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We were dropped off by Terry at Tate Modern. The time was now a bit before 1.00am and we were told by Doug that the lights illuminating St Paul's would be switched off at 1.50am. I started photographing around the entrance of the Tate and then started to walk towards the Millenium Bridge, finally crossing it and arriving on the other side just as the light went out. I managed the classic shot from the ramp at the Tate end of the bridge looking across to St Pauls, and then a less classic shot of a curve in the bridge. The blue colour of the bridge at night was electric and looked wonderful against the velvet black sky. I managed to process all the shots just in Lightroom except for some minor cloning out of a sign in one. It is amazing how Lightroom can cope with these extremes of contrast, especially in long exposures, although the wide dynamic range of the D800 must help as well. Terry picked us up in front of St Pauls and whisked us off to a cafe in Smithfield where I had tomato...

Ian and I spent a little time in London on the way through to see the London Salon exhibition in Croydon last month. We were operating in the St Paul's, Millenium Bridge, Tate Modern area, a part of London much photographed. And so I took all of the pictures here with my Fuji XE-1 in multi exposure mode and added a little blur in as well to give a different look to the pictures.

I converted the Millenium Bridge photos into black and white using Nik Silver Efex Pro 2. I liked the delicate tones of the colour versions but the monochrome ones are a lot punchier and suit the cloudy skies of the day.

I spent a day in and around the Millenium Bridge in London while visiting the Paul Klee exhibition at the Tate. The exhibition is definitely to be recommended and food for thought for photographers. The following were all taken with my Nikon D800e with either the 24-70mm or 14-24mm lenses. As you can see the day was pretty changeable with sunshine, cloud and later heavy rain.