Hotel Chocolat / London

[ped]

I have just been to the London Eye where we had a Hotel Chocolat tasting. Excellent fun. Difficult to take pictures but here are some of the day in general.

All I took was my Epson R-D1 and Voigtlander 28mm lens.

Thanks
Chris



Tina's Birthday - London Eye by chiscocks, on Flickr


Tina's Birthday - Waterloo/Shard by chiscocks, on Flickr


Tina's Birthday - Citroen Coffee by chiscocks, on Flickr


Tina's Birthday - waiting for train by chiscocks, on Flickr

 

[sparrow6224]

Beautiful. (That final shot would also be lovely if you were five feet or so further back. Although this might have put you on the tracks I suppose.) I love that lens. What's the crop factor on an RD1?

 

[van_d]

Some nice photos. I like the first one the best, beautiful warm colours. 3rd and 4th are also good, though I agree with sparrow on the last photo. The 2nd photo is a nice view but the processing reminds me of HDR. It could be my eyes playing tricks on me, though. Was it that bright, despite the cloud cover?

 

[ped]

Thanks for the kind comments. The platform was quite busy so I was quite limited for the last shot; I agree it would look good with a little more space.

The skyline shot I used a grad filter to darken the sky a bit because the glass left a hazy mark/reflection unless I darkened the sky. I like the effect but agree it looks a bit 'processed'. This isn't what is naturally do but it ads some drama.

Thanks again
Chris

 

[ped]

Sparrow, the 28mm lens is about 42mm on the R-D1.

 

[sparrow6224]

Very good choice. I think 40-45 is a great angle of view and is currently my favorite on film. It has the spaciousness of 335 and the muscle of 50. Or enough of each to be likable.

 

[sparrow6224]

Btw I did a whole bunch of rolls of Tri-X once in Xtol 1:1 with Rodinal 1:100 added, and overagitated somewhat (or so I think) and many of them looked the way your Waterloo Shard (pic 2) came out. Also a bright cloud-covered winter sky, a whitish landscape, wtih dark trees, buildings....

 

[ped]

Btw I did a whole bunch of rolls of Tri-X once in Xtol 1:1 with Rodinal 1:100 added, and overagitated somewhat (or so I think) and many of them looked the way your Waterloo Shard (pic 2) came out. Also a bright cloud-covered winter sky, a whitish landscape, wtih dark trees, buildings....

Yes I've had similar results with HP5 in ID11. It's quite a striking look. I like the high contrast.