CCC London Trip: Morning at King's Cross

Fourteen members of Cambridge Camera Club visited London with the main objective, night-time photography along the Thames staying overnight in Southwark. The morning was free choice but most people visited the Granary Square and Canal area behind King's Cross. Here the light installation in the Square behind the coal Drops Yard with two comparison images of the area back to 5 years ago when they were converting the Gasometers to residential apartments and none of the other buildings were there. Colour coordination was everywhere but this couple with their dog in knitted coat were the best example. The Gasometer Park with its mirrors is always a draw for the camera and otherwise I played around with LiveComposite mode on the Olympus (takes continuous timed exposures in light blend mode) and multiple exposure with the Fuji using Dark mode - I find this technique very compulsive as you can build up Escher-like images where slopes etc lead you through fantasy worlds.

December 2017 - looking towards the buildings on the left in above photo

May 2022 - water feature on the right has gone.

King's Cross, London - Diversity

The extensive development of the King's Cross and Regent's Canal area of London makes photography very exciting and yet stressful for me - so many shapes and colours and action! I mainly concentrated on wide angle scenes as in my previous post, but I also did some multiple exposure and architectural studies and yet couldn't resist some portraits and, of course, cats!!

Kings Cross Outing 4. Francis Crick Institute and St Pancras

The final leg of our walk round the Kings Cross area on Saturday included a visit to the Exhibition 'Outwitting Cancer' at the Francis Crick Institute. The Exhibition gives an overview of the latest cancer research and treatments with Crick scientists. An impressive audiovisual display illustrates how people's lives  people are affected by cancer. Then it was back through St Pancras station to Kings Cross and home.

Outing to Kings Cross 3. The Environs including Nature Reserve

Our route on Saturday took us through Coal Drops Yard - now a fashionable place to shop (and hold Hen Parties), past the Gasometer apartments and Garden and then back along the Canal to the London Wildlife Trust Reserve where we were captivated by the hundreds of Ermine Moth caterpillars that had stripped the spindle trees and were descending on silk threads.