London Eye
Recently I had an opportunity to travel to London on business. It has been several years since I last traveled to the U.K., so it was good to get back. London is an exciting and vibrant city, full of pedestrians and “buzz”. I always try to travel with my camera while on business should the opportunity afford itself to shooting, particularly when visiting abroad or somewhere new. I don’t always have time to shoot, but it’s well worth lugging my gear along just in case.
One night our group went to eat at OXO Brasserie atop the OXO building next to the Thames. Knowing this was near the London Eye, I took my camera and tripod along. The group left for the hotel after dinner, but I stayed to walk around and photograph. I wandered around from 9pm-1am shooting and exploring … just my type of adventure!
Here are a couple of my favorites. I had never visited the eye before, and I had no clue that the adjacent County Hall would be lit with multicolored lights that change throughout the evening. What a nice treat. The London Eye was completed in 2000, and it was originally known as the Millennium Wheel.
London Eye from across the Thames
London Eye and County Hall
Very cool!! Love the contrasting colors and sense of motion of the wheel in the second image. One of these years, I need to get over to that part of Europe and do some shooting, especially Paris (from seeing your Paris images). You need to post some of those here, as well.
Wanna see more! Ditto to Carl’s remarks, plus I like the boats in the foreground with the Eye.