Tower Bridge, by Stefan Thallner

The Tower Bridge, a must see as it is an iconic symbol of London. Especially by night you can see the beautiful lightening reflecting on the River Thames. Due to the fact that I had no tripod with me while taking this picture I had to be creative so I used the railing of the Tower Millennium Pier to stabilize the camera.

Fujifilm X-E1 with 35mm f/1.4 | Exposure: 4.3sec @ f/ 8.0 | Focal Length 35mm | ISO 200
Tower Bridge, by Stefan Thallner

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | November 22
Award Score: 67.5 (Value 12.5, Clarity 12.5, Composition 18, Style 12, Skill 12.5)
Photo of the Day Award Category: Night Photography
Photograph Location: Tower Millennium Pier, London | The United Kingdom

Photographer: Stefan Thallner (Allhartsberg, Amstetten, Austria) Registered
Stefan Thallner born in 1987, and lives in Allhartsberg, Lower Austria. Looking back to his early childhood, there already exist pictures of him with an old photo camera. After he finished college with specialization in technical computer science, he started working as a web developer. That is when His grandfather gave him his old Canon EOS D30, which is Stefan’s first DSLR in the year 2007. It was him who awoke his interests in photography and it’s because of him that his biggest hobby is now photography. As one can imagines, as student you do not have much money, so it took a while after he bought his first DSLR, the EOS D50. In the meanwhile he borrowed the equipment of his grandfather, and learned a lot of things in photography. He likes challenges and exploring something new, which helped him won Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk in Linz (Austria) in the year 2009. In the year 2012 he got self-employed with a web agency and IT company, and started studying informatics in Linz to improve his technical understanding. Taking pictures means something special to him. When he takes his camera he feels free! There is no pressure; it’s just him and his camera.

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