Trippin' on the London Eye

Congee, on December 22, 2006, said:

I can't believe there are no comments on this yet...it is excellent!

Matthew Walters, on December 23, 2006, said:

Thanks, I'm glad you like it. It's my first real experiment with layers in Photoshop. I'd used them before, to correct exposures, but never purely for effect.

Martin Evers, on December 25, 2006, said:

For an image that has been seen over 1300 times, that in itself is a comment. I must say that this is a very impressive bit of work. Congrads.

Matthew Walters, on December 26, 2006, said:

Thanks Martin.

hawi-lamme, on January 2, 2007, said:

More color, improve

purplenoodle, on January 18, 2007, said:

I was here the other day and it looked a bit differnt to this - much more grey and depressing!! This is great - looks like a Monet Sky (As in Vanilla Sky!)

Matthew Walters, on January 18, 2007, said:

Thanks - even the grey version has a better sky than the original. It was cold and wet, so the open top bus and boat tours weren't a great idea.

Praise be for Photoshop!

Snemann, on January 18, 2007, said:

This is even better than the greyscale version! I am one step closer to posting "artsy" pictures here, but still not quite sure. I like the geographical theme here very much, but perhaps a little art won't hurt?

Matthew Walters, on January 18, 2007, said:

Personally, I'd go for it (as you can tell from a few of mine). If the Panoramio and/or Google teams don't think the image should be on GE, it won't get uploaded. Also, if the image is way too abstract and perhaps not a recognisable place, you could post it unmapped. That way, you get the best of both options.

Snemann, on January 18, 2007, said:

The GE people seem to be rather picky anyway.. It would be fun to see one or two of one's pictures there. I'll see if I can come up with some art soon.

Snemann, on January 22, 2007, said:

OK - I added some pictures af a less geographic nature to my portfolio. Comments on my art are much appreciated!

esseil, on February 26, 2007, said:

eccezionale

YBMW, on March 17, 2007, said:

You aced it on this one! Fantastic!

www.tatjana.ingold.ch, on March 20, 2007, said:

Nice idea and well done!

Klesitz Piroska, on March 25, 2007, said:

Superb!

Matthew Walters, on March 25, 2007, said:

Thanks all!

123456123456, on April 4, 2007, said:

I live in Lodon and I went in two times

alcidesUK, on April 22, 2007, said:

i miss London!! i been in the londoneye 3 times in diferents seasons! its fantastic, shame i didnt took the pictures like you did!

Matthew Walters, on April 23, 2007, said:

Thanks. This was taken from one of the river tour boats - they pull up at the base of the eye to pick up passengers.

Wittykitty, on April 25, 2007, said:

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

A mixture of oranges, sunset and a volacano in my eyes.

Matthew Walters, on April 25, 2007, said:

Thanks for the kind comment, glad you like my efforts!

zerega, on May 2, 2007, said:

Congrat for the 10000th view!

Matthew Walters, on May 2, 2007, said:

Thanks! (No prizes though...)

Hyunjun Shin, on May 3, 2007, said:

Beutiful picture! I've been there last August. The weather makes the view totally different... WHat did u do with Photoshop?? Unbelievable sunset!! I heard it opened at 8 pm December 31, 1999 to the memory of millennium by Mr.Blair who is the servant of Mr.Bush. hhh

Matthew Walters, on May 3, 2007, said:

Thanks! The actual sky was a pretty flat grey. I bumped up the contrast quite significantly, which led to the grey-scale version, then I just added a load of different layers to build the sunset - a mixture of oranges, reds, yellows, and blue.

It did open for the millennium celebrations and would certainly make a good metaphor for politics - it goes round and round in circles and never gets to a conclusion. :)

alfredo alanis, on May 10, 2007, said:

buenisima foto

HelgeNug, on May 13, 2007, said:

das Bild wirkt unglaublich stark!!! Vor allem lässt es sich aus mehreren Perspektiven betrachten. Gefällt mir sehr gut!!!

Matthew Walters, on May 14, 2007, said:

Danke, bin ich du mag es froh. Als ich es zuerst bekanntgab, dachte I, daß die Abbildung zu „heraus dort“ war, aber sie scheint, ziemlich populär zu sein!

www.akvus.eu, on May 23, 2007, said:

Hmmm it's intresting picture, but there's a few to many black on left side. 8,5/10

gamma-aspirin, on May 25, 2007, said:

Beautiful photography!

0_-, on May 29, 2007, said:

When does this is pat?

JeanDeCop, on June 6, 2007, said:

Very nice picture. Did you shoot it like this or did you reframe it afterwards?

Matthew Walters, on June 6, 2007, said:

Thanks! Very small crop from the top to improve the run of the wheel into the corner. Other than that no changes except for the colour treatment.

Zikopoulos Stratos, on June 13, 2007, said:

Very impressive! although it looks like artificial...I propose you a real (greek style) London sunset with a...London eye. Have a look.

vasia, on June 14, 2007, said:

Your picture is fantastic,i've been there a year ago and my picture is nice,too. may i show you next time

Matthew Walters, on June 14, 2007, said:

vasia - Thanks, I look forward to seeing your pictures.

