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Seeing as I risked being run over several times trying to capture this unique building from several angles I thought it was worth posting a couple rather than letting them languish on my hard drive.
This is the view from the opposite side of the building from my first image. Fortunately it was a Sunday afternoon so relatively quiet for traffic, but given the lack of pedestrian walkways this wasn't the most hospitable place to hang out looking through a camera lens ...
Church of St Pancras 4 caryatids copied from the Erechtheum by John Rossi (formerly a modeller at Coade's Manufactury) built up in terracotta pieces around cast-iron columns; behind the caryatids, a sarcophagus. 2 leaf doors with roundels in the high podium.
Yes, it's another one! I've always enjoyed taking photographs of Nicholas Hawksmoor's magnificent western facade of Westminster Abbey, but it's even sweeter to be able to capture the entire scene in a single frame with my 17mm tilt shift lens, without needing to correct the extreme perspective distortions that would occur if I shot it from the same distance with a regular wide-angle lens ...
This is a long exposure taken from a vantage point down in front of Battersea Power Station, looking east towards St George Wharf.
Most of the effort in taking this shot was in waiting for a break in the clouds to allow some sunlight to fall on the scene in a helpful way. There was much grey gloom to be endured before the reward of two or three minutes of nice light ...
While enjoying a coffee at the start of our 2nd day
in Jolly-Ol'-LONDON, I spotted this building
that drew my attention....'casuing me to take a tour
(I'll often refer to it as-a-look-see)
Wikipedia tells us:
The building comprises 4 blocks.
The central block was designed by C. Newman & built between 1912-1919, while the east block
(including Scarfes Bar, named for Gerald Scarfe) was designed by P. Moncton and built between 1929-1930.
The south-east extension was designed by Bates & Sinning and built between 1954-1956, while the west block (including the Holborn Dining Room) was designed by Bates & Sinning and built between 1959 and 1960.[1]
The property was formerly the headquarters of
the Pearl Assurance Company from 1914-1989.
It is a Grade II listed building
And- here's what Forbes wrote about the renovation:
www.forbes.com/sites/angelinavillaclarke/2023/10/04/10-ye...
The National Gallery and St Martin-in-the-Fields Church Trafalgar Square London. Trafalgar Square is named after the battle of Trafalgar in October 1805 when the British Royal Navy defeated the combined navies of France & Spain during the Napoleonic War. It is also of course the site of Admiral Lord Nelsons memorial Nelsons Column. Photo taken with my Canon DSLR camera on a very hot cloudy day. I have included a link below to the Trafalgar Square Wiki page for those interested in learning more.
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Over the Easter holidays I spent four days in London and made a lot of architecture-pictures and also some
city landscapes.
Here you can see the first sunset scene, which I photographed behind the London-Eye. Coincidentally there
was a young couple in the foreground, so I decided to choose this picture about London and Love. :)
In the next days I will upload more magical London Pictures, so if you want you can follow me on Flickr and
stay up to date. ;)
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Canon EOS 6D│EF 17-40mm F/4.0 L │GND 0.9
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All pictures © 2014 by Tobias Theiler
The river is somewhat crowded, on both banks, by buildings these days. This was taken from The Paramount Bar at the top of Centre Point on Tottenham Court Road. The views are fantastic there. Here we can see Covent Garden in the foreground, The City, Southwark with The Shard and Isle of Dogs in the background.
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This is another unusually-shaped building which I've seen in passing quite a lot recently whilst driving past on my way to work in the mornings.
I actually didn't think it would be possible to capture the entire building in a single frame as it's really quite massive, especially up close. But again thanks to the 17mm Canon tilt shift lens I just about managed to squeeze everything in. First time in a while using the lens in conjunction with a tripod as I've been more often hand-holding it for simplicity, but it's definitely easier being able to make small corrections with the camera locked off on a tripod.
The fine-lined texture of the outer shell of the building is a bit of a moiré-fest depending on your monitor resolution and zoom level, but I'm happy with what I managed to capture, even if I had hideous grey light. If I waited until there were better skies I might be waiting a long time. But having visited and recce'd all the angles I know where to set up if I return at some point.
It was designed by Foster + Partners, whose very unremarkable offices happen to be situated right next door ...
Here's another reprocessed photograph from my archives, this one of the iconic Battersea Power Station, currently in the middle of a very long and extensive refurbishment.
Nice to see this image of the building in its full (if slightly dilapidated) state. I have no idea how long it'll be til they complete the current works ...
Lost in the rhythm of London's heartbeat, amidst the whispers of its streets, I found a love as timeless as the city itself. In the glow of its lights, we danced through the night, weaving our own story into the fabric of its history. For in the vastness of London's embrace, I found home—in your eyes, in your touch, in every moment we share.
Just a simple shot of one of London's most epic buildings, St Paul's Cathedral, situated in the heart of the city.
Partially because of its protected views, it's great to have an iconic building like this in London with room around it, and which isn't crowded out by skyscrapers or luxury flats and construction on all sides.
Nice to be there early on a Sunday morning, before the traffic (both foot and road) gets busy ...
I got a shot here a few weeks ago which I wasn't totally happy with due to how tall and thin the final version ended up being after my fairly extreme perspective correction. Also with very high levels of foot and car traffic across that junction I knew I wanted to try a long exposure or two to lessen the effect of all the distractions.
Anyway, I made it along yesterday and had another crack at it. I think the best light would have probably been an hour before I actually made it there, but hey ho, maybe third time lucky if I go back there again!
One of the constant problems I tend to encounter doing long exposures in busy, built-up areas is that when you're stuck behind a tripod you become rather vulnerable to street folk, and I had to abort my initial exposure due to an encroaching scuffle between some very belligerent drunks intent on yelling abuse and getting into a fight!
