Lionel Callow Photography

Tuesday, 3 April 2012

Walk 2: Westminster to Chelsea

Sunday the 1st of April: Gary and I decided to do the second leg of our walk along the South Bank of the upper Thames. So far we have already walked from Tower Bridge to Westminster, today we continue going west. We will walk as far as we can within the day then that becomes a start point for the next walk. Hopefully by the end of the summer we will have gone as far as we can within the reach of the London underground system, once we get to the end of the network we will have to revue our ability to go further within the day.

The day was very bright, not a cloud in the sky but at least it was dry. It was not good light for our photography, lots of contrast making our pictures very lifeless.

Start of walk two Westminster

Lambeth Bridge

London Fire Brigade Boat

The MI6 building is truly a fantastic piece of architecture almost a one off, I will return at a better time of day to get the evening light. I took loads of shots just to find the best angles.

MI6 Building

MI6_2

Lots of new building taking place all over London.

Nine Elms, St George Tower

Vauxhall Bridge

Thames Refuse Barges

Battersea Power Station

Battersea Power Station 2

Chelsea Bridge

The Peace Pagoda is located in the middle of Battersea Park it was a gift to London from a Japanese Buddhist Order in 1985

London Peace Pagoda

London Peace Pagoda Steps

Chelsea Bridge

Sunday, 25 March 2012

Audley End's Daffodils

Audley End in the sunshine.

After my trip to London yesterday I decided to have an easy day so Carol and I took a run out to Audley End for a walk. Obviously the camera came to and I could not resist getting a few shots of the daffodils.

Saturday, 24 March 2012

East London - Olympic Park

CCC Club Visit to the East London & the Olympic Park.

Roman Road Market. I found this fishmonger doing a roaring trade, I liked his expressive face.

The Fishmonger

These two guys were out on the streets letting us all know their views.

The left wing street paper guys.

The young paper seller

Approaching the Olympic park, is there a plan to cleanup our streets around the park?

What’s going to happen here?

Buildings along side the Grand Union Canal
just outside the Olympic park

Even more Graffiti

There is no two ways about it, the park itself is going to be an outstanding advert for the best of British.

The artist Anish Kapoor's Olympic restruant and viewing platform overlooking the park. Nicknamed the Eyeful Tower but officially-named ArcelorMittal Orbit.

Eyeful Tower

The Olympic Park Stadium.

The Stadium

Stratford International Station

Monday, 19 March 2012

Snetterton Phoenix Club Bike Championships

Snetterton Phoenix Club Bike Championships, was held on the 18th, March. It was a very wet and overcast day but we had some good club racing. All of these shots were taken at the Nelson bend.