The Underground
The Underground
The Underground
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Location
I took this photo on a trip down to London. Just about everywhere in London is a great photo opportunity but you have to be on the lookout and sometimes have a vision of how you want a picture to look. As I was walking from Leicester Square towards the Tube station I saw the Underground sign and just snapped a picture.Time
The picture was taken around mid-day and was one of the first shots of the day.Lighting
It was quite a dull day when I was taking the shots on this particular day but I knew that I would be doing some post-processing so I wasn't too worried. As I was going to crop into this picture the sky wasn't an important factor whereas in some of my other work a dramatic sky is essential.Equipment
This was shot with my Canon 550D, standard lens. It was handheld with no other equipment.Inspiration
I love London and taking photographs there but I am always looking for new and exciting ways to present them. There are literally millions of photos of London so I was really focussing on shots that I could make different and show the city from a new perspective.Editing
I already knew when I took this picture that I was going to do some post-processing so I had in mind some ideas. However, as I had only taken one shot of the original picture I wasn't sure how a HDR effect would turn out. However, once I had cropped in and used Photoshop to process the HDR effect I was actually stunned at how amazing the photo turned out and is still one of my favourites that I have done.In my camera bag
To be honest unless I am going for a specific event I tend to travel quite lightly. In my bag I of course have my Canon 550D along with it's standard lens. I always make sure I have a spare fully charged battery as I never want to be caught out with a drained battery and of course plenty of spare memory cards. As I tend to shoot cityscapes and city action I probably take more pictures than just a regular landscape photographer as there is just so much going on to snap away at so it is very easy to fill a memory card (whilst forgetting how long it can take to go through them afterwards!)Feedback
If you want to capture a picture that's different don't be afraid to take a picture of something that at first appears ordinary. I know there are a lot of critics who think that post-processing is the ultimate sin - in fact I was once at a craft fair with my photo-art stall (IMJ Photo-Art if you want to look me up!) and a very snooty lady who declared she was from a very superior photographic magazine sneered and said 'well it's not what is actually seen through the lens is it'! What my advice is you take the photos that you want and process them in any way that you want. Look out for ordinary scenes that you can make extra-ordinary and finally - if you like the photo that you take then it's a GREAT photo, no matter what anyone else may think.
