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Natural History Museum, London, England (HDR)

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It's absolutely ages since I've done any meaningful architechtural shots as I've been so busy it's easy to overlook my other favourite genre.

A day off last week saw me head down to London for a full days shooting, the weather had looked to be poor but the beauty of shooting in London is it really doesn't matter as you just switch to indoor locations, and there are so many you could have a week and still not get round them all.

I've come away from this day with a few images I'm really happy with, some from new locations, some I've shot in the past, this being one of my favourites, the light in here is gorgeous during the day but can pose a bit of a challenge with the dynamic range in the scene. I took the D750 for this shoot as the rear flip out screen is an absolute godsend for this type of photography, and allows you to frame up subjects from really unusual angles without having to lie on the floor and get covered in someone eklses chewing gum... something you only do once !

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Dipartimento di matematica e la nuova Galleria della Matematica del Science Museum di Londra disegnata da Zaha Hadid Architects. le forme geometriche sono ispirate alle geometrie dei flussi d’aria che si creano intorno ad un aereo in volo, sviluppato attraverso programmi di simulazione fluidodinamica ed ulteriormente sottolineato da un innovativa illuminazione curata da Arup – è inteso ad esprimere come la matematica dia forma alla natura, influenzi l’ambiente in cui viviamo e regoli praticamente tutte le attività e le discipline creative dell’umanità, compresa l’architettura.

Portobello Road is a street in the Notting Hill district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in west London. It runs almost the length of Notting Hill from south to north, roughly parallel with Ladbroke Grove. On Saturdays it is home to Portobello Road Market, one of London's notable street markets, known for its second-hand clothes and antiques. Every August since 1996 the Portobello Film Festival has been held in locations around Portobello Road.

The Natural History Museum in London is a natural history museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. The museum is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 80 million items within five main collections: botany, entomology, mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology. The museum is a centre of research specialising in taxonomy, identification and conservation. Given the age of the institution, many of the collections have great historical as well as scientific value, such as specimens collected by Charles Darwin. The museum is particularly famous for its exhibition of dinosaur skeletons and ornate architecture—sometimes dubbed a cathedral of nature—both exemplified by the large Diplodocus cast that dominated the vaulted central hall before it was replaced in 2017 with the skeleton of a blue whale hanging from the ceiling.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is the world's largest museum of applied and decorative arts and design, as well as sculpture, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

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Whilst I was walking around the National History Museum I came across this room which is spectacular it is the Minerals gallery....

5 exposures at -1.3EV, -0.7EV, 0EV, +0.7EV and +1.3EV tonemapped using Photomatix Pro then edited using DxO Photolab. The Natural History Museum in London is a natural history museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. The museum is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 80 million items within five main collections: botany, entomology, mineralogy, palaeontology and zoology. The museum is a centre of research specialising in taxonomy, identification and conservation. Given the age of the institution, many of the collections have great historical as well as scientific value, such as specimens collected by Charles Darwin. The museum is particularly famous for its exhibition of dinosaur skeletons and ornate architecture—sometimes dubbed a cathedral of nature—both exemplified by the large Diplodocus cast that dominated the vaulted central hall before it was replaced in 2017 with the skeleton of a blue whale hanging from the ceiling.

Designed by Zaha Hadid, the curved overhead structure and layout of the gallery represents airflow around the Handley Page aircraft suspended at its centre. The design was driven by equations of airflow used in the aviation industry, which are still an important area of mathematical research.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is the world's largest museum of applied and decorative arts and design, as well as sculpture, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.