Poppies, Camera Perving and a Mammoth

Some recent-ish stuff.

Remembrance Day – 12th Nov. ’06

I visited the Field of Remembrance at Westminster, where all the soldiers who died have a little cross in their memory.

During the 2 minute silence at 11am

A trip to Westminster would not be complete without seeing Brian Haw.

I approached him to say hello and I saw his eyes were closed and he was clearly having a moment to himself.

I took some shots with the EM as well – I’ll have to wait until my pictures are developed. Why does it always take me so long to finish off a damn roll of film! I’ve literally had that roll in there for 5 months.

Some random shots:

Mmm blueberry pie…

..taken using a macro lens – such an impressive lens that is. I seem to fall in love with every lens I get my hands on. By the way the lighting was provided by my mobile phone :D

A bit of camera perving..

and some more

..and even more.

I don’t know what my fascination is with cameras on other people. They probably make for boring pictures but I like them so there.

This dog was lying outside a pub – he/she didn’t budge at all, even when i crouched down in front of him/her

I was bored waiting at Balham Station for my train the other day and noticed the CCTV cameras. Londoners are captured on camera something like 300 times a day – more than in any other country.

Sometimes I feel like I spend my life waiting for trains – like today. It took me 2 hours to get to work because my usual overland train was cancelled, and the second one was delayed by 20 minutes, the Central line was shut, the Circle line wasn’t running in my direction, and the Northern line had severe delays. Ahh the joys of commuting. It took me longer to get from South London to East London than it would have done to get the train to Manchester.

Now if only I could take shots on the Tube during rush hour to capture miserable commuters..

A mammoth turned up in Trafalgar Square last week.

I had the 50mm on me which made it pretty difficult to get a good shot.
Anyway, the mammoth wasn’t spectacular like I’d heard it was meant to be. Apparently it was there to highlight the dangers of climate change.

Hmm. It was nothing like the Sultan’s elephant. Remember that?

Ahh memories. Now that was breathtaking – it was like something out of a fairytale. I hope it comes back next summer.

That’s all for now. More soon!