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I last photographed the Natural History Museum a little over a year ago. At the time, capturing the central hall from the first floor while the place was empty was partly down to heavy rain on the morning I visited, and partly down to sheer luck.
I’m still happy with the image I captured, but always wished I could shoot the hall from one of its upper corners; besides conveying the enormity of the museum’s scale, the perspective provides a better vantage point of the lower concourse, as well as a closer look at the incredible detail in the museum’s brickwork and the ornate architecture decorating the hall. I’d also always wished I could shoot on a sunnier day and capture a warmer tone inside the location.
I returned to the museum on a busy day, eager to tackle the challenge of removing crowds of people from an image. The technique involved continuous shooting over half an hour, and then applying script settings in Photoshop and comparing 60 shots to identify and retain only the consistent elements – the consistent elements essentially being the building itself.
I made the project trickier for myself because I was also eager to capture and blend multiple exposures – brighter exposures to ensure a sharp, clean finish to the detail in the shadows, and darker exposures to preserve as much detail as possible near the brightly lit windows – but the end result is almost exactly the image I’d had in my head: a crowded location made eerily empty in the middle of the day, leaving only the stunning 19th-century architecture of the building and the warm sunlight pouring through its windows.
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Ok, I may have lied yesterday when I said I had no more shots from London. I do have a couple more, which I'll share another time but I forgot I'd shot another view of the amazing Blue Whale skeleton at the Natural History Museum. This is Hope, the 25m Blue Whale that was washed up on the southern Irish coast in 1891. She replaces Dippy the Diplodocus as the NHM's Hintze Hall centrepiece. As much as Dippy was loved by the people who visited, Hope is just as impressive and well worth a visit to see.
I am certainly loving all the Christmas red, but I was craving a little pink today.
Wishing you all a blessed weekend!
Dippy, the Natural History Museum's iconic Diplodocus cast on display at Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow.
Spent a long time today trying to get to grips with a new (to me) photo editing software - Darktable. I really tried, but it was super frustrating (and way more complicated than I wanted it to be), so I eventually gave up and went for a lovely sunny afternoon walk instead, which definitely helped to lift my mood. Tim was so helpful, and carried on doing all sorts of research for me while I was out, so I decided to give it another go tomorrow.
I walked over to Vanburgh Pits, a scrubby, dippy area off the edge of the heath/near the park - then down Angerstein Lane, which looked beautiful with tons of tulips, etc, in bloom. I ambled back via the pond, and was very happy to spot a pair of ducks with several little fluffy ducklings. Stood and watched them for quite a while. Just as I was about to leave a whole load more ducklings appeared - I counted 14 in total. Looks like Klepto-Duck is back!
Did some more photo editing this evening, then we watched a few Friday night things on TV.
London's Natural History Museum (NHM) has undergone a major revamp with a blue whale skeleton now forming the main exhibit as visitors come through the front door.
The marine mammal replaces the much-loved Diplodocus dinosaur, "Dippy", which will soon head out on a tour of the UK.
The specimen is being given the name "Hope" as a "symbol of humanity's power to shape a sustainable future".
Blue whales are now making a recovery following decades of exploitation that nearly drove them out of existence.
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The Natural History Museum in South Kensington with "Dippy" now relegated to the cold and the rain out front, having been replaced by the blue whale skeleton in the grand entrance hall of the musuem.
I struggled to find a good angle on this landmark, which is surrounded by metal railings and closed at night, so settled for this composition taken between the railings.
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Hope, the Blue Whale Skeleton at the Natural History Museum, named as a symbol of humanity's power to shape a sustainable future. Blue whales were hunted to the brink of extinction in the twentieth century, but were also one of the first species that humans decided to save on a global scale. In the 1800s there were an estimated 250,000 blue whales across the world's oceans. Decades of commercial hunting drove the species to the brink of extinction, with only around 400 thought to be left in 1966. That year, in London, the world took a remarkable decision to legally protect blue whales from commercial hunting. Since then the population of blue whales has steadily grown to its current level of around 20,000.
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My friend Katy and I have been doing a diptych blog for almost a year now. This is this week's. The theme was blue. I thought it looked so spring like that I would share :)
Happy Weekend!!
Katy is on the left and I am on the right :)
of London's Natural History Museum, soon to be replaced with a blue whale.
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Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Maggie, Happy Birthday to YOU!
Maggie turns 21 today! Hope you have a wonderful day dear flickr friend.
Check out her stream, she has an amazing talent!
I replaced the original photo with this. I don't think I quite liked the first. :] Now this looks like they're dancing.*dumtidum*
It’s an awfully slow Saturday here. It also rained, which makes it lazier that it already is. I’m having coffee as I type this. Want some? :D
~J.K. Rowling, "The Second War Begins," Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003, spoken by the character Luna Lovegood
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Love is everything it's cracked up to be. And more.
Hah! I know this isn't original but I just had to try this kind of ring-with-a-heart-shadow photo. :D
From a birthday party we attended yesterday, she turned three and she fell asleep before everybody had gone home - it's a hard life ;)
SGUJ based WDP-4B loco - 40025 is doing light job hours at Sealdah (SDAH) station yard before going to rest after completing the job of hauling 12344 (NJP-SDAH) Darjeeling Mail upto its ultimate destination !!
Dippy, el diplodocus del Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid, cumple el 1 de diciembre de 2013 la centena de años. El Dippy madrileño es una copia del diplodocus homónimo que se muestra en el Museo de Historia Natural de Londres, a su vez una reproducción de un esqueleto de Diplodocus carnegii encontrado en Wyoming en 1899.
Dippy, the diplodocus in the Museum of Natural Science in Madrid, had his centennial birthday on December 1st 2013. The madrilenian Dippy is a copy of the diplodocus of the same name in the Museum of Natural History of London, which is a reproduction of a Diplodocus carnegii skeleton found in Wyoming in 1899.
I simply adore this session, I couldn't decide which ones to share.... we dug out that old bike from a junk yard, love it.... wanted to take it home with me, lol!
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look into her eyes
pools of ocean blue
so soulful, so soft
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my first picture with a texture; I used one of les brumes's.
This was a very inspiring day today. We listened to some oldies and got jiggy with it. Thanks to a good friend here on flickr. We listened to the Archies all day.
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To dedicate this song to Lauren & The Archies. This is my candy girl capture. Here is the same link she used to show the video. Please listen and get inspired as well.
Sugar, Sugar by the Archies