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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."
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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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:
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Trafalgar Square is a public square in the City of Westminster, Central London, built around the area formerly known as Charing Cross. Its name commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar, the British naval victory in the Napoleonic Wars over France and Spain that took place on 21 October 1805 off the coast of Cape Trafalgar. I took this photo with my Canon DSLR camera. I have lost the camera details on this photo as I have shrunk it too much.
'One New Change, a new office/retail development in London, behind St Paul's Cathedral. July 2014
To see my other, very different, shot of the same building press here.
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.
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.
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.
Two New Ludgate is a commercial building located next to St Paul's in the City of London, it was designed by both Fletcher Priest Architects and Sauerbruch Hutton Architects.
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Image taken from Archway Viaduct (Hornsey Lane), one of the highest point over looking London. The plan was to capture sunrise, but the backdrop cast strange hue so I converted to B&W. Thanks for viewing and all comments are welcome.
This is a panorama which I took as I did not have a lens wider than 24mm. I would have liked it if there was more foreground. However due to the distortion of the panorama, some fixing was done in photoshop which ended up cropping the bottom.
Having ridden the blue hour light to its conclusion, here's a final shot at More London once all the lights were on and the sky was black.
An alternate edit of a long exposure shot from last summer. I originally put the black & white version up on Flickr, but I just came across this colour version and I thought it deserved an airing.
I've yet to get a shot at this location that I'm really happy with. Mainly because it's so difficult trying to get the vertical lines sorted, either in camera or in post. Another job that the 17mm T-SE lens from Canon would be good for. This was actually shot vertically, parallel to the ground, and then cropped into a landscape frame, so the verticals were dealt with in camera. The top of the tower still looks a bit weird though ...
Another one of those architectural juxtaposition shots, not thought to shoot through the Tower Of London to the Walkie Talkie before ...
Was walking across London Bridge and saw the sun was amazingly silhouetting the Shard.
I like the very subtle gradient this lighting gives the transition from sun to sky, although I'm not sure the jpeg quite does it justice ...
A close-up of arguably the world's most famous clock face, the one which sits in front of Big Ben and atop the Elizabeth tower.
This was taken on the pre-work walk up from Vauxhall to the Beeb back April 2018. Hopefully it won't be much longer before we can see the Palace of Westminster in all its glory again ...
The Siemens GEC building along the Old Bailey...
Viewed from this angle, the building comes alive with these side panels in different shades of colour.
I did a tight-crop to give the image a level of mystery.
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EXPLORE # 168
Two good examples of modern architecture of cityscape urban as seen at night in London. The Millenium bridge and the Tate Modern, UK Great Britain.
The Tate Modern in London is Britain's national museum of international modern art and is, with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, Tate St Ives, and Tate Online, part of the group now known simply as Tate.
Since the museum's opening on 12 May 2000, it has become a destination for Londoners and tourists. Entry to collection displays and some temporary exhibitions is free.
The London Millennium Footbridge is a pedestrian-only steel suspension bridge crossing the River Thames in London, England, linking Bankside with the City. It is located between Southwark Bridge (downstream) and Blackfriars Bridge (upstream).
With construction beginning in 1998, it was the first new bridge across the Thames in London since Tower Bridge in 1894 and it is owned and maintained by the City Bridge Trust, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation.
Londoners nicknamed the bridge the Wobbly Bridge after crowds of pedestrians felt an unexpected swaying motion on the first two days after the bridge opened. The bridge was closed and modified, and further modifications eliminated the "wobble" entirely.
The southern end of the bridge is near Globe Theatre, the Bankside Gallery and Tate Modern, the north end next to the City of London School below St Paul's Cathedral. The bridge alignment is such that a clear view of St Paul's south facade is presented from across the river, framed by the bridge supports, thus providing a scenic view of the cathedral.
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This is what I call the 'toast rack' angle on the curiously-styled Secret Service headquarters buliding at Vauxhall ...
Two London icons for the price of one here - both the Centre Point building which towers over Oxford Street, and also the classic red London bus.
This was taken from a vantage point a few yards into Tottenham Court Road, as this is about the closest I could get to Centre Point and be able to fit it all into the height of the vertical frame ...
The latest iteration of the skyline of the square mile, afforded this nice clean view due to the obliging clear sky which gave us a good blue hour last night.
It looks like 22 Bishopsgate is pretty much done - the newest addition - a little left of centre here. It's also the first time I've seen this view without a crane in sight for a very long time. Sadly the venerable old Gherkin barely gets a look-in anymore.
This was taken from the viewing balcony of the Blavatnik Building at Tate Modern, with the sneaky help of my mini GorillaPod tripod wrapped around the safety railing to enable base ISO and exposure of 0.6s ...
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Night colors at The Scoop, More London, London
Royal National Theatre building, London, UK.
Architect: Denys Lasdun
Built: 1976
Location: London, UK.