Millennium Bridge View To The South Bank
Another shot from last month on my visit to the banks of the Thames at low tide. It was a dull day but that didn’t matter at night when the lights of a City transform it. My main objective was the view from the Thames Foreshore at low tide which gives such a different viewpoint. This view is from the foreshore on the North Bank just east of the Millennium Bridge looking towards the old power station chimney of what is now the Tate Modern art museum. The Millennium Bridge is London’s newest bridge and is a footbridge. It is also known as the Wobbly Bridge because when it first opened it wobbled alarmingly because of the number of people walking across. It had to be closed for 2 years for adjustments to be made.
There are public access stairs just east of the Millennium Bridge on both the north and south banks. Access is allowed but not digging without a permit. Much of the brick and rubble was dumped there after the Great Fire of London of 1666. There can also be seen the remnants of wooden jetties
The picture was taken on a tripod and with a Sony A68 with a Sigma 10-20 zoom at 13mm. 3 raw images 2EV spacing for HDR. The picture was enhanced with HDR processing using tone Aurora HDR; Topaz clarity was used for more detail. In Photoshop some adjustments were made to hue saturation to bring up saturation overall in the reflections only using a layer mask. Various brightness adjustment layers were used with masks to get various areas just right. The Chimney was a little out of line so I used Transform warp to straighten it out using a selection first to avoid affecting other parts of the image.
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Millennium Bridge View To The South Bank
Another shot from last month on my visit to the banks of the Thames at low tide. It was a dull day but that didn’t matter at night when the lights of a City transform it. My main objective was the view from the Thames Foreshore at low tide which gives such a different viewpoint. This view is from the foreshore on the North Bank just east of the Millennium Bridge looking towards the old power station chimney of what is now the Tate Modern art museum. The Millennium Bridge is London’s newest bridge and is a footbridge. It is also known as the Wobbly Bridge because when it first opened it wobbled alarmingly because of the number of people walking across. It had to be closed for 2 years for adjustments to be made.
There are public access stairs just east of the Millennium Bridge on both the north and south banks. Access is allowed but not digging without a permit. Much of the brick and rubble was dumped there after the Great Fire of London of 1666. There can also be seen the remnants of wooden jetties
The picture was taken on a tripod and with a Sony A68 with a Sigma 10-20 zoom at 13mm. 3 raw images 2EV spacing for HDR. The picture was enhanced with HDR processing using tone Aurora HDR; Topaz clarity was used for more detail. In Photoshop some adjustments were made to hue saturation to bring up saturation overall in the reflections only using a layer mask. Various brightness adjustment layers were used with masks to get various areas just right. The Chimney was a little out of line so I used Transform warp to straighten it out using a selection first to avoid affecting other parts of the image.
For my Photography books see My Author Page USA or My Author Page UK
Please visit my │ Facebook Page
For Galleries, Prints and Licences see Edwin Jones Photography