Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Wonders in London

I adore going each Monday night to Center London, near the Thames to the Royal Festival Hall. Either I go by train or the Tube, arriving at Waterloo and walking to the river, or I arrive to the Charring Cross train station, across the river and traverse the foot bridge, either way the lights, sights, movements enchants me each time with new wonders.

Yesterday, I was looking for patterns for my Afterclass Flickr group "night patterns": I did discover so many, inside and outside too, without forgetting "movement" one of our last classes and "color", from which here are two, combined examples.
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The train bridge obscures part of the huge wheel, and a train passes!

I would not have done this image, if it was not all I learned in Afterclass, inspiring me.

But I looked for patterns also inside the Festival Hall, at the entrance, I found this. Lots of different patterns, but also something more.
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It still stuns me as does the possibility to go there and have many different activities at leisure. Read a book, speak with a friend, relax, use your computer. Meet with others. Without anyone coming and asking "do you have a ticket? did you buy something? what are you doing?"
Hall of the Royal festival hall
Also, even after thousand portrait of "strangers" I remain still in wonder each time someone answer me "Of course, you may!" when I approach them to take a photo.

4 comments:

  1. Julie . . . Great pictures. Good blog. I'll be back. Have family roots in Yarmouth-by-the-sea. Grandfather & family left Charing Cross Station for America in 1905. What a different world it was.

    Dixon

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  2. Love the lighting on the Eye in your first shot - gorgeous. I tried to understand how the Afterclass group worked, when you sent me the link, but I fear I don't understand the rules!

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  3. Wonderful pictures - and what a wonderful view on life you have.

    You rock!

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