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The Thames Barrier is a retractable barrier system built to protect the floodplain of most of Greater London from exceptionally high tides and storm surges.
It is amazing: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Barrier
This digital blend of the Thames Barrier captures the awe-inspiring 520-metre construction stretching between Woolwich and Silvertown. The barrier was built in the early 1980s and was designed to protect Central London from tidal flooding and river flooding, and comprises 10 steel gates, each weighing more than 3300 tonnes and which, when raised, reach a height equivalent to a five-storey building.
The image was taken over the course of an hour and a half, and incorporates elements from eight-, ten- and twelve-minute exposures, blending the warm late-afternoon sunshine striking the gates, the calm early-evening sky overhead, and the rich blue-hour hue that was reflected in the construction’s steel. The final touch was the smooth texture across the river, which I felt created a nice contrast to the detail in the gates, which were in turn subtly emphasised once the evening lights had switched on.
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Two long exposures from The Thames Barrier in London, England. The Thames Barrier is one of the largest movable flood barriers in the world. Barrier spans 520 metres across the River Thames near Woolwich. It has been closed 221 times for flood defence purposes, since it became operational. The Barrier was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in May 1984.
Mamiya 7ii
Mamiya N 80mm f4 L
Fujifilm Acros II @ISO32
120 film
Exposure time (around 7 minutes)
Nisi 10 stop filter
Heliopan red filter
510 Pyro 1:100 (10 mins semi stand)
Moersch Alkaline Fixer (4mins)
Epson V850
Negative Lab Pro
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first film through my new holga, kodak portra. Didn't plan the horizons meeting so well but pleased they did. left hand side is the second churchill barrier and the right is the marina
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The Thames Barrier prevents the floodplain of most of Greater London from being flooded by exceptionally high tides and storm surges moving up from the North Sea. It has been operational since 1982. When needed, it is closed (raised) during high tide; at low tide it can be opened to restore the river's flow towards the sea. Built approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) due east of the Isle of Dogs, its northern bank is in Silvertown in the London Borough of Newham and its southern bank is in the New Charlton area of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Built across a 520-metre (570 yd) wide stretch of the river, the barrier divides the river into four 61-metre (200 ft) and two approximately 30-metre (100 ft) navigable spans. There are also four smaller non-navigable channels between nine concrete piers and two abutments. The flood gates across the openings are circular segments in cross section, and they operate by rotating, raised to allow "underspill" to allow operators to control upstream levels and a complete 180 degree rotation for maintenance. All the gates are hollow and made of steel up to 40 millimetres (1.6 in) thick. The gates are filled with water when submerged and empty as they emerge from the river. The four large central gates are 20.1 metres (66 ft) high and weigh 3,700 tonnes each.[6] Four radial gates by the river banks, also about 30 metres (100 ft) wide, can be lowered. These gate openings, unlike the main six, are non-navigable. (Wik)
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180 deg ultra w-i-d-e angle sunrise in pacific ocean using Nikkor fisheye 10.5mm
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Some more impressions form the Lake Garda / Italy.
Shot with my Nikon Df, and a Nikkor 85 mm Æ’1,8, post processed in Lightroom using VSCO Film Pack 04.
Too high, too far, too rocky, too tired, not enough time. Some places you really want to go seem so unreachable, even when you're so close.
Wenatchee National Forest.
Barrier Lake is a man made reservoir at the north end of Kananaskis Country in Alberta, Canada.. Trapped methane causes frozen bubbles to form under the ice on the lake's surface. This phenomenon results when decaying plants on the lake bed release methane gas, which creates bubbles that become trapped within the ice, in suspended animation, just below the surface as the lake begins to freeze. The visual effects formed by the resulting stacks of bubbles, frozen while rising toward the surface, combined with the clear blue water, have made Abraham Lake a popular destination for photographers and nature observers.