This is another shot from inside the British Museum, this time at ground level, and I think it would have been reasonably striking even without the ghostly figures wandering about on the roof. Apparently the roof is cleaned once a year and I happened to be there during the week it was scheduled.
Actually, this shot almost got me in trouble. The friend I was with was a little way and way and watched as a collection of security guards gathered behind me discussing quite what I might be doing. The first one arrived and summoned another on her walkie-talkie with the comment "there's a gentleman taking pictures of the roof, and he has a rucksack, and I'm not sure he's a tourist". The second one turned up and seemed equally puzzled so they called up a third one, and the three of them huddled together trying to decide whether I posed some sort of security threat. At which point my friend put them out of their misery – "oh, he's just a photoblogger". Sadly, I missed it all ;-)
camera capture date aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO focal length image quality white balance cropped?
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comment byUrbanite at 07:43 AM (GMT) on 23 June, 2004
I've been to the British Museum umpteen times as I live nearby but my photos never look like that !!
I'll have to go back and look at it all with new eyes.
comment byHouser at 12:48 PM (GMT) on 23 June, 2004
Hey man - best photo in a long time! Good eye.
comment byKayleigh at 02:50 PM (GMT) on 23 June, 2004
Love it! I really like the little bits of gold on the windows.
comment byJeremy Wright at 02:57 PM (GMT) on 23 June, 2004
*gasp* Spectacular! Very colorful.
comment byRainKing at 03:31 PM (GMT) on 23 June, 2004
I really like the low perspective. Excellent composition too.
Not the first time I read of a photobloger being followed closely by guards in public places, btw.
comment byTintil at 05:26 PM (GMT) on 23 June, 2004
Fantastic shot! I can't quite work out which direction the roof is going in. It looks as though it curves back on itself - and the figures make it more disorientating. Great work, as always.
Great shot, I love the composition. Actually, I'm secretly just excited that I figured out where it was before reading the note ;) Love the story too, too bad your friend didn't get a shot of the security guards clustered behind you...
comment byPeace at 07:22 PM (GMT) on 23 June, 2004
cool shot! and i love the story behind it... hope it won't happen to me. lol
comment bybeerzie boy at 07:45 PM (GMT) on 23 June, 2004
Brilliant perspective.
comment byKjetil at 09:16 PM (GMT) on 23 June, 2004
Like all the others, great perspective, nice composition, good background story! Fantasic is the word I was looking!
what a great shot. i went to england over spring break, we went to the museum.. it's very nice. very white. i liked it. that's a great story too, heh. i like everything about this entry! -snaps-
comment byJasmin at 04:33 AM (GMT) on 24 June, 2004
I like the way the lines curve and converge at the bottom centre of the photograph. Cool colours!
comment by djn1 at 06:56 AM (GMT) on 24 June, 2004
Thanks everyone.
Tintil: the building has a central, round core – the building featured in this shot – and an outer ring. The roof rises as a dome between the two; a bit like the surface of a doughnut.
comment byTiago at 02:10 PM (GMT) on 24 June, 2004
wow, beautiful composition!
comment byCaroline at 02:50 PM (GMT) on 29 June, 2004
I've got a similar shot, as does a friend of mine - none of us were bothered by security, but perhaps we did look touristy!
comment by m at 08:54 PM (GMT) on 7 February, 2005
I've followed in your footsteps today!
No men on the roof though.
Yours still beats his by a few feet. I'll take high contrast and creepy ghost figures over their absence any day. Anyhow, your vision is spreading. keep up the good work.
This is another shot from inside the British Museum, this time at ground level, and I think it would have been reasonably striking even without the ghostly figures wandering about on the roof. Apparently the roof is cleaned once a year and I happened to be there during the week it was scheduled.
Actually, this shot almost got me in trouble. The friend I was with was a little way and way and watched as a collection of security guards gathered behind me discussing quite what I might be doing. The first one arrived and summoned another on her walkie-talkie with the comment "there's a gentleman taking pictures of the roof, and he has a rucksack, and I'm not sure he's a tourist". The second one turned up and seemed equally puzzled so they called up a third one, and the three of them huddled together trying to decide whether I posed some sort of security threat. At which point my friend put them out of their misery – "oh, he's just a photoblogger". Sadly, I missed it all ;-)
capture date
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
focal length
image quality
white balance
cropped?
10.13pm on 18/6/04
f3.5
1/250
aperture priority
+1.0
evaluative
50
12.7mm
RAW
auto
no
I've been to the British Museum umpteen times as I live nearby but my photos never look like that !!
I'll have to go back and look at it all with new eyes.
Hey man - best photo in a long time! Good eye.
Love it! I really like the little bits of gold on the windows.
*gasp* Spectacular! Very colorful.
I really like the low perspective. Excellent composition too.
Not the first time I read of a photobloger being followed closely by guards in public places, btw.
Incredible composition and color. Truly amazing.
Fantastic shot! I can't quite work out which direction the roof is going in. It looks as though it curves back on itself - and the figures make it more disorientating. Great work, as always.
Great shot, I love the composition. Actually, I'm secretly just excited that I figured out where it was before reading the note ;) Love the story too, too bad your friend didn't get a shot of the security guards clustered behind you...
cool shot! and i love the story behind it... hope it won't happen to me. lol
Brilliant perspective.
Like all the others, great perspective, nice composition, good background story! Fantasic is the word I was looking!
what a great shot. i went to england over spring break, we went to the museum.. it's very nice. very white. i liked it. that's a great story too, heh. i like everything about this entry! -snaps-
I like the way the lines curve and converge at the bottom centre of the photograph. Cool colours!
Thanks everyone.
Tintil: the building has a central, round core – the building featured in this shot – and an outer ring. The roof rises as a dome between the two; a bit like the surface of a doughnut.
wow, beautiful composition!
I've got a similar shot, as does a friend of mine - none of us were bothered by security, but perhaps we did look touristy!
I've followed in your footsteps today!
No men on the roof though.
this is a great shot. I see someone else thinks so.
file : the collection
Yours still beats his by a few feet. I'll take high contrast and creepy ghost figures over their absence any day. Anyhow, your vision is spreading. keep up the good work.