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I've never managed to find a good viewpoint from which to photograph this building before, until this afternoon, whilst walking around the grounds of the Barbican. This was taken from Willoughby Highwalk, and is a two-frame vertical panorama taken handheld with my Canon tilt shift lens ...
Such a hot day! I was blissfully oblivious to it until I left work this evening - it was nice and cool in our building at work. I even did pilates at lunchtime without even considering melting :)
I love the reflected light in Silk Street on sunny days like these - took a few shots from up on the highwalk on my way home this evening. Had a rather warm journey home after that - my train from Cannon Street was cancelled, so I had to change at Lewisham, and that second train was like a blooming sauna! Thankfully I was only on it for a few minutes.
Cooked a massive batch of kichari this evening (with one of our home grown chillies in). Took up quite a chunk of my evening, but that's eight other dinners I won't need to cook :)
This was taken on my last London visit late November. This was a trip I organised and led for the Bognor Regis Camera Club. This was called London Architecture and Night Photography and 12 took part. One of the visits during the day was to this recently redeveloped part of London where a planning condition was that they had to replace the high level walkways which were there before. Instead of the old straight concrete walkways they replaced this section with a curving pathway made of steel and wood which is much more photographic. The new buildings are pretty good as well. The visit to the area was timed so we were there as the lights were coming on and spend an hour exploring. Although the Highwalks go between new modern Office blocks they are run by the City of London Authority so commercial security cannot object to photography. Nobody bothered us despite a large number of tripods coming out.
The Highwalks, also called Pedways of the City of London have an interesting history. They evolved out of a plan to transform traffic flows in the City of London by separating pedestrians from street level traffic using elevated walkways. First devised as part of the post World War II reconstruction plans for London, it was put into effect mainly from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, and had been largely discontinued by the 1980s. Many have been lost to new skyscrapers and the main area with a continuous network remaining is the Barbican Estate which London Wall adjoins. The old building on the left is the remains of the St Alphage Church. This started out as a Priory Church in about 1000 or earlier and later became the Parish Church. It is a listed building so cannot now be touched by developers
The picture was taken with a tripod with a Sony A68 with a Sigma 10-20mm wide angle at 10mm. I took 3 shots for HDR processed in Photomatix using Contrast Optimiser for a natural look. Topaz Clarity was used for more detail. There was a fair bit of processing to get it just right.. I used filter- lens correction- perspective to bring the buildings upright. Also I used Transform and Distort to try to remove some barrel distortion at the edges but one building on the left of the main one remained stubbornly resistant. In this replacement of the original upload I found a technique to correct it. On a new layer I made a rectangular selection of the building and then used Transform - Warp to correct just the building without affecting the buildings round it.
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I went into the office this morning, to meet our new President at our staff meeting. Absolutely chucking it down on the way in, but beautifully sunny on the way back home (I left after lunch, to work at home for the afternoon). It was a good meeting and I spoke up quite a bit, so felt worth going in for. Had a good in-person catch-up with one of my direct reports, too, and it was nice hanging out with a few of my colleagues for lunch.
Straight back into work for a few hours when I got home - got loads done (loads more than I would have achieved in the office), then a relaxing evening in front of the telly with Tim.
Summer has arrived! It was a beautiful day today, none of the predicted humidity, just lovely sunshine, not too hot and a pleasant breeze. Perfect! I took a brief walk at lunchtime before joining a bunch of my colleagues in the park, and found these beautiful poppies up on the Barbican highwalk.
Had a good day at work - spent nearly the whole day trying to get to grips with the new software I invested in recently - Tableau. I've got a LOT to learn, but I'm so glad I've finally made a proper start on it.
Tim went to get his legs checked out at the hospital today, as he's been having various problems ever since he had an operation on his foot five years ago. He's got to go for gait analysis next, but it's good he's finally getting seen to.
Had a neighbourhood watch meeting this evening. We live in such a low crime area, we were done in 40 minutes (and about half an hour of that was people recounting stories about door sellers and bike wheels being switched). Excellent!
I knew taking instax photos on a dull and overcast day in October would be tricky, taken from the highwalk between Barbican tube and the Centre 18/10/25
Bastion House is an office building at 140 London Wall in the City of London. The main facades of the building are clearly in the International Style, but the lower sections - where it connects to the highwalk leading into the Barbican - have a more Brutalist feel. As does the concrete 'waffle' coffering beneath it.
Completed in 1976. Designed by architects Powell & Moya.
At the time of taking this photo there is a planning consultation underway which is likely to result in the demolition of Bastion House and the Museum of London building beneath it. (The Museum's new home in Smithfield is already under construction.)
I thought I'd go and check out the flowers on the highwalk this morning, hoping there might be some poppies - glad I did; they, and all the others, were looking beautiful in the morning sun :)
Had a good day at work, and went for a nice walk at lunch with a couple of colleagues - then had a quick beer with a few others before heading home for a lovely relaxed Friday evening in with Tim.
The continuing deterioration of the to-be-demolished St Alphage House (1962) and the highwalk level above it, from Fore Street.
Always feels like a bit of a cheat to post a photo like this from the Barbican highwalk - it's certainly not the first time. But who can resist the repeating pattern of light and shadow and receding squares? Not I!
Called my Mum on the way into work this morning, and also spoke to my sister online later - resolved something that's been bugging me for a couple of days. Other than that, I had another busy and productive day at work, doing an appraisal for a colleague and doing a lot of editing on a newsletter I'm putting together.