Zikopoulos Stratos - Thanks, I tried to keep it unreal, so it's obviously fake and not pretending to be anything else. I do like your sunset too!

Apri1, on June 14, 2007, said:

best photo of that i've ever seen!

kristine hannon (www.traveltheglobe.be), on June 21, 2007, said:

Very nicely composed layers! Great composition. Travel greetings from belgium

Matthew Walters, on June 21, 2007, said:

Thanks kristine and Apri1. It was very much an experiment, but one that seems to have been succesful!

Fong ChiaLong, on June 24, 2007, said:

幸福摩天轮........

kosamiga, on June 30, 2007, said:

伦敦眼 London eye

Fong ChiaLong, on June 30, 2007, said:

楼上是同胞

hamzars, on July 1, 2007, said:

wonderful shot.. Click for My Photos!!

Blnk, on July 9, 2007, said:

i only can say...this picture is incredible

Matthew Walters, on July 9, 2007, said:

Thanks, Blnk

ioli, on July 10, 2007, said:

I agree with all the other people that this picture is very nice.Cogratulations again!

Matthew Walters, on July 10, 2007, said:

Thank you, ioli

Matthew Walters, on July 19, 2007, said:

Ciò interamente è stata fatta nel photoshop, voi è di destra. Non suggerisco che è qualche cosa tranne una foto “di arte„.

Nurettin Peşkircioğlu, on July 26, 2007, said:

This is a very impressive bit of work. Congrads.

Matthew Walters, on July 26, 2007, said:

Thankyou, Mervegül.

Gunar Wünsch, on July 29, 2007, said:

Gutes Licht tolles Bild. Gruß aus Berlin

Matthew Walters, on July 29, 2007, said:

Danke (ich denke!)

spoon 15, on July 31, 2007, said:

Es una foto hermosisima, con el carrete o el efecto que hayas usado le da un aire a los 80. Estoy buscando fotos para ponerle estrellas amarillas y esta es una de ellas. Felicitaciones desde España.

李慕剛, on July 31, 2007, said:

不可思議......這是在煙火爆炸的同時拍的嗎？背景的雲彩實在太特殊了。

Matthew Walters, on July 31, 2007, said:

谢谢. 云真实的,但颜色是纯photoshop的!

Matthew Walters, on July 31, 2007, said:

spoon 15: Gracias por agregarme a tus favoritos. Hay muchas fotos a elegir en de Panoramio, así que esto es un gran elogio.

Matthew Walters, on August 22, 2007, said:

Thanks Jocelyn!

limak, on August 25, 2007, said:

nice!

sky-grass, on September 1, 2007, said:

so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Matthew Walters, on September 2, 2007, said:

Thanks, limak and sky-grass!

Oth3r_sid3, on September 4, 2007, said:

Congratulations!

Oth3r_sid3, on September 4, 2007, said:

de verdad que es una hermosa fotografia!

Matthew Walters, on September 4, 2007, said:

¡Gracias!

betzy, on September 4, 2007, said:

I want a ride, with that sky! is a dream!

Matthew Walters, on September 5, 2007, said:

Thank you betzy, only to see those colours you'd need to wear some crazy glasses!

Matrixiceman, on September 15, 2007, said:

thats a great shot.......if you are interested how to sell them just send me an email: info@matrixiceman.com...greetings from Tenerife

A.SKINNER, on September 17, 2007, said:

FANTASTIC SHOT.BRILLIANT COMBINATION OF STRUCTURE AND COLOUR. I BET YOU ARE PLEASED WITH THAT ONE!

Matthew Walters, on September 17, 2007, said:

Thanks A! I do like it, partly as it was my first real bash at using layers and layer masks.

AyMoNdo, on September 18, 2007, said:

so u used the photoshop liars.. could explain which one of them. thanx

Matthew Walters, on September 18, 2007, said:

I use Elements 4

Alexander Bramly, on September 19, 2007, said:

This is a Great photo!!! http://www.panoramio.com/user/30615

Matthew Walters, on September 19, 2007, said:

Thanks James!

Andreas Wiesner, on September 20, 2007, said:

Burning sky - really dramatic backdrop! Well done!!!

Matthew Walters, on September 20, 2007, said:

Thanks Andreas, much more colourful than the original!

Matthew Walters, on October 3, 2007, said:

Thanks, Thomas

John Cliff, on October 13, 2007, said:

Great. Looks more like a painting than a photo. Well done.

lsandshl, on October 14, 2007, said:

really amazing

Matthew Walters, on October 15, 2007, said:

Thanks John, Islandshl and Matt for your comments.

Matt, yu're right - the spokes do show up the photoshop somewhat, this was an early effort and using Elements I didn't (at the time) have the ability to use layer masks, so the editing was rougher than I would probably do now. In the original image, you could hardly see any contrast in the clouds, they were more-or-less flat.

Dorrin Pourkhalili, on October 16, 2007, said:

Excelent work .

