Tag: photography

The Fall in Mississauga

Landscape, Photography

A walk today in perhaps the last dry bright day of Autumn in Ontario – the final day of Thanksgiving holiday brought everyone out for a last look at the glorious fall colours.Fall Colour

Fall in just one tree, from freshest green to palest yellow, orange, gold and deep red against the bright cerulean sky and the faintest little wisp of white cloud.

Its not all about colour though, its about the negation of it too, the pale cream of the stiff brittle stalks of the grasses, to the grey lilac dead flower heads and the silver of bare bark of the tree glowing in the shadows.

Fall Colours

The Reflecting Pool at The Victoria and Albert Museum

Architecture, Design, Photography

The gorgeous red brick courtyard within the museum makes for magnificent reflections in the reflecting pool. I particularly like the concentric construction lines of the base of the pool.

Victoria and Albert Museum pool

Victoria and Albert Museum pool

The Thames at Greenwich

Architecture, Design, Landscape, Photography

Reflections in puddles are always interesting, in this case the addition of the first fallen leaves of Autumn make for a richer version of the London skyline. I wish I hadn’t placed the lamp-post right bang in the centre but I don’t want to crop the tree at the left because I like the feeling of being within a dark space looking out to the bright scene across the water. Its only now that I realise that the Thames itself isn’t visible but if I had taken the shot from standing instead of crouching  in order to see the water, I wouldn’t have captured the reflection.The Thames at Greenwich

The Daily Express Building

Architecture, Design, Photography

During the London Open House weekend, I visited the Daily Express building in Fleet Street, to see the extraordinary opulent Art Deco foyer. I took a lot of photos but the best ones were these two from outside,  the reflection in the black glass portico ceiling and the red lettering with the reversed view of the opposite side of the street.

Olympic Seating

Architecture, Design, Photography

During the last 6 months or so, access to Greenwich Park has been very restricted whilst the Equestrian Olympics stadium has been built, used and taken down. The public now has access to more of the park whilst the structures are being dismantled. The scale of the structure supporting the seating is extraordinary. A mass of scaffolding poles, its hard to even begin to think how it was planned.

scaffolding