By traitor’s gate, Tower of London

This black and white portrait image was captured on the embankment on the River Thames. We are positioned in front of Traitors’ Gate at the Tower of London, looking towards Tower Bridge. The anchoring lines of the bridge are visible at an angle on the left of the image.

The street lights, the knobbly railings and even the waste bins provide multiple leading lines in the image. The lines direct our eye deep into this visually complex image. The intertwining branches of the trees, which are in their winter clothing also add complexity to the image. The season allows us a view of the Tower Hotel that the foliage would hide in summer. To capture the image without people Shru had to wait a number of minutes. Such is the life of a photographer!

If anyone is not sure about its name, the Traitor’s Gate is an entrance through which many prisoners of the Tudors arrived by boat at the Tower of London. King Edward I built the gate, to provide a water gate entrance to the Tower, part of St. Thomas’s Tower.

 Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mark II EF-S 18-135mm IS STM

Settings: F5.6 1/50ss ISO 100