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5am on a Misty Morning

I left a party at 5am, to find that it was VERY misty and cold outside. Unlike any sane person who would have headed straight to bed, I was feeling inspired about my photography thanks to a new friend, so I went down to the King’s backs to try to get some atmospheric photos. These were taken with my new Canon 50D – the better ones had the camera resting on a bean-bag, but some were hand-held at 6400 or 12800 ISO (very handy, if rather noisy).
I lasted about 20 minutes until I could no longer feel my fingers, and, content with my haul, crawled into bed at 5:30am.

Kings Gate at Night
King’s Back Gate

The Backs at Night, in the Mist
The Backs at night, in the mist

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The Natural History Museum

I visited the Natural History Museum in London today, for a friend’s birthday outing, and took a few interesting photos of the exhibits and the building itself.

Natural History Museum Lobby
The famous Diplodocus in the lobby

Diplodocus Fossil
Close-up of the Diplodocus’ head

Raccoon

Dinosaur Fossil

Water patterns in sand
Water patterns in sand

Oviraptor embryo in egg
Oviraptor embryo in egg

Ceiling of Natural History Museum's main hall
Ceiling of the main hall

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Red vs Green

The back of the New Court building in St. John’s is covered in vines. From spring to summer, they’re a verdant green, and towards autumn, they turn red before falling. I managed to get photographs of the leaves when green, and then again when red (a week before they fell), and noticed that I had photos of the same windows before and after the colours changed.

Red v Green 1

Red v Green 2

Red v Green 3

Red v Green 4

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London Red Bull Air Race

A friend hosted a party the night before the Red Bull Air Race, and his apartment in London’s Docklands had a fantastic view over the race course the next morning. You wouldn’t have seen images of aeroplanes flying low and fast over central London a few years ago…