Westminster
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The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, in London. May 2008.
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Homepage Feature – 12th July, 2009. / / Probably one of the most famous time-pieces in the world. It is the largest four-faced chiming clock in the world. / /
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/ This image was nominated for the prestigous Pay it Forward group. / The redbubble member who nominated it was Andreisky and this is why he nominated me & this image - ”because he’s doing some sort of magic which I can’t. And he also writes so many interesting things…” According to tradition the abbey was first founded in 616 on the present site, then known as Thorn Ey (Thorn Island); based on a late ‘tradition’ that a fisherman called ‘Aldrich’ on the River Thames saw a vision of Saint Peter near the site. This seems to be quoted to justify the presents of salmon from the Thames fishermen that the Abbey received in later years. The proven origins are that in the 960s or early 970s, Saint Dunstan, assisted by King Edgar, planted a community of Benedictine monks here. A stone Abbey was built around 1045–1050 by King Edward the Confessor as part of his palace there: it was consecrated on December 28, 1065, only a week before the Confessor’s death and subsequent funeral and burial. It was the site of the last coronation prior to the Norman Invasion, that of his successor King Harold. It was later rebuilt by Henry III from 1245, who had selected the site for his burial. The Abbey became the coronation site of Norman kings, but none were buried there until Henry III, intensely devoted to the cult of the Confessor, rebuilt the Abbey in Anglo-French Gothic style as a shrine to honour St Edward the Confessor and as a suitably regal setting for Henry’s own tomb, under the highest Gothic nave in England. The Confessor’s shrine subsequently played a great part in his canonisation. The work continued between 1245-1517 and was largely finished by the architect Henry Yevele in the reign of King Richard II. Henry VII added a Perpendicular style chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1503 (known as the Henry VII Chapel). Much of the stone came from Caen, in France (Caen stone), the Isle of Portland (Portland stone) and the Loire Valley region of France (tuffeau limestone). In 1535, the Abbey’s annual income of £2400-2800 during the assessment attendant on the Dissolution of the Monasteries rendered it second in wealth only to Glastonbury Abbey. Henry VIII had assumed direct royal control in 1539 and granted the Abbey cathedral status by charter in 1540, simultaneously issuing letters patent establishing the Diocese of Westminster. By granting the Abbey cathedral status Henry VIII gained an excuse to spare it from the destruction or dissolution which he inflicted on most English abbeys during this period. Westminster was a cathedral only until 1550. The expression “robbing Peter to pay Paul” may arise from this period when money meant for the Abbey, which was dedicated to St Peter, was diverted to the treasury of St Paul’s Cathedral. The Abbey was restored to the Benedictines under the Catholic Queen Mary, but they were again ejected under Queen Elizabeth I in 1559. In 1579, Elizabeth re-established Westminster as a “Royal Peculiar”—a church responsible directly to the sovereign, rather than to a diocesan bishop—and made it the Collegiate Church of St Peter, (that is a church with an attached chapter of canons, headed by a dean). The last Abbot was made the first Dean. It suffered damage during the turbulent 1640s, when it was attacked by Puritan iconoclasts, but was again protected by its close ties to the state during the Commonwealth period. Oliver Cromwell was given an elaborate funeral there in 1658, only to be disinterred in January 1661 and posthumously hanged from a nearby gibbet. The abbey’s two western towers were built between 1722 and 1745 by Nicholas Hawksmoor, constructed from Portland stone to an early example of a Gothic Revival design. Further rebuilding and restoration occurred in the 19th century under Sir George Gilbert Scott. A narthex for the west front was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in the 20th century but was not executed. Until the 19th century, Westminster was the third seat of learning in England, after Oxford and Cambridge. It was here that the first third of the King James Bible Old Testament and the last half of the New Testament were translated. The New English Bible was also put together here in the 20th century. Westminster suffered minor damage during the Blitz on November 15, 1940.
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The city skyline of London near Westminster and Big Ben. Colour-toned and silhouetted for this gothic vision.
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I was intending to capture the light trails from the double decker bus all the way through the image – but my timing was a little off – I perhaps should have gone for a small aperture/longer shutter speed. Still, I like the effect of it ending in the middle of nowhere – it gives me the impression of “Back to the Future” – but in a double decker!
