The Eye is the Lamp of the Body

DonDavisUK

The Eye is the Lamp of the Body

Westminster Bridge Lamp with V & A Victoria and Albert Monograph. and The London Eye.
Matthew 6:21-23 (New International Version)
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

Camera Nikon D700 with 24-120mm Lense.

Photo manipulation. Levels adjustment, vignette, dodging and burning, texture layer, HDR of original photo in photomatirx pro, with 6 different exposures of the same image from a RAW file.

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The Houses of Parliament at Night

The London Eye The world’s largest observation wheel is 135 metres high. It provides a 30-minute, slow-moving ‘flight’ over London. Designed to reflect the elements of air, water, earth and time – the central theme is a circle of white light from within the rim which sweeps the skyline at 135 metres. The passenger capsules signifying ‘time’, is lit internally at the point of embarcation. Each high-tech capsule accommodating up to 25 people. The attraction has the capacity to handle 1,500 visitors every hour. The British Airways London Eye is a privately funded venture between British Airways, the Tussauds Group and London architects David Marks and Julia Barfield.


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The Eye is the Lamp of the Body by DonDavisUK
The Eye is the Lamp of the Body by DonDavisUK
  • bdazzled

    bdazzled

    WOW – great shot Don – did you do the wheeltrip yet?

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Kira, thanks so much for that my friend. Yes I did do the wheel trip on Saturday for the first time. What an experience it was too. I really enjoyed going around and seeing so much of london. I’ll be postin some more pics soon. Bless you. Don.

  • Elaine Teague

    Elaine Teague

    Terrific shot Don.

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Elaine, thank you so much for that my friend. Don.

  • Tom Gomez

    Tom Gomez

    Very nice. Good work Don …

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Tom, thanks mate. Don.

  • SandraRos

    SandraRos

    You have stunned me with the beauty and the treatment of this capture, text book perfect my dear friend. I adore the caption it is so true and says so much, very clever !!

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Sandra, you’ll make me blush again:-) LOL thanks heaps for that. Don.

  • Jane Brack

    Jane Brack

    Beautiful treatment!! Instant fav!!

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Jane, thanks very much for viewing and commenting, much appreciated. And a FAV too. Awesome. Don.

  • BigD

    BigD

    fantastic Don

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi BigD, thanks for that my friend. Don.

  • jillijude1

    jillijude1

    This is STUNNING, Please can you add it to the Selective Colouring Group we’d love to see it there :)

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi JilliJude, I’ll check it out. Blessings and many thanks my friend. Don.

  • Marie Sharp

    Marie Sharp

    Your talent and creativity shines! This is pefection, Don!!

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hey there Marie, thanks for your encouragement, allways appreciated. Don.

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Marie, Just to let you know, I’ve included the reference from Matthew where the Eye is the Lamp of the body is mentioned.
    God bless my friend. Don.

  • William Bullimore

    William Bullimore

    Marvellous composition.

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hey there William, thank you for that my friend. Much appreciated. Don.

  • Victoria Sheldon

    Victoria Sheldon

    How true Don. Gorgeous photo!!! Great enhancements!!!

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hey there Victoria, thank you for that my friend. Much appreciated. Don.

  • Svetlana Sewell

    Svetlana Sewell

    Excellent work Don!

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hey there Svetlana, thank you for that my friend. Much appreciated. Don.

  • dmarie

    dmarie

    awesome shot…I lived in England for 10 months and loved it there, but I didn’t make it to the eye!!!...hopefully next time!!! :-) Dawn

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hey there DMarie, Did you live in London? Thank for the kind comments my friend. Much appreciated. Don.

  • Rob Parsons

    Rob Parsons

    Great work Don.

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hey there Rob, thank you for that my friend. Much appreciated. Don.

  • DonDavisUK

    DonDavisUK

    Wish these cards would resize to fit my images:-)

  • Jason Connolly

    Jason Connolly

    Gorgeous image mate.

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hey there Jason, thanks for that mate. Just trying to see the familiar in different ways now. Don.

  • Kim McClain

    Kim McClain

    Excellent color, composition and texture!

