07.06.08
Posted in Aviation, Motorsport, People at 3:15 pm by Warren Williams
Typical English weather greeted Silverstone for the climax of the weekend at 1pm. For sixty laps, twenty racers dodged heavy rain, and caught brief moments of sun. Lewis Hamilton in front of his home crowd, put in a scintillating wet weather drive, beating Nick Heidfeld and Rubens Barrichello by over a minute. Full gallery: www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/f1
Red Arrows, prior to the race
Hekki Kovalainen leads Hamilton and Raikkonen at the start
Fernando Alonso entering the start/finish line straight
Heikki Kovalainen
Lewis Hamilton receiving the support from fans after the heavy downpour
Felipe Massa heading straight, for a change
Mark Webber also had a disappointing race
Kimi Raikkonen
Kimi Raikkonen, leading Heikki Kovalainen both from Finland
Lewis Hamilton winning, by 1min, 8 seconds
Full gallery viewable here:
www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/f1
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07.05.08
Posted in General, Motorsport at 10:46 pm by Warren Williams
The crowds grew larger today, near capacity, whilst everyone witnessed some intense and surprising results. Heikki Kovalainen made his maiden pole position and Mark Webber completed the front row.
F1 Village, outside McLaren-Mercedes stand
Red Bull F1 car looking more like something out of Star Wars
Honda’s livery has been special the past couple of seasons
Lewis Hamilton, with his nations flag
Robert Kubica, BMW
Heikki Kovalainen after setting the pole lap
GP2 feeder series
Bruno Senna, nephew of the late and legendary Ayrton Senna
Mustang in the Historic Touring Cars qualifying
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07.04.08
Posted in General, Motorsport at 10:46 pm by Warren Williams
The British Grand Prix marks the half way point of the 2008 Formula One championship, which is closely fought between the top drivers of Felipe Massa, Robert Kubica, Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton. Fridays practice day had great weather, with many burnt faces by the end of the day. The outlook for the next couple days however, doesn’t look promising.
Current leader, Massa (Ferrari), exiting Luffields
Heidfeld (BMW)
Nose cone of the McLaren F1
Local, and crowd favourite, Lewis Hamilton
Fernando Alonso, back in Renault
Mark Webber from Australia, setting his usual fast times
Sebastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso)
Porsche GT3 in the support race
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06.22.08
Posted in Architecture, Landscape, Travel at 10:07 pm by Warren Williams
The Thames Barrier located East of London is a flood prevention barrier, used for exceptionally high tides and storm surges. Near to the O2 dome and Canary Wharf, the scene is rather impressive.
Different filters, and editing
O2 Dome and Canary Wharf dominate the skyline
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Posted in Architecture, General, Landscape, Travel at 7:47 pm by Warren Williams
The Prime Meridian is based on the Royal Observatory of Greenwich, where the longitudes of East and West are seperated.
Standing by familiar territory
Greenwich Panorama
Greenwich Observatory
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06.19.08
Posted in Architecture, Landscape, Travel at 10:21 pm by Warren Williams
St Paul’s Cathedral rises over 100metres above the skyline of London, and is visible throughout the city. The Millennium Bridge connects St Paul’s to the Tate Museum and the walkway along South Bank.
Looking East, towards London Bridge
Friend Andy, composing a shot
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06.15.08
Posted in Animals, Birds, Landscape, People at 11:05 pm by Warren Williams
Hampstead Heath is London’s largest and most beautiful park. Views from Parliament Hill overlook most of London, whilst the park also features open air public swimming pools and plenty of walking tracks.
Katie
Fake bridge
Christine
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06.08.08
Posted in Architecture, Landscape, Travel at 10:42 pm by Warren Williams
The final stop of the day, after a busy day was walking along South Bank, and deciding it was a perfect time to head up the London Eye. Timing the thirty minute ride, to capture the unusually great light in London before sunset at the peak of the 135metre wheel.
Looking North-East over London -St Pauls and the “Gherkin” visible
Golden Jubilee Bridge below
Westminster
North-West over Charing Cross station
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Posted in Architecture, General, Landscape at 5:23 pm by Warren Williams
The dome was built as a celebration of the new millennium, holding a major exhibition throughout 2000. The dome was renamed The O2 in 2005, and now features an indoor area, movie complex, bars and a restaurant.
From the quick Cat linking London City to the O2
From ground level, 2x graduated ND8 filters + 1x blue grad
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Posted in Architecture, Landscape, People at 3:57 pm by Warren Williams
Greenwich Park is one of London’s finest assets – and also houses the Royal Observatory, situated directly on the meridian line.
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Posted in General, Travel at 2:38 pm by Warren Williams
Walking on from Canary Wharf, we took the stroll under Thames linking Canary Wharf to Greenwich
Emerging on the Southern side of the Thames, the view up to Greenwich Park and the historic architecture quickly captures the eye. We took a much needed pub lunch rest at the Trafalgar Tavern, and took the opportunity to borrow a friends impressive lens – the “holy grail” Canon 85L (f1.2)
Canary Wharf in the background
Click for full res file, f1.2, untouched
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Posted in Architecture, Landscape, People at 2:00 pm by Warren Williams
Met up with a group of photographers for a walk around Canary Wharf, Greenwich Park and the O2 (Millennium dome).
Starting around the financial and modern district of Canary Wharf, the buildings created good shooting subjects.
The group waiting outside the spacious Canary Wharf station
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06.07.08
Posted in Aviation, General, Travel at 7:10 pm by Warren Williams
Celebrating a birthday the day before, decided Biggin Hill, Kent, was the place to be. A variety of aircraft both old and new made up the exciting air displays over the large crowd.
Best vantage point?
P51D Mustang and Spitfire
RAF Typhoon / Eurofighter
Click for Full Gallery
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05.25.08
Posted in General, Landscape at 12:04 pm by Warren Williams
The UK Spring Bank holiday weekend is on presently, however as long weekends go, the bad weather has also arrived. Here’s a photo from Bethells, New Zealand, shot three years ago which I’ve previously made available in a triptych frame.
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05.18.08
Posted in General, Travel at 8:00 pm by Warren Williams
The Chislehurst caves, are a labyrinth of hand dug passageways, totalling 22 miles in length. Parts of the cave system are thought to be over 4000 years old, and once housed 15,000 people during World War II as an air raid shelter. More recently, concerts were peformed by Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix and other big acts for the acoustic qualities, until health and safety put a stop to such performances.
Due to the low light, ISO 6400 used on all these shots, with the Canon 1D Mk III
Something you shouldn’t be doing by live explosives
Showing detail of hand dug caves
A recent addition -Carvings done by a female NZ artist
Temple of Doom?
Zoom effect
What’s up doll?
Gollum
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