A Stroll Through London - C&C Welcome

[Foggy]

Had a day to myself on Saturday so thought I would go for a walk through London. Pretty new to photography and thought it would give me plenty of opportunities! Overall took approx 350 shots of various bits and bobs, got a fair few I like. Tried my best not to end up just taking 'holiday' style snaps. Anyways - here are a few of them, any C&C would be greatly appreciated:

#1 - Westminster Abbey

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1203/1432904209_961f6b780d.jpg

#2 - Big Ben

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1326/1432905017_2f2fb9218e.jpg

#3 - London Eye

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1058/1432922909_8efd30ab3f.jpg

#4 - Graffiti

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1325/1432937951_3014780071.jpg

#5 - Errmm...a building

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1314/1432962089_cc3bc0f60d.jpg

#6 - Another building that caught my eye just before St Pauls

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1386/1433845206_bcc6c2139c.jpg

#7 - St Pauls Cathedral

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1011/1432978525_594615b351.jpg

#8 - Statues

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1177/1432980447_cf64eaa2e8.jpg

#9 - Southwark Cathedral

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1197/1433857014_dfaaaed61b.jpg

#10 - Tower Bridge

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1196/1433861586_1f2c72ff23.jpg

All taken with my D40 and the 18-55mm kit lens.

Others from the day, along with larger versions of these, can be found at my Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrislegg/sets/72157602143680295/) page.

I realise I should have narrowed it down more for proper critique, but struggled to pick which ones to ask about!

Thanks!

[RobertP]

You might be 'new to photography' but you have certainly got an eye for a shot!

Great series with a lot of good compositions. 5, 8 and 9 don't do much for me but I know 5 will be liked by a lot of people - just me not liking buildings at funny angles!

#2 has to be my pick as it made me smile :)

[moomike]

:agree: The 2nd shot for me & I really like the lighting in the graffiti shot.
Very nicely done & a very promising set of pics :thumbs:

[JPS]

Number six just needs the verticals sorting, but number seven is great - nice one.

[Foggy]

Cheers guys. Just got my camera for my birthday at the end of last month so was my first real chance to go out with it - had a great day although my legs were aching at the end of it! Loving my D40 though.

One more pic I quite liked from a "Don't see that every day" point of view was:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1206/1433795602_d17384ea79.jpg

:D

[Lady Pitstop]

Lovely set Foggy, number 2 is a great pic :) and I like the graffiti because of the colours and shapes of the writing. :clap:

[StewartR]

You might be 'new to photography' but you have certainly got an eye for a shot!Absolutely.

#1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 8 are all good compositions. They look like you've really taken the time to consider the angles. #7 is a bit more conventional ("touristy") but very well executed indeed.

#4 is interesting graffiti but somewhat less interesting as a photo (in my opinion). #9 is another good composition but it needs some processing to do it justice because the lighting is so poor. #10 is a decent idea but I don't think you've quite nailed it here.

Great set. Thanks for sharing.

[PixelFusion]

As said before you certainly have an eye for an interesting shot. Every picture draws me in, very good focal point & nice use of angles.

Keep it up :)