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hey there Kim, thanks for that my friend. I thought the Westminster Bridge would be great place to view the eye before my first ever ride. It was just awesome….

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Kim just wanted to say thank you so much for the FAV for this one, I’m just so honoured. Regards, Don. P.S. I’ve edited the page for this photo with new information and more links. Let me know what you think! Don.

  • Chintsala

    Chintsala

    That texture is fantastic. The color is spot on.

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hey there Chintsala, thanks again my friend. Much appreciated. Don.

  • Mariann Kovats

    Mariann Kovats

    Fantastic shot, I love the colors, composition and the treatment!

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Mariann, thank you for that my friend. Always appreciate you encouraging comments. Don.

  • Malcolm Chant

    Malcolm Chant

    This is great imagery Don, it works so well, excellent,

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hey there Malcolm,thanks for that my friend. Just trying to capture what’s become familiar to me in different ways. Don.

  • Jeannie Peters

    Jeannie Peters

    The sky is just amazing! wow!
    and the green just jumps out.. FAV lol

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hey there Jeannie, thank you for that my friend. It was really like that, I just boosted the colours a little. Don. And thanks so much for the FAV too. Awesome.

  • David McMahon

    David McMahon

    G’day Don – look carefully and you’ll see me up there in the wheel!

  • DonDavisUK replied

    G’day to you too David. I did see you but when I tried to capture your tie it blurred the camera:-) LOL. Did you enjoy the London Eye? On Saturday I had my first ever trip and it was stunning. I’ll definitely go back again, but I’ll choose a sunny day, I think. Don.

  • sfmilner

    sfmilner

    Greetings Don; Excellent capture, framing and treatment. The title is especially well choosen.
    steve

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Steve, thanks for that mate, I just love the sights and sounds of London, and I try to capture them in my work. This title came to me as I thought about eye, lamp and was reading my Bible. Cheers mate. Don.

  • Charlene Aycock IPA

    Charlene Aycoc...

    Don: I love this.

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Charlene, thank you very much for that my friend. Much appreciated. Don.

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Charlene, thanks for the FAV too my friend. Awesome. Don.

  • Cheryl  Lunde

    Cheryl Lunde

    Great shot, love the treatment :)

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Cheryl, thank you very much for that my friend. Much appreciated. Don.

  • DonDavisUK replied

    I’d just like to thank you for the FAV too Cheryl. Awesome my friend. Don.

  • Antanas

    Antanas

    great work

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hey there Antanas, thanks very much for viewing and commenting my friend. Don.

  • Marie Sharp

    Marie Sharp

    Hi Don,
    This would be wonderful in Image Writing. I would like to feature this as it is such a perfect example of the work we are trying to received in this group. Best wishes always, my friend!

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Marie, duly submitted to the Image Writing Group. Thanks for the encouraging words once again my friend. Blessings, Don.

  • aussiedi

    aussiedi

    Beautiful treatment here Don.. you need to give lessons.. a fave for me.

    Di

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Thank you for that Di, I’ve been gettin lessons from all you great Bubblers myself:-) LOL.

  • Richard  Cubitt

    Richard Cubitt

    Great shots, love them

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hey there Richard, thanks for that my friend. This was captured on the day that I took my first ride on the London Eye. Awesome. Have you taken the tour yet? Don.

  • Sharon Mau

    Sharon Mau

    It is beautiful Don.

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Sharon, thanks for that, I captured this on the da that I took my first ever ride on the London Eye, have you been on it yet? Don.

  • Marie Sharp
  • DonDavisUK replied

    Thank you Marie, I feel so honoured and humbled to be featured in this brilliant group. Thanks again my friend. Don.

  • PJS15204

    PJS15204

    Awesome composition on this Don the lamp is a great foreground for he eye.The texture is not really necessary with a sky like that as it holds it own in the shot great work!

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi PJ, thanks for that my friend. I believe you may be right about the texture effect.

    Here’s one without that I may put online later.

    Don.

  • PapasGirl

    PapasGirl

    beautiful image..lovely colors

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hey there PapasGirl, BTW that’s what I call my granddaughter Amelia:-) LOL. Thanks for your lovely comments. Don.

