City of Westminster
The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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The national gallery by night
I had to leave the countryside to go to the 'Smoke' - so of course the camera came too.
One of the fountains on Trafalgar Square. In the background the National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, an equestrian statue of King George IV and the Church of St. Martin in the Fields.
...otherwise known as the home of MI6.
It has to be one of the most bonkers buildings in London, why would anyone want to build something that looks like a Mayan temple on the south bank of the Thames?
I have to say it does look very solid though!
Vauxhall Bridge is a Grade II* listed steel and granite deck arch bridge in central London. It crosses the River Thames in a south–east north–west direction between Vauxhall on the south bank and Pimlico on the north bank. Opened in 1906, it replaced an earlier bridge, originally known as Regent Bridge but later renamed Vauxhall Bridge, built between 1809 and 1816 as part of a scheme for redeveloping the south bank of the Thames. The original bridge was built on the site of a former ferry.
The building of both bridges was problematic, with both the first and second bridges requiring several redesigns from multiple architects. The original bridge, the first iron bridge over the Thames, was built by a private company and operated as a toll bridge before being taken into public ownership in 1879. The second bridge, which took eight years to build, was the first in London to carry trams and later one of the first two roads in London to have a bus lane.
In 1963 it was proposed to replace the bridge with a modern development containing seven floors of shops, office space, hotel rooms and leisure facilities supported above the river, but the plans were abandoned because of costs. With the exception of alterations to the road layout and the balustrade, the design and appearance of the current bridge has remained almost unchanged since 1907. The bridge today is an important part of London's road system and carries the A202 road across the Thames.
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- The London Eye, or the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. It is Europe's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and is the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over 3 million visitors annually.
The structure is 135 meters (443 ft) tall and the wheel has a diameter of 120 meters (394 ft). When it opened to the public in 2000 it was the world's tallest Ferris wheel.
Supported by an A-frame on one side only, unlike the taller Nanchang and Singapore wheels, the Eye is described by its operators as "the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel".
The London Eye adjoins the western end of Jubilee Garden, on the South Bank of the River Thames between Westminster Bridge and Hungerford Bridge beside County Hall, in the London Borough of Lambeth.
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Trafalgar Square - London
The colorful heart of London at night. A last one from that beautiful evening back in 2018. It was so much fun chasing the lights of the red double-decker buses.
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View On Black Here for best effect A snow storm suddenly unveils itself over Battersea power station, it was still really sunny as this happened behind me, but in under 5 mins later it was total blizzard conditions, hardly any light, and impossible to shoot, right place right time! Bizarre weather but photography wise, perfect.
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The London Eye is a giant Ferris wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. Also known as the Millennium Wheel,
Down by the River Thames on the Embankment, just along from the Houses of Parliament and looking towards the Eye, which was starting to light up as darkness descended.
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Something a bit different....
I can't remember the last time I shot here, but it was a good few years ago now, It's a popular spot to shoot, and you can see why, I really like it. I'd been meaning to come back for ages to shoot it in the dark but they have been taking the large chimneys one by one for refurbishment, not wanting to shoot it with just 3 chimneys I've hung on... I was passing through London so thought I'd pencil a trip in here again. I like the look of the cranes around it as the tips illuminate with red lights at night to stop anyone daft enough that happens to be flying that low crashing into them....
I wanted something a little different so went for smaller exposures rather than the longer ones giving huge trails.
This was my last stop off before the last train to Wigan so I couldn't spend as long here as I would have liked but I'm going to go back soon to try other things, to be honest it's a bit of a nightmare unless you tripod has very long legs as the fencing is quite high and makes it difficult to get the angle I wanted, All that said I'm happy enough with what I got.
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Waiting for the right moment, with the right person,and no tube trains at Baker Street, it's easier than it sounds... luckily this guy and his paper obliged inbetween trains. Right at the ISO limit of the Fuji X100S at ISO6400, more than happy with the results, with no noise reduction applied.
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Thanks to all Phoide contributors to City of Westminster!
Most notably Lenis Las, Andrey Sulitskiy, AG PHOTOGRAPHE, Juan Blanco, Pete Rowbottom, Yi Jiang, Giuseppe Milo and Maurizio Fontana.