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A strange splash of colour and black and white in this image gives it an almost 'negative/infra-red' look...but I kinda like it. The clouds add power to the image. Hope you like it too and as always, please feel free to like and comment. All feedback is always welcome.
Another novel perspective from which to photograph another of London's slightly bizarrely-shaped and named new towers.
Lucky with the slightly unusual light as well ...
Brutalist car park built in 1970 - Marylebone Lane, London.
There are other photos of this building in my photo stream.
Update April 2019: This building is in the process of being demolished.
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Old digital camera, poor quality shot, bad light, great building, interesting effect - A new building in Ropemaker Street, London, July 2014
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Tower Bridge is an iconic and world famous Bridge in London. I took this photo on a beautiful day with my Nikon camera. I am no longer able to walk very far but did love the walk from Westminster Bridge along the south side of the river to Tower Bridge as there is so many interesting sights to see. A walk over the bridge and you can visit The Tower of London a castle built by the Normans back in 1078.
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. It crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and is one of five London bridges owned and maintained by the City Bridge Foundation, a charitable trust founded in 1282.
The bridge was constructed to connect the 39 per cent of London's population that lived east of London Bridge, equivalent to the populations of "Manchester on the one side, and Liverpool on the other", while allowing shipping to access the Pool of London between the Tower of London and London Bridge. The bridge was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales, and Alexandra, Princess of Wales, on 30 June 1894.
The bridge is 940 feet (290 m) in length including the abutments[4] and consists of two 213-foot (65 m) bridge towers connected at the upper level by two horizontal walkways, and a central pair of bascules that can open to allow shipping. Originally hydraulically powered, the operating mechanism was converted to an electro-hydraulic system in 1972. The bridge is part of the London Inner Ring Road and thus the boundary of the London congestion charge zone, and remains an important traffic route with 40,000 crossings every day. The bridge deck is freely accessible to both vehicles and pedestrians, whereas the bridge's twin towers, high-level walkways, and Victorian engine rooms form part of the Tower Bridge Exhibition.
Tower Bridge has become a recognisable London landmark. It is sometimes confused with London Bridge, about 0.5 miles (800 m) upstream, which has led to a persistent urban legend about an American purchasing the wrong bridge.
Southwark Cathedral formally the Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, is a Church of England cathedral in Southwark, London, near the south bank of the River Thames and close to London Bridge. It is the mother church of the Diocese of Southwark. It has been a place of Christian worship for more than 1,000 years, but the church was not raised to cathedral status until the creation of the diocese of Southwark in 1905.
Between 1106 and 1538, it was the church of an Augustinian priory, Southwark Priory, dedicated in honour of the Virgin Mary (St Mary – over the river, 'overie'). Following the dissolution of the monasteries, it became a parish church, with a dedication to the Holy Saviour (St Saviour). The church was in the diocese of Winchester until 1877, when the parish of St Saviour's, along with other South London parishes, was transferred to the diocese of Rochester. The present building retains the basic form of the Gothic structure built between 1220 and 1420, although the nave is a late 19th-century reconstruction.
The 16th-century London historian John Stow recorded an account of the origins of the Southwark Priory of St Mary that he had heard from Bartholomew Linsted, who had been the last prior when the priory was dissolved. Linsted claimed it had been founded as a nunnery "long before the [Norman] Conquest" by a maiden named Mary, on the profits of a ferry across the Thames she had inherited from her parents. Later it was converted into a college of priests by "Swithen, a noble lady". Finally in 1106 it was re-founded as an Augustinian priory.
The tale of the ferryman's daughter Mary and her benefactions became very popular, but later historians tried to rationalise Linsted's story. Thus the author of an 1862 guidebook to the then St Saviour's Church suggested it was probable that the "noble lady" Swithen had in fact been a man – Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, from 852 or 853 until his death in 863.
In the 20th century this identification was accepted by Thomas P. Stevens, succentor and sacrist, and later honorary canon, of Southwark Cathedral, who wrote a number of guidebooks to the cathedral, and a history that was revised and reprinted many times. He went on to date the foundation of the supposed original nunnery to "about the year 606", although he provided no evidence to support the date. Although recent guidebooks are more circumspect, referring only to "a tradition", an information panel at the east end of the cathedral still claims that there had been "A convent founded in 606 AD" and "A monastery established by St Swithun in the 9th century".
It is unlikely that this minster pre-dated the conversion of Wessex in the mid-7th century, or the foundation of the "burh" c. 886. There is no proof for suggestions that a convent was founded on the site in 606 nor for the claim that a monastery was founded there by St Swithun in the 9th century.
Apologies for multiple uploads of similar scenes, but I had a few subtlely different compositions and I really liked how the richness of the blue sky deepened with the encroachment of dusk.
EQUIVALENTS II
and "How to use imagination in fine art photography"
(EXPLORED - May 27th 2015)
A new photo in my series Equivalents and a new blog post about how to go beyond what you see and use your imagination to create art. You can see both the photo and the article on my website blog.juliaannagospodarou.com/how-to-use-imagination-in-fi...
More to come soon! Wishing everyone a wonderful week!
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St. Mary-le-Bow
Situated in Cheapside, London EC2V 6AU, St Mary’s occupied the site as far back as Saxon Times. This is through archaeological work done on site.
Unbelievably there was a medieval church also on the site but this was destroyed by the ‘London Tornado’ in 1091. This was one of the most destructive and one of the earliest tornados recorded. However the crypt survived the devastation.
