Piccadilly Circus at night ~ 1 by seanoneill

Piccadilly Circus at night ~ 1

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Rebecca and I have just enjoyed a wonderful yet tiring 36 hours down in London. We managed to get to the Ansel Adams exhibition, a mooch around Canary Wharf, the Manet exhibition at the RA, a Steve McCurry exhibition and to see Rufus Sewell and Kristin Scott-Thomas in Old Times, as well as a few coffee shops and a fantastic slap up steak dinner at Rowley's Steak House on Jermyn Street.

I have always loved this part of London, where the West End shops meet Theatreland. I can remember being mesmerised seeing the pictires of it on TV as a young boy, and I never grow tired of seeing them for real.

I spotted the potential for this shot walking up Haymarket after our dinner. Would you believe it, as I got my camera out the heavens opened and the rain hammered it down.

Thankfully the rain had stopped after our show finished so we popped back to Piccadilly Circus and took a few shots before a long and cold walk through Trafalgar Square, down Whitehall and over Westminster Bridge to our hotel. More in my other albums.

Here are a few links, telling more about Piccadilly Circus and Rowley's Steak House.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccadilly_Circus

http://www.rowleys.co.uk/default.html

Wonderful in your face colour here Sean! I like the vivid contrast of black sky, colour & Eros silhouette , great composition!
February 9th, 2013  
@happypat Thanks Pat.
February 9th, 2013  
Lovely bright colours ... love the silhouette as well :)
February 9th, 2013  
Sounds like a great time Sean, it's great to take on the sounds and sights and colours of London, don't think I'll ever tire of it!
February 9th, 2013  
Works well portrait. Like the shadow effect on Eros.
February 9th, 2013  
This is a great night capture, Sean!
February 9th, 2013  
Great colourful composition
February 9th, 2013  
Wow! Sounds like a PERFECT weekend. Just perfect. Did you enjoy the Ansel Adams exhibit?
February 10th, 2013  
Superb colour blocking, works really well here and is a great, different take on this iconic place. So glad you had such a great time, you certainly did a lot!!
February 10th, 2013  
The Eros silhouette is fabulous...great colours, what a fabulous time you both had...........filled in a few hours by the sound of it!!
February 10th, 2013  
Very neat Eros! So glad you are having an absolutely fab time....so jealous of all those wonderful exhibitions.... :-)
February 10th, 2013  
The colours are just so crisp, clear and vibrant Sean! Love the silhouette!
February 10th, 2013  
Nice ... I think the top half of this would work very well indeed on its own.
February 10th, 2013  
Great job silhoucapturing Eros. This brings back memories from 1968!
February 10th, 2013  
@automaticslim You are so right Andy!! Have just cropped and posted as you suggested and it is such a powerful shot. Thak you for suggesting it.
February 10th, 2013  
Nice one. I like the bright colors and silhouette.
February 10th, 2013  
Super shot - Eros could be lost in all that light but he looks great here
February 10th, 2013  
cool! i was lurking round those parts at that time too!
February 10th, 2013  
@houdiniem small world!
February 10th, 2013  
Very nice! You bring back memories for me from last summer.
February 11th, 2013  
Love the vibrancy and the silhouette. Great shot!
February 15th, 2013  
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