Back to St James Park

AC (that's me) got back to his early morning photo prowling yesterday. With the sun rising later, it makes the morning less rushed. I arose at 5, didn't rush my coffee, and was onsite shortly after 6. Of course, one also has to deal with cooler mornings now, but I just dressed more warmly than has been usual. And it wasn't too awfully cold yesterday, probably about 14/15C when I got out there.

I headed to a spot that I had gone to maybe two months ago, but I used longer lenses this time.

Although I hadn't particularly intended to photograph town hall for what must be the umpteenth time, it draws me anyway. 

I wish I had left a little more headroom for the flag ↓ but Hey! it was early after all. I don't think I need to describe the series, for it is all plain enough. (As usual, the images appear darker to me than when I edit them large. That's how it goes, and you are used to this by now.)

Then, I took a photo of the lights from a restaurant near the rapids, just as I had done last time.

A little later I took a half-second exposure to get a different effect on the water. I cropped it mightily in edit, for this ↓ is the photo that I have had most in mind since the initial visit.

There were several other experiments as it got lighter, but I wasn't overjoyed by the results, so that's it for this post.