Sub-zero on Shakespeare Street

I left work early today to attend to my boiler. I mentioned in yesterday's post that my boiler had broke down, but luckily it's just the heating that's not working and not the hot water. I'd rather be cold than not shower! He's coming again tomorrow to fix it; I just hope it's not too costly.

When the engineer was done I went to the gym, and after I got my camera out and took a few shots 'from the hip'. It was so cold!

I wasn't happy with any of my shots really, as it was too dark and many of my shots were blurry. This was the best one, and when I ran it through Lightroom and used one of the many presets I downloaded yesterday I quite liked the effect. If you use Adobe Lightroom and you're interested in using presets like this, visit the ononesoftware website. They're free! ( http://www.ononesoftware.com/products/perfect-presets-lightroom/)

I finally succumbed and bought a new camera! I've ordered a Canon 7D with a 15-85mm lens, all for £1499. It was reduced for one day only as Jacobs, the camera retailer, were offering 'Black Friday' deals. I saved £200! My credit card is pleased, but I'm not sure my other half will be...

Canon S90, f/2, 1/10, ISO-800

[FunnyFace]

Nice B&W! Looks empty there...
Why do boilers always break in the winter?!

[Carole Neesam]

Really lovely shot,wow thats an expensive camera i hope its worth every penny x

[Meghan Rauls]

love the b&w, nice shot!

[jess pacheco]

Love these street photos!

[Annie Charalambous]

Congrats on the 7D :D I think this is pretty cool. HEY you're less than a week shy of breaking 200 :)

[Zanna]

Great shot and effect :)

[Heather (pixelchix)]

onOne software totally rocks...i love their frames program. I;m really liking these street photos--i think the blur of the peeps is cool...adds a sense of movement and energy.

[Linda Molnar Smith]

Cold and lovely.

[Lynn M. Watson]

Great street shot!

[Teresa (pocketmouse)]

This is gorgeous. :) I like the flare of the lights. Also, a Canon 7D??! WOW. :D That will be so awesome...

[Suelbiz]

Lots of texture in this shot. Love it.

[Rudi Teruel]

Looks way too cool and cold.... Great street capture..... composition and lighting - just too cool.....

[Makeup Junkie]

What a cool shot!

[jinx (@jinximages)]

I love black and whites, and this gives me that feeling of a silver halide print. Nicely done.

Love onOne software too!

Congrats on the new purchase! :D

[Jeff G.]

great shot. street photos are my favorite subject, which bugs me because i live in a rural area. thanks for the tip with onOne.

[Brad Johnson]

Cool shot. I like the title, too.

[Diana Batchelor]

mysterious...i like

[Kirsty .P]

Great shot,love the processing and thanks for the link.

[Sabrina Barrett]

this is really cool

[Mohab Mostafa]

Man, I love all your street shots!

[Craig Tull]

This is great...it looks to me to have some sort of ripple effect, making it seem like some sort of alternate reality...[no, i don't know what i'm going on about either] Really great tho...this is dreamy :)

[Aaron L]

Looks HDR mate, glad I looked in order to see your link , i use lightroom