01/05: London
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
A note regarding the photos. When it's overcast thus making the lighting flat, Ed and I shoot a lot of HDRs. This is a technique where the camera is set to shoot three identical photos with different exposures, then the photos are run through a computer program that merges the 3 photos together generally resulting in a photo with good depth and colour. It was overcast in London today, except for a few hours starting late this afternoon. This means we've been shooting a lot of HDRs. Given the amount of time it takes to process the HDRs we've decided to do this when we get home and have access to Ed's fast computer. What this means to the blog is the really good photos will be added when the trip is over. I'll pick the best unprocessed photos for the blog in the mean time.
One of the places we walked to today was Trafalgar Square. What an interesting place --- statues, water fountains, an old church and the High Commission of Canada is right across from it.
Walking from Trafalgar Square to Buckingham Palace takes you through Admiralty Arch which is the ceremonial entrance to The Mall which is the ceremonial road leading to Buckingham Palace. This photo is looking towards Trafalgar Square. The banner reads HAPPY GLORIOUS.
Looking at all the flags lining the Mall from Buckingham Palace.
It's very evident that King Charles's coronation is this Saturday. The area around Buckingham Palace is full of tents for the press, viewing platforms for the press and media trucks. Some of the platforms are obscuring the beautiful statues in the area. We saw a number of reporters filming segments. The woman in the red pant suit was one of them. From a tourist point of view It's too bad some of the sites are affected but it is kind of interesting to see history in the making.
As The Mall is closed, the current walking path takes you past St. James Park lake with many different birds and
many beautiful gardens along the pathway bordering the lake.
Having your photo taken while you are standing by an old telephone box with Big Ben in the background is apparently the thing to do. We had to stand in line to take this photo of Ed for a geocache. To claim that he found the cache he had to send in his photo. He found several caches today including a couple of them just after another cacher found them. One couple was from France and the other couple was from Finland. Geocaching really is a global hobby.
Looking across the River Thames to see Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster (the house of parliament).
Across the River Thames and the Westminster Bridge is the London Eye, a cantilevered observation wheel.
The Wellington Arch looked really nice in the sun with blue sky.
We were walking down Oxford Street on our way back to the hotel. Ed decided the street with the flags was worth a photo. We saw a lot of streets with flags today, I don't know if that's usual or if it's for the coronation on Saturday.
One of the places we walked to today was Trafalgar Square. What an interesting place --- statues, water fountains, an old church and the High Commission of Canada is right across from it.
Walking from Trafalgar Square to Buckingham Palace takes you through Admiralty Arch which is the ceremonial entrance to The Mall which is the ceremonial road leading to Buckingham Palace. This photo is looking towards Trafalgar Square. The banner reads HAPPY GLORIOUS.
Looking at all the flags lining the Mall from Buckingham Palace.
It's very evident that King Charles's coronation is this Saturday. The area around Buckingham Palace is full of tents for the press, viewing platforms for the press and media trucks. Some of the platforms are obscuring the beautiful statues in the area. We saw a number of reporters filming segments. The woman in the red pant suit was one of them. From a tourist point of view It's too bad some of the sites are affected but it is kind of interesting to see history in the making.
As The Mall is closed, the current walking path takes you past St. James Park lake with many different birds and
many beautiful gardens along the pathway bordering the lake.
Having your photo taken while you are standing by an old telephone box with Big Ben in the background is apparently the thing to do. We had to stand in line to take this photo of Ed for a geocache. To claim that he found the cache he had to send in his photo. He found several caches today including a couple of them just after another cacher found them. One couple was from France and the other couple was from Finland. Geocaching really is a global hobby.
Looking across the River Thames to see Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster (the house of parliament).
Across the River Thames and the Westminster Bridge is the London Eye, a cantilevered observation wheel.
The Wellington Arch looked really nice in the sun with blue sky.
We were walking down Oxford Street on our way back to the hotel. Ed decided the street with the flags was worth a photo. We saw a lot of streets with flags today, I don't know if that's usual or if it's for the coronation on Saturday.