IWM London. The Atrium – 06Nov10

Nothing special but with the 2010 air show season completed, and with the prospect of job hunting at the start of 2011, I thought it best to try and get in a few museum visits (apart from Duxford) for some record shots while I still have the time and more importantly, finances. With a trip into London at the weekend, I started out in the morning by heading south on the underground from Kings Cross, with a change at Oxford Circus, and under the Thames to Lambeth North Tube Station. It’s about an eight-minute walk to the Imperial War Museum from there.

My last visit to the IWM London was in 2005 when I didn’t have a DSLR let alone a wide angle lens. For this visit I just stayed in the Atrium and photographed the aircraft in the Large Exhibits Gallery, rather than cover the whole museum, as I would be heading north for Kensington and the Science Museum later on. The museum was quite packed and there was an assortment of tables scattered around and between the exhibits, with displays of wartime organisations, products and memorabilia. Unfortunately I couldn’t get to the very top balcony of the Atrium for the high look down shot I was after. There is building work taking place for a new exhibition that will open in a couple of weeks.

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Brian