Day in London

Another beautiful day in London and with the benefit of not having to work, it meant I could go around London to take some pictures and see some things I usually don't get round to.

Took the Heliar 12mm and the GR lens with me but the Heliar stayed on all the time, I like the wideangle it offers and shooting at f8.0 meant I only needed to worry about the framing.

This is a series of some pictures I took today from different parts of London, starting near Liverpool Street, passing by the Barbican, Regent Street, the Saatchi gallery, Battersea park, Chelsea Bridge with a view of my favourite building in London and finally a slightly abstract picture of the Southwark Cathedral. I have a lot more pictures and locations but these show best my day and the photography I have been doing.

Battersea

iPhone 4, f2.4, ISO 80, JPG, Hipstamatic app

The Battersea Power Station Project

This time it's not just a picture or a few random pictures from today but a project so you will have more pictures than usual.
The Battersea Power Station is one of the most iconic buildings in London and my personal favorite. The brick building with the four large chimneys is one of the largest brick buildings in the world and the largest in Europe. It has been designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the same architect who designed the power station that is today the Tate Modern museum and the red telephone box. It featured on the Pink Floyd cover art for the album
Animals and also in the movie Children of Men and has been referenced and used in numerous movie and film productions.
It is a big shame that it is literally only a empty shell of the past glories. It lays empty and exposed to the elements since the 80s when a project to redevelop it failed. The only thing this project managed to do is remove the big engines and rip apart the roof and interior of the building. Now after all these years and failed attempts to redevelop it seems like the next project has been drawn up by Real Estate Opportunities and should be done by 2014. Let's hope that these plans finally work out so that this truly amazing building can be visited by people and put to some good use again after all these years.
The pictures are a mix of the GRD II with 21mm lens and the LC1, all developed from RAW and some are cropped. No Exif this time since it's not important for the this time ;).