Nice burst of sunshine on the way home to give me my (slightly hackneyed) shot of the day :)
Back to the office AGAIN today! This time for an 'all staff' day - so weird, but lovely, to see everyone all together after so long (and to see four colleagues that I've only ever seen on a screen up till now!) The plan had been to go to the little 'park' (actually Bunhill Fields cemetery) nearby for a picnic after the work/discussion part of the day, but the weather wasn't great, so we stayed in the office and had Pimms and snacks instead.
Absolutely knackered by the time I got home! Good day though.
Some nice light on the Barbican highwalk on my way home this evening - handy as I hadn't yet taken a photo all day. Had a good, productive, day at work, and spoke to my Mum on the way in. Accosted my friend Sarah on the front step at work to get her to sing the Spring song with my Mum on the phone. (I'm aware this needs further explanation, but I really wouldn't know where to begin
Dorothy Annan (19 January 1908 - 28 June 1983)
In November 2011, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) granted Grade 11 listed status to Annans murals on the front of the Fleet Building, 70 Farringdon Street, formally the largest telephone exchange in London. English Heritage advised the DCMS that the nine ceramic tile murals, which depict pylons, cables, telephone poles and generators, were of 'historic interest' to the telecoms industry and had 'relative rarity as surviving works of 1960s mural art'. The listing was supported by the Twentieth Century Society, and the Tiles and Architectural Ceramic Society, artist Frank Auerbach and Penelope Curtis, Director of Tate Britain.
The murals were commissioned at a cost of £300 per panel in 1960. Annan visited the Hathernware pottery in Loughborough and hand-scored her design onto each wet clay tile, her brush marks can also be seen in the fired panels.
The building is owned by Goldman Sachs, who wish to redevelop the site and oppose the listing of the murals.
Update:
Since this photograph was taken, all the Dorothy Annan murals have been carefully removed from the building by the Museum of London.
Thankfully, the City Corporation, English Heritage and the 20th Century Society were able to find an alternative location for the panels – the Barbican highwalks. You can find Dorothy Annan’s murals between Speed House and the Barbican Centre on the highwalk.
Another photo from the colour challenge thingy - today's colour was yellow, and I instantly thought of the yellow line that wends its way around the Barbican highwalk, leading to the Barbican Centre. It's a bit old and faded now, but it's still there - and reminds me of my trips into London with my Mum when I was little. I guess I was a lot closer to it then, although perhaps never quite this close...!
Had a good day at work, and a very quick drink with a bunch of my colleagues before I left this evening. We completed our sweepstake selections today - there was one team left over, so we put some names in a hat and my boss won it - Italy - jammy!
Very chilled evening with Tim, watching the first game of the Euros.
Another beautiful morning! And some beautiful clouds, too.
Sat over at the 'meadow' (on the Barbican highwalk) with Sarah at lunchtime - then this afternoon, Char and I headed over to Bermondsey and met up with her in a pub there. Had a quick drink (having also had a quick one with colleagues at the pub near work), then carried on to Champor Champor - a fabulous Thai/Malaysian restaurant - for Char's (belated) birthday dinner. We had a really fun night, and delicious food :) Caught the train home from London Bridge, and Tim met me at the station in Blackheath <3
Walked to the station with Tim this morning - he was going to pick up a prescription (although it turned out that the pharmacist hadn't turned up to work, so no joy). My friend Katherine called me on the way in - had a nice catch up with her.
Had a pretty good - and busy - day at work. After I'd eaten my lunch, I went back out for a short walk in the (cold) sunshine, hunting for some photos. Found lots of good reflections up on the Barbican highwalk.
Stayed a little late at work this evening, as something came up just as I was thinking about packing up. Glad I stayed to sort it out - it should save me some stress tomorrow.
Leftover curry for dinner - yum :)
I was nominated for one of those challenge things on Facebook: "Mono photo each day for 7 days. No people, no explanation, no obligation." This is my second day of doing it, but the first I've chosen to use the mono shot for my photo of the day. This was definitely my favourite shot from today though. I'm really enjoying being challenged to 'think in black and white,' and recommend it as a way to shake things up a bit, photographically speaking.
Felt slightly better again today - thankfully, after feeling so rubbish yesterday. Very tired though. Still, I managed to stay awake for a lovely dinner out with Tim after work, and then snuggled up on the sofa for a good catch-up of various comedy programmes we've recorded recently.
Beautiful morning light today. It looked particularly lovely around the lake at the Barbican - and I snapped a few people walking across this section of the highwalk (on Gilbert Bridge).
Busy day at work with several meetings. Came home, cooked dinner, hung up a load of washing, uploaded a load of photos, and then it was time for bed!
I've seen a coot up here before, but never a duck. It was very obliging and let me stalk it with my camera for a while, before I decided to leave the poor thing alone. It was still there having a good look around when I walked on.
Another busy day at work - with some temporary snow excitement. It was pretty to watch out the window, although my boss did keep thinking I was staring at her :)
TFI Friday!
This is not a brick wall, it's the floor on part of the Barbican highwalk. The weather was rather uninspiring today, so looking down seemed more interesting than looking up for photos.
Really busy day at work - got too much to do! Ended up staying an extra half hour this evening to get a couple of things finished, then went home feeling very tired. I had a brilliant sleep last night, but I think it's going to take a few more to get me caught up properly.
Back into the office again today, for an all-day, all-staff meeting. Lots of useful updates from everyone, and I did a short presentation with a colleague, too. All went well. My boss had booked space in a bar for everyone afterwards, but I headed home at that point - still don't feel ready to go to the pub yet, Covid-wise. I'll be happier when infection rates are falling again.
Super tired by the time I got home (as usual), so had a very relaxing evening with Tim, catching up on the latest episode of David Attenborough's Dynasties II. Elephants :)
Heard from my sister this evening that my nephew had had another seizure, this time at work, while she was waiting to pick him up. He then had another one later at home. Poor lad.