2012’s Canadian Thanksgiving weekend saw us visit my hometown of London, Ontario. I absolutely love night photography and have been wanting to tramp around the ‘Forest City’ at after dark for awhile.
I finally did. It was damn cold and I didn’t get to as many places as I wanted to but was pretty happy with the results. The eight images included in this article were all 60 second exposures with some help from Photoshop Elements.
This image was taken along the shore of the Thames River. I parked off Riverside Drive and walked down the bike path until there was a spot to get down to river level. The extremely low water level worked well as it gave a nice clean gravel bed to place the tripod on.
On the left is the ‘new’ courthouse in downtown London. Just below, barely visible, is Museum London. In the middle, splashed light, is the ‘old’ courthouse. To the right is a mess of new condo construction.
A closer shot of the courthouse with Museum London in front. The bridge is Riverside Drive as it morphs into Dundas Street.
The King Street Foot Bridge was originally constructed in 1897. The bridge connects Becher Street with King Street. In the background, the York Street bridge is visible. Running beneath the bridge is the south fork of the Thames River. This is the located where north and south merge to become the Thames River that eventually empties into Lake St. Clair.
Another view of the new condos being built east of the forks of the Thames.
A shot of downtown from the ‘other side of the tracks’. This is directly across from the VIA station and there is actually a freight train crossing in front during the whole exposure of this image.
The buildings in the background are the City Centre Towers. Before One London Place came along in 1992, the tower that is closest in the image was the tallest in the city. City Centre was built in 1974.
Since 1992, One London Place has been the tallest building in London at 115 metres and 24 stories. This image is taken from the edge of Victoria Park at the corner of Dufferin and Clarence.
The St. Peter’s Cathedral Basilica in downtown London, Ontario has been around in some form since 1834 when it was a simply log structure. I’m not overly interested in what goes on in these buildings but am always amazed at their exteriors.
A close-up on the front facade of the St. Peter’s Cathedral Basilica.
