Changing Perspectives

The London Eye, an observation wheel in the middle of London, with a circumference of 1.392ft (424m), and a 25 miles (40km) view on a clear day…

Shot end of January 2010 from a Thames riverboat.

It was a chilly but sunny day, the cold sun light and the speedy boat changed the sight of the wheel rapidly. You can see it in ways rather different from the land views.

It kind of is ‘an eye without a face’ to many Londoners I think, and I am fascinated only when I catch it merged with the city’s structures or the skies…

(This series was featured on the City Stroller website,
alongside pictures from around the world.)