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Nice one Rob!I'm in!
Nice challenge, time to go digging in the archive
where? where?Was a bit spoilt for choice on this one compared to my normal new old challenge efforts - but opted for one with a familiar face in there
where? where?
Its a bit like playing Where's THE Wally
Well, if it was down to me, (but it's not) a combination of the two would be about right!Usual dilemma, is it the most interesting bridge or the best shot of the bridge that wins? I have plenty of the former, all pretty flawed, so none of the latter I suspect!
...or a lateral thinking surprise with a shot of your teeth
Is there a "really don't like that!" button?
Maybe I should add that to the rules.....
"minimal bridge" shot entered... (anything else would have been classed as a tyrolean traverse...)
Usual dilemma, is it the most interesting bridge or the best shot of the bridge ...
Went over it once, it was ok.looks like Tower Bridge has been popular over the years.
been over it, under it, round it, next to it... only thing I haven't done is the one thing I actually want to do - get on it - as in the upper walkways that they opened recently. They also hold functions up there, wouldn't mind being booked to shoot them.Went over it once, it was ok.
been over it, under it, round it, next to it... only thing I haven't done is the one thing I actually want to do - get on it - as in the upper walkways that they opened recently. They also hold functions up there, wouldn't mind being booked to shoot them.
Impressive now https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=t...aibBcbnaMn1gZgE&ved=0CDwQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=959
and some decent shots of Tower bridge which is the reason I don't bother taking shots of London anymore as there are so many better ones taken by others.
That's it, I'm quitting photography there is just no pointSometimes Brian I really don't understand your thinking. Surely your statement is true of everything you've ever photographed (apart from family memebers) so what's the point in having a camera, just buy shots taken by others.
Andy
Sometimes Brian I really don't understand your thinking. Surely your statement is true of everything you've ever photographed (apart from family memebers) so what's the point in having a camera, just buy shots taken by others.
Andy
it just doesn't matter to me if someone has done it before or done it better I just want to do it the best I can.
Well, I can see your point a bit more now Brian and if you are happy shooting what you shoot then its all good, it just doesn't matter to me if someone has done it before or done it better I just want to do it the best I can.
A lovely shot of say a quaint cottage in your area surely is better than going to London and taking a shot of Tower bridge that has been done to death at every angle and day and night. Anyway I replaced my shot of Tower bridge as after seeing the link I posted realise it's crap..but does have some value as a record shot as you can't see the same view now.
A lovely shot of say a quaint cottage in your area surely is better than going to London and taking a shot of Tower bridge that has been done to death at every angle and day and night.
Every time I see Tower Bridge it fills me with wonder and I'd like to be able to capture that wonder for myself. Never succeeded, will probably try again!
I disagree Brian, when I take a shot of Tower Bridge every shot is unique. The light at the moment I press the shutter will never be the same again, the people in the shot will never stand in exactly the same place again or have exactly the same expression on their faces, the river will never look the same, the boats will never occupy that same space again, there will never be the same combination of traffic across the bridge or combination of tourists taking pictures from the bridge, I'm in their pictures whether they like it or not and they are in mine. It's not a done to death every angle covered night or day mundane tourist snapshot it's a unique never to be repeated frozen moment in time.A lovely shot of say a quaint cottage in your area surely is better than going to London and taking a shot of Tower bridge that has been done to death at every angle and day and night. Anyway I replaced my shot of Tower bridge as after seeing the link I posted realise it's crap..but does have some value as a record shot as you can't see the same view now.
Keep trying.... A few years ago we organised a TP meet to shoot night time stuff around the river. At some silly hour of the morning, about 4am as I recall, the river was 'slack' [tide neither coming in or out] and it was the only time I have ever seen it so glass like. With no traffic on it it was pond like and if I am honest, a bit surreal and spooky, but I probably got my favourite ever Tower Bridge pictures that night, finally achieving what I wanted. My second fav is was taken from the top of City Hall, the glass ball thing, when the balcony was open to the public and a print of that still sits here on the wall in our London office, which are currently clearing.