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This is a photo I took at the weekend when I visited the Natural History Museum for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition. I've been planning this shot for a while and I am quite happy with the results.
I think the Natural History Museum in South Kensington is probably one of London's most impressive buildings. I took this shot on the second floor looking over the central hall. This is one of London's most popular museums and this was taking out peak time (around 1pm) The place was packed but I used a 10 stop ND filter (B&W 3.0) on a 10 minute exposure so the visitors of the museum appear invisible - cool aye? I did a small bit of touching up in Photoshop to remove a few distractions ([1] a sign on the steps and two signs in the hall; [2] two benches next to the steps and; [3] the tail of the Diplodocus dinosaur that's exhibited in the central hall. I tried to remove the poster to the left and right but my photoshop skill aren't good enough 
We'll I'd be grateful for any comments you have.
| Brand: | Canon |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 550D |
| Lens: | 10-20mm |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 5 Mar 2011 - 8:22 PM |
| Focal Length: | 10mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/4.0 |
| Aperture: | f/13.0 |
| Shutter Speed: | 601sec |
| Exposure Comp: | 0.0 |
| ISO: | 100 |
| Exposure Mode: | Manual |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Title: | Great Hall, Natural History Museum in London |
| Username: | 
jonathanfriel |
| Uploaded: | 9 Mar 2011 - 5:09 PM |
| Tags: | Architecture, B&w 3.0, Digitally manipulated, Long exposure, Natural history museum, Nd filter, South Kensington. |
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Well done i wondered how you got rid of all the visitors a very beautiful image
Susan
Excellent shot, Jonathan. Don't worry about the posters as they are very unobtrusive and in any case provide a bit of variety amongst the stonework. Good that the windows aren't blown out which is always an issue with this kind of shot. I had read somewhere that 10 stoppers make folk disappear but I didn't quite believe it until now. It must have been a challenge protecting your camera from the hordes for 10 whole minutes though.
best wishes
Catherine
Fantastic shot, and what a great idea to get the shot with no people or ghosting. And in fact it has all of the qualities of a very well executed HDR image, - so perhaps you have invented a new approach to this!
The verticals are the only obvious mod to me, - and Ive loaded 2, - first is the original with the window light overhead toned down a small amount; second is the verticals straightened using the CS5 lens correction tool, - this also forces some cropping as it moves the bottom of the shot inwards and upwards.
Hope this helps,
Regards
Willie
lovely bit of work, i also see a superb and even better composition taking a vertical image from the centre of frame, hefty crop i know but could haqve been done at the taking stage as an alternative and it gets rid of the posters and reduces the amount of glass breaking the edge of frame.
i did a quick crop for you to consider.
as it stands in this format, id suggest a little distortion correction and a light crop both sides to lose the windows in the side edges. possibly a tweak on colour balance but a great basis to work with and a great bit of thought to eliminate the crowds.
Phil
What a pleasant surprise to see an inamge generated by the 'old' method. How easy would it have been to just take the shot and modify it with photoshop. Well done for planning and undertaking this shot.
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