  • Gail Bridger

    Gail Bridger

    Superb

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Gail, thank you my friend. Don.

  • julayneluu

    julayneluu

    Beautifully captured!

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hey there Julayneluu, thank you so much my friend. Don.

  • valzart

    valzart

    Great photography sweetheART ;} happy hippy hugglez

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hey there Val, thanks so much for that my friend. Happy Hippy Hugglez to you too:-) Don.

  • Lorena Maria

    Lorena Maria

    wonderful composition!! very well captured!

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Lorena, thanks very much for viewing and commenting, much appreciated my friend. BTW have you ever been on the London Eye? Regards, Don.

  • Lee-Anne Rafferty-Evans

    Lee-Anne Raffe...

    Nice work

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Thank you very much for that Lee-Anne. Regards, Don.

  • bevanimage

    bevanimage

    Very clever, Don. The lamp makes an excellent foreground for the Eye, and the distressed texture really adds atmosphere.

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Thanks Bev. I was surprised by just how much larger the lamp appears against the eye compared to other images. Regards, Don.

  • Steve Chapple

    Steve Chapple

    I agree, clever workings after an original well structured photograph.

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Thank you so much Steve, I’m always looking for original angles on the famous and overly photographed sites in London. Sometimes it works at other times they just look like a mess:-) LOL, but hey, that’s photography.

  • DesImages

    DesImages

    Beautiful shot! The composition is excellent, and the work you have done on it really suits the subject.

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Thanks for that Des, you are always very generous my friend. I’m trying to see the familiar in different ways now. Regards, Don.

  • Robin Brown

    Robin Brown

    All the techy stuff to one side Don this is a fabulous image!!

  • DonDavisUK replied

    I know what you mean about the techy stuff Robin, but some groups want to know everything:-) I don’t mind though, perhaps it will help someone achieve better results. I like lookin through how people produce their images too. Thanks very much for your continued support Robin. Regards, Don.

  • Anthony Hedger

    Anthony Hedger

    this is great work mate

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hey there Tony, thanks very much for the kind words mate. Don.

  • Shaun Whiteman

    Shaun Whiteman

    Beautifully composed and processed, lovely work Don!

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Shaun, thanks one again for your support my friend. Always appreciated. Don.

  • Paul Thompson Photography

    Paul Thompson ...

    Stunning shot!!! Nice treatment too

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Paul, thanks for that my friend. What really works for me in this shot is the colours; gold and green seem to go so well together.

  • Cee Neuner

    Cee Neuner

    WOW. Awesome perspective :D

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Cee, thanks very much for that my friend. Much appreciated. Don.

  • Jeff  Burns

    Jeff Burns

    Absolutely Gorgeous

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Jeff, thanks very much for that my friend. Much appreciated. Don.

  • Sue Buckingham

    Sue Buckingham

    This is outstanding Don…. a gorgeous image :)) xx

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Sue, thanks very much for that my friend. Much appreciated. Don.

  • seawhisper

    seawhisper

    I really love how the green colour pops up here. :)

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Seawhisper, thanks very much for that my friend. Much appreciated. Don.

  • Braedene

    Braedene

    Love what you have done here – especially the ‘cracked’ effect of the sky. Beautiful lamp- great image.

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Liz, thanks very much for that my friend. I was just playin around a bit in PSE. Thanks for stopping by. Much appreciated. Don.

  • missmoneypenny

    missmoneypenny

    Love this shot Don – and I’m obviously not the only one

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hey there Chris, thanks very much for taking time to view and comment, much appreciated. I hope you have an awesome weekend. Don.

  • Jim Nooney

    Jim Nooney

    Don this is a wonderful image…great mix of the old and new. I really love the green glass in the lamp.

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hi Jim, it was the green of the glass that I was focused upon really, the eye just happened to be a lovely backdrop:-) thanks very much for taking time to view and comment, much appreciated. I hope you have an awesome weekend. Don.

  • Ed Lark

    Ed Lark

    I really love your London shots. I have to get back there for a longer visit. Thanks for the great art!

