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View of Big Ben and Westminster Bridge from the land that belongs to the London Wheel company which, selflishly, do not allow tripods to be deployed on their lands.
Another one from the archives, this one just processed and taken in December 2018. I had wanted to take some shots from this location on the Thames foreshore for a while. There have been a few other pictures by others but not many. For a start it requires low tide in the evening and a reasonable day. I had checked tide times and low tide came 40 minutes after sunset and also showers were due to clear to blue skies by the evening which they did just in time. The scene now is very different to earlier pictures with 3 tall new skyscrapers nearing completion on the western side of the Canary Wharf financial district for this view from Rotherhithe. These are the 3 on the right of this image. This shot was taken at 4.30 pretty much at low tide.
I did some advance research using Street View which includes some parts of the riverside Thames Path to find the stairs down to the foreshore. The area is close to Doubletree Hilton Hotel and going west from there the first alley after the Blacksmiths Arms leads to the steps. These are very slippery with a railing for only part of them so a lot of care was needed. It is not exactly easy to get to. The nearest Underground is Canada Water and then the C10 bus which goes right past.
The picture was taken with a Sony A68 with a Sigma 10-20 zoom at 17mm. 3 raw images 2EV spacing for HDR. The picture was enhanced with HDR processing using contrast optimiser setting in Photomatix for a natural look; Topaz clarity was used for more detail. In Photoshop some adjustments were made using Transform and distort to straighten 2 of the skyscrapers using a selection to avoid affecting the rest of the image. Heal and Clone tools were used to remove cranes from the 3 new skyscrapers
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IN EXPLORE 21 January 2022
This was taken Friday 14 January on my first visit to London in 2 years. It had been said that trains these days were mostly carrying air and that was certainly true of the off peak train from the South Coast. For more safety I got about mainly by Taxi in London rather than the usual Underground. This was my first visit to this location and probably the best view I have seen of the Canary Wharf financial district. There was rare access by public steps to the beach of the Thames at low tide. The Stairs are down to Ratcliff Beach and are off the west end of Narrow Street a short way SW of Limehouse Basin. Until Victorian times there was a ferry from the beach.
The 2 tall towers on the right of the view and the blue one between them are all new and certainly make for a more impressive skyline.The view is looking east along the Thames before it curves to the south at the start of the Canary Wharf peninsular. A good blue hour was not coincidental as I choose the date of my visit based on the weather forecast. This is an important strategy in this country with its often cloudy skies
The shot was taken with a Sony A77ii with a Tripod. Taken with a Tamron 18-200mm at 30mm. 3 images for HDR at 2 stop difference. Processed with Photomatix 6 using realistic preset. I also used Topaz Clarity and in Photoshop reduced Saturation a touch
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On the one free day in London during a business trip in 2004, I spent the day photographing some of the highlights of the city.
In the back you can see London's highest building, The Shard, 310 m high!
The photo also represents old meeting modern architecture, even though the old buildings have been totally renovated. The area has become a great amusement area with lots of bars, cafes and restaurants. I simply loved being back having this little walk...
A scene which, a few months ago, I captured with an iPhone. Now on film it looks like it could have been a 100 years ago.
This is a London sunset over the Thames from last night, with the Shard building to the left and the Walkie Talkie Building to the right. I thought that the sun had retired early for the evening behind a large bank of clouds but at the last minute it managed to pierce through the clouds and resemble the eye of Sauron :)
The Mayflower Garden on the River Thames passing the skyscapers in the banking district of London's Canary Wharf.
The monument includes the remaining part of a naval boom, constructed across
the Thames estuary between Shoeburyness and Sheerness in order to control the
movement of shipping in the early years of the Cold War.
The Cremyll Ferry is for foot passengers and runs from Cremyll in the far south-east of Cornwall across the River Tamar to Stonehouse in Plymouth.
A ferry is believed to have been operating continuously here since 1204 and Cremyll is often referred to as the historic gateway to South East Cornwall. The current ferry terminus was constructed in the nineteenth century, with the main building using some reclaimed materials from the nearby Mount Edgcumbe House. During World War II the American troops stationed nearby used Cremyll Quay to load their tanks onto landing craft for the D-Day landings.
The 60-year-old MV Edgcumbe Belle (pictured on the right) was originally built for British Rail and has served a number of ferry crossings in the south-west and on the River Thames. It was originally named the MV Humphrey Gilbert.
The Thames Barrier spans 520 metres across the River Thames near Woolwich, and it protects 125 square kilometres of central London from flooding caused by tidal surges. It has 10 steel gates that can be raised into position across the River Thames. When raised, the main gates stand as high as a 5-storey building and as wide as the opening of Tower Bridge. Each main gate weighs 3,300 tonnes.
The barrier is closed under storm surge conditions to protect London from flooding from the sea. It may also be closed during periods of high flow over Teddington Weir to reduce the risk of river flooding in some areas of west London including Richmond and Twickenham.
The Thames Barrier will then remain closed over high water until the water level downstream of the Thames Barrier has reduced to the same level as upstream. This is a managed process to provide for different circumstances, and takes about 5 hours. The Thames Barrier is then opened, allowing the water upstream to flow out to sea with the outward-bound tide.