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I just returned from a business trip in the UK. Thanks to awkward flight schedules and not being able to leave when I originally wanted to, I ended up having to spend a day in London. I know! Life can be tough, but someone has to do it, so I weathered the not to nice weather and set out to see what I could find.

This first shot of the Houses of Parliament was shot early in the evening. It was actually raining although you can’t tell from the picture. I was a little annoyed as the section just under Big Ben is totally obscured in scaffolding and did not lend itself to any nice shots from the bridge. Also a bit puzzling was the fact that there were no lights on the sections to the extreme left and right. This is why I chose THIS shot as the ones taken later have a bigger contrast between the lit up parts and the dark sections. Taken as three shots each 2 stops apart.

In this second one it is very clear that it was raining. I made sure I had my lens hood on as this helps prevent getting rain drops on the lens. I find that nothing is more frustrating than getting home and finding your pictures ruined by small droplets of water. Very hard to photoshop away, especially if there are multiple.

You can also see the scaffolding pretty clearly in this shot. A shame. I’ll just have to go back one day

This next shot is taken on Trafalgar Square. Mid-morning, but I had already been up for hours. I found it a bit challenging to get a good composition on Trafalgar Square, but settled on this view of the fountain.

This last one was a bit of an experiment. I just wanted a phone booth, but after playing with the bracketed shots, I really  liked how this came out. Pretty iconic shot.

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