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hey there Ed, thanks for that my friend. I’m sure when you come back to London, you’ll have a busy time searching out these wonderful places. If you ever do come this way, please let me know I’d be honoured to show you a few. Don.

  • Evelina Kremsdorf

    Evelina Kremsdorf

    Hey Don! This is so impressive I don’t know what to say that hasn’t already been said… Just wow! :)

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Hey there Evelina, thanks for that my friend. You don’t have to say much, that WOW says it all for me:-) I’m lookin at the familiar in new ways now. Don.

  • bubbleblue

    bubbleblue

    excellent

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Dear Joy, thanks for that my friend. Much appreciated. Don.

  • grarbaleg

    grarbaleg

    As always you can be counted on for excellant compersition
    much abundance to you always

  • DonDavisUK replied

    Dear Grarbaleq, thank you so much for that my friend. Blessings to you too. Don.

  • constantchaos

    constantchaos 29 days ago

    Matthew 6v22? Nice processing of this shot Don. I was there recently and was very taken with these lamps. How about Ps 119v105?

  • DonDavisUK replied 28 days ago

    119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. Psalms 119:105 (NIV) That’s very good. However, I’ve already used that verse on this one.

    http://www.redbubble.com/people/dondavisuk/art/1850629-2-a-light-unto-my-path
    There is always something new to see in London or a least a new way of seeing the familiar. Thanks very much for the kind words my friend. Don.

  • constantchaos

    constantchaos 28 days ago

    OOOOOOh like this too Don.

  • DonDavisUK replied 19 days ago

    Thank you so much for that my friend. Much appreciated. Don.

  • maremarie

    maremarie 20 days ago

    I don#t know if I commented on this before…... but the composition is fantastic! :-))

  • DonDavisUK replied 19 days ago

    Hi Marie, thanks very much for that my friend. Much appreciated. I do hope you have an amazing weekend. Regards, Don. P.S. I’m just off to the hospital now to get my ears looked at:) Sounds strange, but I canny hear a word in one ear:) LOL. Great when I want to ignore someone:-) LOL. Don.

  • maremarie

    maremarie 19 days ago

    Hello, Don, I hope everything will be allright. The problem could be due to a cold ….. or maybe not enough fluids drunk. Wish you all the best, waiting for more of your wonderful work! :) With kind regards and many greetings, Marie :)))

  • DonDavisUK replied 18 days ago

    Hey there Marie, thanks so much for that everything was fine, the doctor said there was a fungal growth in my ear, embarrassing or what?

  • maremarie

    maremarie 19 days ago

    I’m not a physician, though, lol. I wish you all the best :-))))

  • DonDavisUK replied 18 days ago

    Thanks again, then he said, this ear-drum hasn’t see the light of day for a long time. I said, pardon. LOL.

  • Isa Rodriguez

    Isa Rodriguez 19 days ago

    resplendid amazing shot!!. and what words! yay.. you are such a dear to bring this together .. it is wonderful to see!!!!!!!!!

  • DonDavisUK replied 18 days ago

    Hey there Isa, thanks very much for your encouraging words as ever, may that same light guide you through your day, today! Blessings my friend, Don.

  • Jayme Rutherford

    Jayme Rutherford 17 days ago

    Awesome capture and treatment!

  • DonDavisUK replied 16 days ago

    Hey there Jayme, thanks very much for that. Don.

  • wiscbackroadz

    wiscbackroadz 7 days ago

    What a beautiful lamp post….like the treatment that you used on the clouds…...very nice!!!

  • DonDavisUK replied 7 days ago

    Thanks very much for that Dennis, always appreciated. Regards, Don.

  • Walt Conklin

    Walt Conklin 7 days ago

    I have never seen this lamp before, this is why I love Redbubble, I get to see corners of the world that I’ll never get to visit. Your use of HDR is great not to heavy handed. Are you using photomatrix?

  • DonDavisUK replied 7 days ago

    WOW! Awesome Walt, thank you so much for those wonderful words my friend. Yes I used Photomatrix Pro, but I’ve found that if you take a number of exposures then the results are less cartoon like and you get some wonderful tones out of lack-luster images. Don.

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