Monday 29 November 2010

Dusk Views

Here are a couple of shots taken last week from the roof of the Central Africa House development in Victoria.

This first image was shot on an overcast evening at the beginning of the week. The clouds were blocking most of the natural light and it created a bit of a muddy mix of colours as the lights from the capital bounced around below.



I revisited later in the week when the cold weather had arrived and the skies became clearer. I arrived early enough to shoot the low winter sun hitting Big Ben and The Houses of Parliament. As the sun set, the dusk view became cooler and bluer than before, with the evening sky overcoming the artificial light. Definitely worth the revisit.


Monday 22 November 2010

The 7 Hills of Croydon


Recently I went on a really fascinating guided walk around my home town of Croydon via 7 of it's most beautiful "hills." Okay, Croydon doesn't have that many hills, but it does have an abundance of car parks which provided the vantage points of this local tour. Run with huge enthusiasm by architect and Croydon Council town planner, Vincent Lacovara, the walk covered Croydon's ambitious post-war regeneration, all the way through to it's slightly unsure identity today.

To see the rest of the images, click through to my website at http://www.murrayscott.co.uk

For more info on all things Croydon, visit Vincent's website at http://supercroydon.net/