Natural History Museum, London
by Graham Leggate on Oct.23, 2011, under HDR, Holiday, Photography
Love the museums in London. Below is a HDR taken by balancing the camera on some stair railings. For this type of shot a wide angel lens would have been great. In any case here is my effort with a 24-70 (Nikon f/2.8) on a cropped sensor body (Nikon D90).
October 24th, 2011 on 2:59 am
Hello Graham,
Excellent depth of composure and balanced detail considering the restricted improvisation.
Look forward to receiving your next masterpiece.
Regards,
Brian.
October 24th, 2011 on 10:48 pm
Thanks Brian.
October 24th, 2011 on 7:25 am
Looks realy good Graham, the colour in the image really sets out the mood in the museum. Isn’t there a big dinosour skeleton in the foyer of the museum?
October 24th, 2011 on 11:31 pm
Thanks Kheng, and yes I think there is a dinosaur in the middle. The main dinosaur exhibition was closed for renovations when we were there. I was really disappointed as Amelie would have loved it. But we found the ocean exhibition and she really loved it and was naming the Narwhal’s!
October 24th, 2011 on 7:41 am
WOW! If not for the people I would have thought it was a painting. Good Job!
October 24th, 2011 on 11:32 pm
Thanks Kamila, I really appreciate the comment
October 24th, 2011 on 1:15 pm
NIce work mate!
October 24th, 2011 on 11:34 pm
Cheers Mark. Thanks for stopping by.
November 6th, 2011 on 9:19 am
Hi Graham
Great picture and I have come accross your name on a photography blog in Western Australia.
http://beaumitchell.com/2011/04/sugarloaf-rock-dunsborough/#comment-580
Could not help but notice your surname. Not every day I meet someone with the same name, especially on the web.
Wonder if we are related somewhere?
February 4th, 2012 on 4:58 pm
Hey Graham, did you have any dramas taking images in the museum
Im back in london in july and then over to Spain. I must go to the museum. Missed out last year too busy seeing other sights
February 4th, 2012 on 10:56 pm
Hi Adrian, no not really. I chickened out on taking a normal tripod into the museum, instead I used the hand rails on the stairs, and as a backup plan I had a jolly gorilla pod in the bag. The only time I had any issues was in London around St. Paul’s. The police approached me, asked a bunch of questions, asked to review the images on the LCD, checked the camera over (assuming they where checking to see if it had a missile launcher
) and then let me go to continue photographing. They were quite pleasant about it, con trey to other stories I have heard. Are you going to any of the Olympic events?