Central London

I was walking down to Buckingham Palace and amazed by these giant trees. I should have captured these big trees months ago but I didn’t because it was my first time walking down there since I came here last May. I know it’s a shame but I finally made it yesterday, haha.

Fortunately, the weather was quite mild yesterday so, it didn’t cause me trouble to expose myself to walk down the street taking pictures. Unfortunately, there was no sun and the sky was completely white surrounded by the clouds. I tried my best to get the best shots but it would have been better with the sunlight I reckon.

My original plan was to get a few candid shots from the street but it didn’t turn out very well I guess. I’m not blaming my 17-85mm lense but I think it’s good to have zoom lense if you want to get closer shots of people. Some of you may ask me why didn’t I get closer to the subject? Well, perhaps I wasn’t brave enough. Otherwise, I would have gone to someone randomly and asked them directly for a shot. If that day is my unlucky day, I would probably get a slap, haha. As a matter of fact, that’s why it’s called “candid”. It is because of the unawareness. If you go closer, people would notice you’re taking their pictures.

It is normal to not have your photos if you go out on your own (in that case, I refer to myself, haha). The only shots you get are sculptures and perhaps a few sceneries. I wish I had a friend who enjoyed photography as much as myself, but the thing is I haven’t got one yet. At least you have got someone to chat while walking or taking pictures.

I bet this red telephone booth is one of the famous subject to be photographed. It’s like most people or tourist I would say get this shot by holding the phone’s cradle pretending they’re on the phone, haha. I would have done that as well if I had someone to photograph myself.

I could have got closer shot if I had zoom lense, hehehe.

You can’t escape yourself from taking the Great Britain landmark, the Big Ben. I was staring at it for a few minutes before pressing the shutter thinking how can I get different composition or perhaps angle if possible. I even saw people lying down on the floor to get a shot. Probably their lense was not wide enough but they tried to get full frame of Big Ben so it caused them to lie down for perfect shot (I think so).

Eventually I managed to get myself in the frame! Hahaha. But the question is, who took the picture? Jeng jeng jeng…

P.S : To my little sister, Nur Fatini Aisyah… Happy Birthday.