During the Norman reign (1066-1154), probably towards the latter end the church was again rebuilt and renamed St. Mary de Arcubus.
Fate had not finished with the church. It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London (1666). Being second in importance to St. Paul’s Cathedral it was one of the first churches to be rebuilt. This was done between 1671 and 1673, under the control of Sir Christopher Wren. The steeple, which was 223ft high and was completed in 1680 by Thomas Cartwright one of London’s leading stone masons.
A stone from the crypt of St Marys was donated to Trinity Church in New York in 1914.
According to tradition a true cockney must be born within the sound of the Bow Bells and it’s the bells of St Mary-le-Bow and not Bow Church itself.
Unfortunately the church again suffered and was largely destroyed in the blitz of 1941. The bells were completed put out of action. New ones were cast in 1956 and were finally installed in 1961.
Inside the church is a memorial to members of the Norwegian Resistance who died during WWII.
The churchyard is noted for having a statue of Captain John Smith, husband of Pocahontas and was leader of the Virginia Colony based in Jamestown.
The stained glass windows dating back to 1961 and were part of the restoration after war damage and were by John Hayward.
This is the third and final posting.
Architecture – Modern
This is a seventh series of buildings (some as photographed), glass panels, abstract shapes formed from buildings. Most are in London, although they could be any city. I have not named any building, nor have attempted to find Architects or Designers. I have just altered things to my own taste, nothing is sacrosanct, nothing lasts for ever, new ideas quickly become old as will these images be the moment I post them. Please enjoy.
Another one of the newer additions to London’s ever-expanding portfolio of quirkily-designed office buildings is this one, officially known as 70 St Mary Axe, but informally dubbed the ‘Can of Ham’ due to its shape.
Another challenging one to capture due to the lack of space around the building and the fact that it's wedged in between everything else.
Conegut oficialment com el London Millennium
Footbridge, el Millennium Bridge, és un pont penjant
d'acer per als vianants que creuen el riu Tàmesi a
Londres
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Another photograph of the Walbrook Building in the city of London. Architects ; Foster and Partners, 2010.
went on an Open City architectural walk today
Dodged the rain! Very informative streets I've never walked down before
Highly recommend
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The Victorian splendour of number 5, Lisle Street, Central London, reflected in the glass of its new neighbour.
The finest day-glo Brutalist staircase the Southbank has to offer. Another one tricky to frame up in camera, filling the frame as much as I wanted to here ...
T'was a cold wintery evening...
Which makes for great photography but it isn't half a struggle for the fingers!
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Here's a shot of the Albert Hall from a slightly unfamiliar angle - this is the side view from the east of the building.
This close-up wide angle image again made possible thanks to the 17mm tilt shift lens from Canon ...
Another shot from deep in the heart of the City, showing some of the modern architecture in the area such as the Scalpel, The Willis Building, The Lloyd's Building and The Leadenhall Building (aka the Cheesegrater).
In the lower left of this image you can see St Andrew Undershaft and the Gherkin reflected in the Scalpel's glasswork; something I zoomed in on for another photo posted previously.
This is another view that would have been tricky to capture without the wide angle perspective of the 17mm TS-E lens ...
The ever-changing face of London, a view across the Thames looking at the skyline of the Nine Elms area, featuring the new US Embassy building which opened in January 2018 ...
...from Wikipedia:
"The County Hall Building's constructed (1911) of Portland Stone
from Portland Dorset, and its foundation is a plinth
composed of Cornish granite.
The Oak covered walls are nearly 100 years old and
are marked by the English Heritage Foundation.
The bronze doors that decorate the entrance were made by Crittals, with enrichments modelled by George Alexander.
The plaque on the right side of the entrance commemorates the official opening by King George V in 1922.
On the left is displayed a bronze relief of Ralph Knott, designed by Gilbert Bayes and unveiled in 1932.
The sculptures of the 4 pavilions at the far end of County Hall were produced by A. F. Hardman.
Visible at the cornice level are 11 coats of arms representing London Boroughs.
This was completed in 1933 and overseen by E. Stone Collins after Ralph Knott's death.
The County Hall building is 6 stories high & has 7 miles
(11 km) of corridors.
One tiny upside of the train strikes this week is changing up my commute to include a walk that takes me back along the Thames.
This was a regular route to work for me during the various lockdowns of the past couple of years, and it’s great to finally see the Elizabeth Tower set free from the scaffolding. Here’s yesterday morning’s cloudless view of the scene …
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It's been a while since I did any long exposures, in no small part due to the fact that the skies over London have been exceptionally grey and formless over the past few weekends. Anyway, this was a stealth attack on the trusty old tourist favourite of the Palace of Westminster.
As before when I photographed a similar view about a year ago with my 550D, I still find it difficult to decide whether I prefer the monochrome or colour version of this composition.
One slight problem was a difficult-to-diagnose colour-cast produced by the ND filters I was shooting through. One of the drawbacks with being slightly colourblind means I find it hard knowing what to do with the various colour sliders in order to correct things like that.
Anyway, the colour shot here is my best attempt to bring the tonality closer to what my eyes were seeing standing there earlier.
Bit of a rehash of an earlier image. Taken during last year's Open House. Just came out of City Hall (queues were not bad at all - a mere 25 minutes) and felt the need to feed. There's a handy M&S near by and I knew that I wanted to take this point which I had previously made a mental note to take.
This area is called 'More London'.
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