Photo taken on a Ricoh GX100 digital compact, with a slow hand-held exposure (0.4s). I leant the camera against a bannister to keep things sharp.
I took a few photos of the scene (that’s the beauty of digital shooting – you don’t have to worry about film costs!) but think the top one was the best. Here’s two more:
Finally, here’s a photo of poet and railway fanatic Sir John Betjeman posing for pictures.
Related posts:
A look inside the restored Midland Grand hotel, St Pancras, London
Gravestones in a tree – the Hardy Tree, St Pancras Churchyard
In photos: the magnificent curves and Victorian architecture of York railway station
London St Pancras station – archive photos of the semi-derelict Midland Grand hotel from June 2003
St Pancras railway station in 2001: graffiti, smoke and wooden panelling
Cocktails in the Gothic splendour of the Gilbert Scott bar, Midland Hotel, St Pancras
Take a photo tour of the abandoned Aldwych tube station in central London
St Pancras: brown bowler hatted football stand off
