Westminster
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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 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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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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The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, in London. May 2008.
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A STICH OF THREE IMAGES
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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. See more of my work at Dan Biggins Photography.
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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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westminster parliament, london
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A 3 shot HDR processed in Photomatix /
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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 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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Westminster Abbey. London, UK. June 2008
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The London Eye (also known as the Millennium Wheel), stands at a height of 135 meters (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 three million people in one year. At the time it was erected, in 1999, it was the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, until it was surpassed by the Star of Nanchang (160 m) in May 2006, and then the Singapore Flyer (165 m) on 11 February 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). / The London Eye is located at the western end of Jubilee Gardens, on the South Bank of the River Thames in London, England, between Westminster Bridge and Hungerford Bridge.
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A 3 Shot HDR processed in Photomatix Pro /
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Captured at around 5.00am from Westminster Bridge, it had just stopped raining and Big Ben looked beautiful. Ha ha, I’ve just gotten outta bed, and noticed that the clock actually tells the time, just after quarter past five in the morning. It was worth it though:-) LOL. Also the real name is St Stephen’s Tower, Big Ben is the Bell. Camera Nikon D700 with 24-120mm / You may also like to view another capture of St Stephen’s Tower (Big Ben to tourists:-) / The London Eye Click the pic:-) / /
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Moody London Eye / The London Eye captured from Westminster Bridge. / Standing on the other side of the road, I wanted to include the amazing London Bridge Lamps. Featured on the RedBubble Homepage. Yahooooo Camera Nikon D700 with 70-300mm Lense. Manipulation. The image was cropped, colour isolated and portrait colours removed, dark vignette applied, cross-processed layering applied. More Views of London and the Eye Click the images to view on their own page. / / / / / The Houses of Parliament at Night /
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Captured in the early morning / night light at Westminster Bridge London. @ Ten Minutes past Five am. Camera Nikon D700 with 24-120mm Lense. The Light Shines in the Darkness, but the Darkness has not overcome the LIGHT…. /
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Westminster Bridge Lamp with V & A Victoria and Albert Monograph. and The London Eye. / Matthew 6:21-23 (New International Version) / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! Camera Nikon D700 with 24-120mm Lense. Photo manipulation. Levels adjustment, vignette, dodging and burning, texture layer, HDR of original photo in photomatirx pro, with 6 different exposures of the same image from a RAW file. / / You may also like to visit Just click the pictures:-) / The Houses of Parliament at Night / The London Eye The world’s largest observation wheel is 135 metres high. It provides a 30-minute, slow-moving ‘flight’ over London. Designed to reflect the elements of air, water, earth and time – the central theme is a circle of white light from within the rim which sweeps the skyline at 135 metres. The passenger capsules signifying ‘time’, is lit internally at the point of embarcation. Each high-tech capsule accommodating up to 25 people. The attraction has the capacity to handle 1,500 visitors every hour. The British Airways London Eye is a privately funded venture between British Airways, the Tussauds Group and London architects David Marks and Julia Barfield. /
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A 3 shot HDR, Processed in Photomatix Pro.
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A 3 shot HDR, Processed in Photomatix Pro, with an added Sky !
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