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Nikon D800 - 17-35mm f2.8 - 304s @ f16 - ISO200 - Tripod - Lee Big Stopper ND filter This is one of the very long exposure shots I did on last week's trip to London.  This shot was a 304 second (that's five minutes) exposure, using a Lee 'Big Stopper' 10x ND filter. The result is a perfectly smooth River Thames and a sky that has a washed out feel due to the clouds moving in the wind.   On the Millennium Bridge most of the people have not registered but some decided to stay relatively still taking pictures of the scene towards London Bridge and have been recorded on the image.  I think this adds to the dynamic nature of the image and I like the result. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL IMAGES ARE THE PROPERTY OF MACLEAN PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CANNOT BE USED FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION If you like what you see on this blog please visit our  Facebook ...

Nikon D800 - 17-35mm f2.8 - 1/500 @ f8 - ISO400 One of the newest additions to the London skyline is The Shard - so named because it is shaped like a shard of glass - which at 309.6 metres (1,016 ft) high, it is the tallest building in the European Union, and the second-tallest in Europe, after the Mercury City Tower in Moscow.  Construction began on The Shard in March 2009, was inaugurated three years later on 5 July 2012 and was opened to the public on 1 February 2013.  Work continues on the interior with a hotel opening on the 34th to 52nd floors later this year. The Shard will also contain offices on its first 28 floors, restuarants above that, apartments with stunning views on the 53rd to 65th floors and the viewing platforms will be at the very top from floors 68 to 72. The Shard dominates the south bank of the Thames from the Millennium Bridge to Tower Bridge so we set about trying to capture images of this massive structure, trying to give pe...