Matthew Walters, on October 18, 2007, said:

Thankyou, Dorrin

Matthew Walters, on November 2, 2007, said:

Thank you, Veromy

priscilla, on December 1, 2007, said:

Excellent work

Matthew Walters, on December 2, 2007, said:

Thanks priscilla, and spandau for your 5 stars.

ebs1117, on December 4, 2007, said:

I love this photo....it has great color & texture!

Matthew Walters, on December 4, 2007, said:

Thanks, ebs1117

Black n White, on December 8, 2007, said:

quite artistic and somehow disturbing i guess because of red :)

Matthew Walters, on December 10, 2007, said:

Thanks Black n White. It started off as a simple colouing exercise but I guess I got carried away a bit - it looks like a shot from 'Independance Day'.

wan, on December 20, 2007, said:

Nicely captured....and editing, too. But would you please show the original as to see the difference ? I have installed Adobe Illustrator once, but the process is slow....so I just give up......

icesumer, on December 24, 2007, said:

Watching your pictures on the eve of the christmas is really a bressedness,Thank you and happy new year!^^

Matthew Walters, on January 7, 2008, said:

Thanks, wan, icesumer, and Neim. Gracias, tabiderno.

Spiros Makris, on January 12, 2008, said:

Superb image!!!

Neim Sejfuli ♦, on January 20, 2008, said:

Yellow star

jérôme bastianelli, on January 20, 2008, said:

Yellow star for me also ! Wonderful.

Greetings from Paris,

Jérôme

dapter, on January 23, 2008, said:

dark corner and reversal film, nice lomo editing ...

Matthew Walters, on January 23, 2008, said:

Thanks Neim, Jérôme, and dapter

Gibrail, on January 25, 2008, said:

++++++++HELP ME TO DIFFUSE IT++++++++

fajna_asia, on January 31, said:

Awesome! Greetings from Poland.

Matthew Walters, on February 1, said:

Thanks, fajna_asia.

Sergio Salazar S., on February 1, said:

Estupenda tu fotografia, felicitaciones s. salazar México

Rakcheyev Alexey, on February 13, said:

Совсем неплохо %)

wolfgang gose, on February 18, said:

Dieses Foto hat mich sehr beeindruckt! Congratulations!

Matthew Walters, on February 18, said:

Vielen Dank, Wolfgang

Gracias, Sergio

Спасибо, Alexey

JulienRedfern, on February 19, said:

Dear Mr Walters, I think that your photography is fantastic. This photo is probably the best photo I've ever seen of the London eye. I've once seen the London Eye illuminated with purple light but never that fantstic orange. Thank you so much. I hope that other people will get the oppertunity to see this photo on Google Earth because I personally love it. Thank you again, Julien Redfern (Another member of Panoramio who loves your wonderful skill of photography)

Matthew Walters, on February 19, said:

Thank you Julien, for you comment here and your general appreciation of my photos.

Gibrail, on February 27, said:

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Artur Ziembaczewski, on March 1, said:

absolutely beautiful

Gabriel Filippou »»», on March 6, said:

10/10

Kristal Rose, on March 11, said:

One of the nicest photos's I've ever seen, cannot stop looking at it.

Victor Galanin, on March 11, said:

Best!!!

Lady Heather, on March 19, said:

very good climat

Kathy Keener, on March 20, said:

Wonderful! I'm wondering if the sky is often this color in the UK. We need some of that here in Tennessee!

Matthew Walters, on March 21, said:

Thanks Victor, Heather, and Kathy. Kathy, I'm not sure the sky ever looks like this in the UK!

Lin Driscoll, on May 10, said:

Spectacular must've been taken on New Year's Day fireworks.

RuZyM, on June 5, said:

Your Picture ist very good ;) I like it :)

JulienRedfern, on June 7, said:

Is this photograph's background computer generated or did the sky actually look like that? It's hard to believe really how good a photographer can get. Well done Matt I don't really care if the background of the photo is computer generated or not. I think it's fabulous. Again, thank you and congratulations!

freddie5, on June 7, said:

Wow! a fantastic shot of the London Eye regards Samantha

Terrablau, on June 12, said:

Nice work.

ibrotsexyback, on June 26, said:

Can I buy a print of this? this is AMAZING!!!

ibrotsexyback, on June 26, said:

email me if your interested at:

ibrotsexyback@hotmail.com

there are a lot of your photos i would like to buy actually...

Edwin Rondon Betancourt, on July 4, said:

Congratulations from Puerto Rico (Caribbean) for a Great job and work of if the background is computarize no probllem still a great work of Art.... Hats Off... Mattew.

JulienRedfern, 14 days ago, said:

That photo MUST be computer generated!

Matthew Walters, 14 days ago, said:

Thanks ibrot... glad you like it, also Edwin and Julien. The image is based on a photo of the london eye - i just used a few layers to mess with the sky.

JulienRedfern, 13 days ago, said:

Oh! Cool! That is wiked. I'd love to be able to add effective layers on a photo. Maybe one day I'll learn how to. Congratulations Matthew! Thank for being so honest.

Julien PS: I love your photography skills

josé carlos farina, yesterday, said:

bela foto.

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