Richmond Park was transformed into a wintery white realm on Sunday morning, as snow (yes!!) fell on the capital and the South East. Mostly taken with the X-T1 and 16-55mm and 55-200mm. I arrived about an hour before sunrise, but it was much too dark to photograph anything without a tripod. Then, the much-anticipated sunrise was nothing too spectacular as the skies were overcast. Well, that happens. Persistence! From previous shoots, I noticed that the 55-200mm sometimes struggled to produce sharp and ‘clean’ images in low light so I had contemplated bringing the 50-140mm along, but I didn’t fancy being…
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Two of them aren’t real. Just sayin’.
The views from the top of the sore thumb that is the Walkie Talkie are grand. Tickets are free but must be booked in advance. Much better than having to burn a Shard-shaped hole in my pocket for a glimpse of how flat London really is, and how drab its flats are. Still, it’s quite a sight and offers a perspective of the city you don’t see every day. While we were up there, a flight passed by overhead and cast a shadow that stretched the length of Tower Bridge to London Bridge. Whoa.
Fuji X-T1 with 56mm f/1.2 and 55-200mm.
South Bank, 13 December 2014. Taken with the Fuji X-T1 + 56mm f/1.2 and X100S. Full set on Flickr: Christmas Markets London Dec 14
It was hiding on the underside of the sea hibiscus, two of its tarsi clipped to the edge of the heart-shaped leaf, betraying its presence. Gingerly, I flipped the leaf over and my heart skipped a beat, for my initial hunch was right: a tiny walking leaf! It tended to stagger from side to side before settling down, possibly mimicking the movement of a leaf in the wind. We also observed it chewing on the browning edges of a dying sea hibiscus leaf, a behaviour which raises some questions: don’t most herbivores prefer young to mature leaves? Is this species…