Tate Modern

We booked tickets for the Tate Modern yesterday where the Turbine Hall exhibit is an impressive installation of intelligent robot jelly fish and fungi by Anicka Yi called In Love with the World. The drone-controlled intelligent sculptures float around responding to human warmth so gather where people are, supposedly emitting smells though this was not apparent (https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/hyundai-commission-anicka-yi). They learn from each other much as fungi react in the natural world.

 It was ticket entrance with no queueing and the galleries were pleasantly empty giving great opportunities for the type of compositions that I enjoy.

Tate Modern Using Legacy Lenses

I often like to travel with just one prime lens  sometimes using old lenses with appropriate adaptors on my Fuji. Here, two visits to the Tate Modern in London with Canon 15mm fisheye in January (first 6) and Olympus Zuiko 1.8 - both from my film camera days and wide-aperture lenses (f2.8 and f1.8). 

London: Nightfall Across the Thames

When we arrived at the top of the Blatnik Tower, the buildings around the Thames were still sunlit. After a cup of tea and a warm up inside, the view had changed dramatically with lights coming on allover the city. Here some before and after shots etc.

London 4. Tate Modern Turbine Hall and Boilerhouse - Contrasts

We spent a considerable time photographing in the Tate both for the architecture and the displays. The colours of the Turbine House, especially with the striped carpet reflected in a large swinging metal ball and orange metal pipes supporting a series of swings, contrasted well with the concrete walls and staircase in the Boilerhouse

 

Walk London Bridge to St Paul's - Clear Blue Skies

By midday, the fog had just about cleared to give a crystal-clear afternoon and sunset. There was still some low mist patches around which gave some very strange effects at the Shard. We spent time in The Tate Modern enjoying the new bridges across the Turbine Hall and the Boiler Hall and the concrete structures in the latter. Final image on DLR Shadwell Station changes for our train to Royal Docks and our hotel.