donations and was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War—only to resume intermittent progress in the 1950s. Construction passed the midpoint in 2010 with some of the project's greatest challenges remaining and an anticipated completion date of 2026—the centennial of Gaudí's death. The basílica has a long history of dividing the citizens of Barcelona—over the initial possibility it might compete with Barcelona's cathedral, over Gaudí's design itself over the possibility that work after Gaudí's death disregarded his design and the recent possibility that an underground tunnel of Spain's high-speed train could disturb its stability.

Describing Sagrada Família, art critic Rainer Zerbst said "it is probably impossible to find a church building anything like it in the entire history of art" and Paul Goldberger called it "the most extraordinary personal interpretation of Gothic architecture since the Middle Ages."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia

Grinning Like a Cheshire Cat

nobody@flickr.com (Aaron Yeoman) — Mon, 13 May 2013 06:59:14 -0700

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St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, London, England

This is the awe-inspring St Pancras Renaissance Hotel and its grand staircase. Believe it or not this is the third time that I have attempted to photograph this staircase, first time during open house last year, second during a tour and this one. All previous attempts I was not happy with as they were just not quite lined up correctly for my liking and also the light coming in through the windows plays havoc with the camera's metering, I still think this would be best visited at night and with a tripod when you don't have that light blasting through the windows but anyhow I am happy with this.

I didn't actually plan to take this image again but I took it while I had a spare 15 minutes before meeting Richard Hurst the other week. I asked the security guard and he nicely said yes that I could take a few images so St Pancras get my 'Seal of Aproval' :-)

Also you maybe wondering why I called this image 'Grinning Like a Cheshire Cat', well everytime I kept looking at it during post processing it kept reminding me of the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, I have no idea why but it just does, can you see him? ;-) Or maybe it was the fact I was grinning after I got this image ;-)

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The St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel is a hotel in the English city of London, forming the frontispiece of St Pancras railway station. It opened in 2011, but occupies much of the former Midland Grand Hotel which opened in 1873 and closed in 1935. Between 1935 and 2011, the building was known as St Pancras Chambers and was used as railway offices.

The upper levels of the original building have been redeveloped as apartments by the Manhattan Loft Corporation, and retain the St Pancras Chambers name.

Planning permission was granted in 2004 for the building to be redeveloped into a new hotel. The main public rooms of the old Midland Grand were restored, along with some of the bedrooms. In order to cater for the more modern expectations of guests, a new bedroom wing was constructed on the western side of the Barlow train-shed. As redeveloped the hotel contains 244 bedrooms, 2 restaurants, 2 bars, a health and leisure centre, a ballroom, and 20 meeting and function rooms.

At the same time, the upper floors of the original building were redeveloped as 68 apartments by the Manhattan Loft Corporation.

The St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel opened on 14 March 2011 to guests; however, the formal Grand Opening was on 5 May - exactly 138 years after its original opening in 1873.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Pancras_Renaissance_London_Hotel

Perplexity

nobody@flickr.com (Aaron Yeoman) — Fri, 10 May 2013 04:16:54 -0700

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Hotel Praktik Rambla, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Back to Barcelona for todays upload, again this was taken from inside our hotel we were staying in. I kindly asked the receptionist if I could take this image and they were happy enough to let me take my images, top marks to Hotel Praktik, somehow I don't think I would have had the same response here in the UK :-(.

The hotel was full of unusual and stunning architecture, really reflecting the feel and personality of what Barcelona is, I was just so happy this little part of Barcelona was in my hotel I was staying in :-)

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Vortex

nobody@flickr.com (Aaron Yeoman) — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:13:16 -0700

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City Hall, London, England

Still tiding up my images and deleting the rubbish, poorly composed and out of focus images and came across this one from Open House London. This is City Hall in London, a wonderful building designed by one of my favourite architects Sir Norman Foster. It has one awesome staircase within it, anybody that has been to this place would agree with me I am sure.

Now I hear you say how do I visit this building? This building is normally closed to the general public however once a year this building and many others in London open their doors to the public so you can get a chance to visit some of London's best Architecture. The event is called Open House London and this year it is happening on the 21st and 22nd of September. The majority of buildings are open without applying for (free) tickets or putting yourself in a ballot. The tickets and ballot system are for the more popular buildings or with limited access etc. Buildings I have visited during the last two years are City Hall, Lloyds Building, The Battleship Building, Tower 42, Broadgate Tower, The Angel Building and many others. The Gherkin was involved last year, as it is this year however be warned queues were in excess of 4 hours!!!

There was several problems last year as unfortunately Open House's success and popularity is also its own downfall. The day the tickets went on release the computer systems could not deal with the sheer amount of people trying to get tickets and subsequently the system went down and numerous attempts also failed. They had to resort to ballot system in the end for the buildings that required tickets however from what I have been hearing they are trying to rectify this issue this year, fingers crossed they do.

The catalog of buildings in Open House London comes out in August but you can pre-order it now at the address below

www.open-city.org.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1&amp...

I hope this little guide is helpful for all that are new to Open House. If you have any questions that I might be able to help with just ask :-).

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City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA) which comprises the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. It is located in Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge. It was designed by Norman Foster and opened in July 2002, two years after the Greater London Authority was created.

The building has an unusual, bulbous shape, purportedly intended to reduce its surface area and thus improve energy efficiency, although the excess energy consumption caused by the exclusive use of glass (in a double facade) overwhelms the benefit of shape. Despite claiming the building "demonstrates the potential for a sustainable, virtually non-polluting public building" energy use measurements have shown this building to be fairly inefficient in terms of energy use (375 kWh/m2/yr), with a 2012 Display Energy Performance Certificate rating of "D". It has been compared variously to Darth Vader's helmet, a misshapen egg, a woodlouse and a motorcycle helmet. Former mayor Ken Livingstone referred to it as a "glass testicle" while the present mayor, Boris Johnson, has referred to it as "The Glass Gonad" and more politely as "The Onion". Its designers reportedly saw the building as a giant sphere hanging over the Thames, but opted for a more conventionally rooted building instead. It has no front or back in conventional terms but derives its shape from a modified sphere.

A 500-metre (1,640 ft) helical walkway, reminiscent of that in New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, ascends the full height of the building. At the top of the ten-story building is an exhibition and meeting space called "London's Living Room", with an open viewing deck which is occasionally open to the public. The walkway provides views of the interior of the building, and is intended to symbolise transparency; a similar device was used by Foster in his design for the rebuilt Reichstag (parliament) in Germany. In 2006 it was announced that solar photovoltaic cells would be fitted to the building by the London Climate Change Agency.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Hall_(London)