I have seen a rash of London Eye pictures recently. Since I was in London, figured I would give it a whirl. Here you go, my take on the infamous London Eye.
Looks like the horizon is a little off kilter, maybe I'll fix that in time... Anyhow hand held a 1/13 of a second (I really need one of those travel tripods). ISO 800. Non-crop. Some contrast/curves adjustments, some focus, slight saturation increases, and slight distortion fix (I hate my 20mm prime sometimes). All done in Capture NX.
There is some slight noise in the photo. Here's hoping it does well. Maybe low 6 material, though probably 5.5. Well, I like it at any rate. Haven't seen the same picture yet with the London Eye, so that that makes me somewhat happy. Cheers all.
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A little lower than I thought, but I still like this image a lot.
Some random outtakes:
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Ah, forget the voters. This is a great study in contrasts, and it captures how the Eye just kind of looms over everything. You have a nice riverside scene, but there's this gigantic metal wheel hanging above you. I get the same feeling about the Washington Monument here. I also like the contrast between brightly lit, manufactured round shape of the Eye and the dark, clearly organic, random linear shapes of the trees.
This is a wonderful image that you just need to take the time to view all the detail in. It doesn't have a "wow" to grab you in, yet it's a very worthy picture non the less. I see nothing technically wrong with it (though I'm not the best judge of that). Quite lovely and peaceful.
If I ever get to London, I guess I am gonna have to go check out this eye lol. Seems pretty popular! Love the shades of blue and how that contrasts nicely with the lit up area in red.
I love the composition. The small person and the medium-sized trees really give perspective to the size of the wheel towering above them. And the picture is so well balanced, with the curve of the wheel being echoed by the line of the tree tops. The colors are beautiful and the subject is interesting. I think the soft focus is what hurt your score. That was my first impression when I opened the image (blur). As I stay with the shot a little longer, I see the focus is not bad. The man walking is really the only thing that's unclear.
Well for me there's a competition between the "Eye" and the cityscape/street scene below for my attention, like there are two seperate points of interest going on at the same time. I think (Just my opinian you understand) that it would benefit from moving further to the right physically to capture more of the eye at a lower point in the composition and maybe that way blending the two seemly seperate scenes into one. Like I said this is JMO, Hope it helps!
Jayson, I gave you 7 and thought it was a different take on the Eye. Rather than trying to capture the whole thing, you got a photo that shows it in context with its surroundings. I am surprised it didn't score higher, but that is DPC for you! Well done.
I like several things about the shot, including how the angle between the tree tops mirrors the upswept curve of the Eye. Like Melethia, I also like the blurred buy walking along - gives some energy to the shot. I also like the colors.
But it's also missing something. I don't know what. But nothing specifically grabs me. It's kind of a tweener shot - between focusing my attention on the Eye vs. what's going on along the river.
Check the divergent lines of the two lamp posts in the foreground. That fisheye effect may be exacerbating the skewed horison problem. Don't know. You needed the wide angle to get the scene. You did well to capture it without a tripod.
There's nothing wrong with it at all, except maybe the Deb Disease - requires a few seconds more than the usual time allotted by DPC voters to really appreciate. I very much like the different take on the Eye, particularly the echo of the different heights of the trees below. The guy in motion is one of those things I almost always like in a picture, so that's a bonus in my point of view.
Jayson, I gave you a "6" on this shot. I thought the perspective and DOF were interesting, and I liked the tones, but there is something missing to give it that extra "punch" for me. I think that technically it is quite good, and it is very pleasing to the eye, but there isn't an emotive? Please keep in mind this is just my .02 and I love many of your photos - I think you have an awesome eye!
Okay, so you asked to concentrate on what is wrong. Fairly subjective really. I didn't vote but it would have been a 5 or 6. The lilac tone on the "eye" is good. However it's somewhat lacking in clarity and dynamics I think. The angle on the pods is a bit unflatering, for want of a better word. I wonder if a slower shutter would have made for a more interesting shot - though probably you would run the risk of people here calling it cliche. I'm also not sure if the big tree bottom right doesn't spoil the shot a bit. It's quite domineering and for me breaks the view of the other side of the river.
I like the refreshing new perspective on the London Eye and the way the trees stand out in such stark silhouettes. I agree with you that your "horizon" might need a ccw correction of a degree or so.
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