I did make it back to my chosen spot eventually for a couple more long exposures thankfully so the trip wasn't wasted ...
I had intended to grab another photograph of the Guildhall itself, but at that time there was a huge sewage truck parked right in front of the building so I turned 90 degrees and framed up the art gallery that is next door with my tilt shift lens.
Fortunately the sun was nicely aligned behind me providing a clean, shadow-free view of the scene.
A little info courtesy of Wikipedia:
"The City of London Corporation had commissioned and collected portraits since 1670, originally to hang in the Guildhall. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the Corporation's art collections grew through gifts and bequests to include history paintings and other genres of art.
The first purpose-built gallery for displaying the collection was completed in 1885. This building was destroyed in The Blitz in 1941, resulting in the loss of 164 paintings, drawings, watercolours, and prints, and 20 sculptures. It was not until 1985 that the City of London Corporation decided to redevelop the site and build a new gallery. The building was designed in a postmodern style by the British architect Richard Gilbert Scott. The new facility, which was intended to house a collection of about 4,000 items, was completed in 1999."
The handiwork of Norman Foster + Partners, a location I've been back to a few times in the past couple of years for photographic inspiration.
I think I may have been unsubtly warned via the tannoy system that tripods are not allowed in the station, whilst in the middle of taking this picture on my tripod! Seems like the tripod has become one of the number one threats to security in recent years ...
This time I've used Silver Efex Pro 2 for a black & white conversion, which I think gives it a little more drama than the past couple of more sedate images I've produced of this station exit/entrance.
Taken early-ish on a Sunday and in the nice morning sunlight. Battersea Rise is a very busy road and it can be quite tricky grabbing a shot like this without any cars in, even at that time of day.
This was taken with the Lightroom Mobile camera rather than the stock iPhone 11 'Camera' app, as I like having more control of the exposure. Also the 'intelligent' processing that the iPhone camera does is usually a touch overwrought for my taste, especially in the HDR area ...
Whilst the Centre Point building undergoes a much-needed overhaul, the lettering that adorned the building has been on show in front of the National Portrait Gallery in Trafalgar Square.
With the sheer number of folk attending the London Lumiere Festival, it was impossible to get a clean shot of the signage...and i actually like the effect of the blurred festival goers.
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This is probably one of the most popular photo spots for photographers so to avoid posting an image that you may have seen over and over again, i added a monochromatic effect to it using selective colour to highlight the red light beam. This beams the result of a slow exposure shot as a river taxi sailed on by...
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Saw this interestingly-named office building from the tube on my ride over to Perivale last weekend. Thought it was worthy of a snap with my tilt shift lens.
Although I did end up running away from a very serious-looking security guard that was patrolling the car park ...
Another iPhone shot, this time from the More London area not long after a downpour. Nice to get the reflections in the paving area, and another chance to make the most of the iPhone 11 Pro's ulitra-wide lens at composing such a large view from close proximity ...
Excuse the pun above in the name of this one - I couldn't help it ...
Really great to finally get up The Shard, and glad I chose Friday not the weekend, as it's been another very grey one in the capital.
I really enjoyed seeing London from this new vantage point - it really puts the city in a fascinating new context being able to see it spread out all around like that. The only real downside was trying to contend with all the reflections in the multiple panes of glass, not aided by the sunny weather!
Seeing this reminded me in a small way of another shadow picture, Kris Boorman's awe-inspiring shot of the shadow of Mt Fuji, which made headlines a couple of years back:
www.kjbphotographics.com/travel/7pfd90gw52be2f1pb4rcavbzk...
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 first of three postings.
This interesting set of buildings is about a 10 minute walk from London Bridge station. There's another identical block behind me as I take the photograph.
It might not look it but this is a very wide view and it's virtually impossible to capture it in a single frame other than with a tilt shift lens which is what I used here. Indeed, I haven't seen many or any other images on Flickr of the entire building captured without fairly extreme perspective distortion.
A security guard/concierge from the block immediately behind me came out after I'd taken a couple of test shots whilst waiting for a white delivery van which was blocking part of the scene to leave. Asking 'everything alright sir?' which I took to be a slightly passive aggressive way of saying 'why are you taking photographs?'! My response - 'fine thanks'. He went back inside and I continued patiently for the white van man to finish his business and leave.
Once the scene was clear I grabbed a final shot, free of people and vehicles, and called it a day. I wasn't really in the mood to get into a debate about whether I had the right to be taking photographs in the street.
Fortunately this final shot came out pretty much as I'd hoped when I was visualising the shot in advance. Would've liked to have had some nice fluffy clouds like there had been during my test shots but hey, you can't have everything.
The development was built in 1987-9 and is quite recent for a Grade II listed building.
A long exposure of this interesting building in the Twickenham area. I was hoping to capture a fairly complete view of the house but sadly it is obscured by trees these days so that aim may never be fulfilled!
Also, I was planning on doing the long exposure with my iPhone and the Even Longer app, but annoyingly I forgot to bring my iPhone tripod adapter so had to do it old-school with my DSLR and 16-stop ND filter. This was a four and a half minute exposure ...
I have no idea how many photos I have taken of the Millennium footbridge and St Paul's Cathedral but they have to be among my most photographed places in London. The Millennium Bridge was used in the movie "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" so I expect that is why crowds of people used wait to take photos of it. It is a lovely walk from Westminster Bridge along the south side of the river Thames to Tower Bridge, but very sadly I am no longer able to walk it. Photo taken using my Samsung phone camera.
What you are looking at is spectra, an artwork by Japanese conceptual artist Ryoji Ikeda, and it is an Artangel project co-commissioned by the Mayor of London. It appeared without warning to commemorate the centenary of the start of the Great War on August 4, 1914.