London Borough of Southwark

During my trip to London I went for a walk to Millennium bridge at one morning. I got up very early to shoot some blue hour. This photo here was the last one I took that morning. Using a self-timer I walked into the frame to make it a bit more interesting.

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The Millennium Bridge, officially known as the London Millennium Footbridge, is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians crossing the River Thames in London, England, linking Bankside with the City of London. It is located between Southwark Bridge and Blackfriars Railway Bridge. It is owned and maintained by Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation. Construction began in 1998, and it initially opened in June 2000.

St Paul's Cathedral, London, is an Anglican cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of London and the mother church of the Diocese of London. It sits on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London. Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604. The present church, dating from the late 17th century, was designed in the English Baroque style by Sir Christopher Wren. Its construction, completed in Wren's lifetime, was part of a major rebuilding programme in the City after the Great Fire of London. The cathedral is one of the most famous and most recognisable sights of London. Its dome, framed by the spires of Wren's City churches, dominated the skyline for 300 years. At 365 feet (111 m) high, it was the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1967. The dome is among the highest in the world. St Paul's is the second largest church building in area in the United Kingdom after Liverpool Cathedral.

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Panorama from Tate Modern.

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Canary Wharf is a major business district in east London, within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is one of the United Kingdom's two main financial centres along with the City of London and contains many of Europe's tallest buildings, including the second-tallest in the UK, One Canada Square.

Millenium Bridge, leading to St Pauls Cathedral.The weather had turned now and this was the last of the long exposures, 80 seconds with this one, would have dropped significantly after this as the sun appeared from nowhere ruining the chances for the day, was happy with what I got from the morning through to here so I can't complain, some excellent light, just a bit more than what I wanted on this occasion, it lit the bridge up nicely for this last one though...

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Following all those bright colours, I chose a black and white long exposure from my archive. St Pauls Cathedral in the distance and the Millennium Bridge in front.

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Great place to be for sunset is the top level of Tate Modern Gallery. You get an inspiring 360ᵒ view of the London skyline, from high above the River Thames. More spectacular buildings on the other side but colors on this. The best, it's for free.

Somewhat older stuff, from a trip to London in 2018. A panorama over London from the "Tate Modern".

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Charlotte's special lightings

Southwark Bridge, The Shard and Tower Bridge

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2019.05 London-276-BA

London

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Blick über die Themse zur City of London, Tower, Tower Bridge 2019.05 London-277-BA

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City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA), which comprises the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. It is located in Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge. It was designed by Norman Foster and opened in July 2002, two years after the Greater London Authority was created. Wikipedia

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A fantastic place for shooting modern architecture in London is the square in front of City Hall. During day its hard to find clear compositions due to the crowds of tourists, at night it's better. Too bad (for me), there was a stage for a theater festival built up right in the center of the square. Tried to get de best out of it.

You can not miss this London cliché photo. Everyone knows it and saw a hundred fantastic photos, but when you're there and wait for the biplane buses to come along it is not as easy as it seems.

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Or sat on your bum drinking a latte and eating a sausage, bacon and egg roll whilst getting some funny looks...admittedly I probably did look like a tramp!

La cathédrale Saint Paul à Londres...

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Charlotte's tower bridge

In 1774 the new bridge was mentioned in a popular song in Charles Dibdin's opera The Waterman, referring to the boatmen who used to carry fashionable folks to Vauxhall Gardens and Ranelagh Gardens.

"And did you not hear of the jolly young waterman, Who at Blackfriars Bridge used for to ply? And he feathered his oars with such skill and dexterity, Winning each heart and delighting each eye."

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Blue hour