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A STICH OF THREE IMAGES
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A 3 shot HDR processed in Photomatix Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north-eastern end of the Palace of Westminster in London,[1] and is often extended to refer to the clock or the clock tower as well.[2] Big Ben is the largest four-faced chiming clock and the third-tallest free-standing clock tower in the world.[3] It celebrated its 150th anniversary in May 2009 (the clock itself first ticking on 31st May),[4] during which celebratory events took place
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A stroll into London with my best mate to clear our heads from uni work! One of the shots I captured on our little adventure. There’s a bit of contrast, saturation etc work done to it. There’s some changes i want to make but it’ll do for now :) Taken with a basic Kodak digital camera. I used some selective colour for this one…adjusted the contrast in certain areas (such as on the pavement so as to make the illumination of the lights stand out more).
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I took this shot (3 bracketed exposures) on a very cold January evening, looking across to the Southbank from Westminster Bridge. / The London Eye (Millennium Wheel) at a height of 135 metres (443 ft), is the biggest Ferris wheel in Europe, and has become the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom, visited by over 3 million people a year. At the time it was erected it was the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, until it was surpassed by the Star of Nanchang (160m) in May 2006, and then the Singapore Flyer (165m) on February 11, 2008. However, it is still described by its operators as “the world’s tallest cantilevered observation wheel” (because the entire structure is supported by an A-frame on one side only). / Designed by architects David Marks, Julia Barfield, Malcolm Cook, Mark Sparrowhawk, Steven Chilton and Nic Bailey, the wheel carries 32 sealed and air-conditioned passenger capsules attached to its external circumference. Each capsule holds approximately 25 people, who are free to walk around inside the capsule, though seating is also provided. It rotates at 26 cm/10 in) per second (about 0.9 km/h/0.5mph) so that one revolution takes about 30 minutes. / More info
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The London Eye and The Houses of Parliament at night – London 2008. Canon 400D, f11, 30 secs, ISO 100, 20mm and cropped to 16:9 ratio.
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Westminster Abbey. London, UK. June 2008
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A shamelessly cliche’d image, perhaps. But I was rather pleased with what I was able to do by cropping a regular photograph into a panorama, increasing levels to convert to silhouette, converting to black’n’white, and then restoring colour to the Union Jack and “returning” the Big Ben face(s) by lightening them in a separate layer. All from a single (rather boring and underexposed) shot!
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Shot with Nikon L15 1760 Old Mill, Westminster, MA covered Bridge / / Copyright 2008 Rebecca Bryson. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited. My work does NOT belong to the public domain. It may not be used in any way, shape or form without my prior written permission.
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A 3 Shot HDR processed in Photomatix During 2009 Parliament celebrates the 150th anniversary of its world famous Clock Tower, Great Clock and Great Bell. The name Big Ben is often used to describe the tower, the clock and the bell but the name was first given to the Great Bell. 1859 was the beginning for all three elements when the Clock Tower was completed, the Great Clock started on 31 May and the Great Bell’s chimes were heard for the first time on 11 July.
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It is almost universally called “Big Ben” — which is actually the main bell housed within the Clock Tower. It is however a instantly recognisable London icon. I had a “Big Ben” shot in mind months before I finally got the UK, and well I found it harder then I expected to get one that I was happy with. Setting up my tripod dangerously close to oncoming traffic and then having to time my long exposure so get a bus driving through the middle was challenging, as I was trying to rear curtain flash the bus as it was leaving the frame. In the end the ones with the flash didn’t appeal to me as much as this one, which I took while trying to get the timing right for my more elaborate idea.
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A 3 shot HDR processed in Photomatix /
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This shot taken from the Golden Jubilee Bridge loking south towards Westminster Bridge. The London Eye is on the left and the silhouette of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament on the right.
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We’ve been surrounded by fog for the past week, and I came across this park in New Westminster one night and took this shot of the trees in the fog. Kind of an eery scene. /
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Shot with Nikon L18 Shot as is from camera on the brook that comes down from the 1760 Old Mill. Ice built up on the rocks. Westminster MA 1/16.2009 / / (best viewed large) / © 2009 Rebecca Bryson. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized use prohibited. My work does NOT belong to the public domain. It may not be used in any way, shape or form without my prior written permission
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Sunset at Westminster / Canon 400D EOS
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