London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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Is there such a word?, if not, then there should be.... This place was built for the Crossrail project and resembling a scene from Star Wars or some Sci-Fi movie this new addition to Canary Wharf makes quite a striking feature and seemingly made for black and white photography.
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An evening view over the Thames towards the London City Hall and the Shard.
Tower Bridge at night is quite a sight, all lit up. Unfortunately I had to get back home, so this view at dusk was as late as I could go.
Millwall Inner Dock with a Formatt-Hitech 3.0 Firecrest and 0.6 soft ND grad
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Evening view of London towards the City Hall and the Shard.
the White Tower Tower of London
Pre dawn and cloudy skies at the O2, looking across the Thames from Blackwall.
Canary Wharf at 3am on a Saturday morning, hardly anyone about, and its ablaze with light.
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On the Ontario Way near Canary Warf.
Something very different this time. I like modern architecture, especially when it comes to symmetry and geometric lines. This is one of the exits of the Canary Wharf underground station. Most people seem to prefer photographing the other one, but I liked this one as it has more escalators. It is one of London's busiest stations, but not so on Easter Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately tripods are not allowed here, so this needs to be done with a steady hand and higher ISO. But I personally like the result and posting something different to my usual images.
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It's the first time I've been back to this part of London for quite a few years, so It was good to have a spare hour doing a bit of sightseeing. I've always loved Tower Bridge because it is such a quirky, but great piece of engineering.
Canary Wharf looking on a financial universe.
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Looking for some interesting angles on Tower Bridge I found this! The "Girl with a Dolphin" statue by David Wynne sited next to Tower Bridge on the north bank of the Thames.
Secret Togs in operation in Canary Wharf, in the West India Quay walkway.
L'abbraccio alla luna.
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The footbridge leading to Wren Landing, reflected in the waters of North Dock, Canary Wharf.
Lucie e sagome tra i palazzi e i grattacieli del Canary Warf, quartiere finanziario e in giacca e cravatta.
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These are the beautiful stained-glass windows of the chapel in the Wakefield Tower of the Tower of London. Often, such windows tell a story… these leave more of a question than a story. There is little definable within them apart from stylized leaves and a couple of fleur-de-lis symbols which may have something to do with the Normans who had originally constructed the castle.
Often, my determination for photography takes me to beautiful places to set my camera in front of. And, just as often, my senses are overwhelmed by the exquisiteness that both nature and art can provide. In those moments, I make sure my eye isn't glued to the viewfinder so they will stand out in my mind... for no other reason, that's a good argument for using a tripod. Yet, for all that, such beauty is ephemeral at best, and so I'm given to the realization that I cannot fully participate in it, in large part due to the fallenness of Man… the best I can do is attempt to translate the moment as an image and shuffle back to the issues of life, such as they are. This doesn't mean that I'm resigned to Christian 'fate', however... it renews me to know peace beyond all understanding and shows an enticing glimpse of what awaits us.
This image reminds me of that. For all the beauty of this space, it’s a small part of a small room of a castle with a dark history. That history is history nonetheless and brings us to this point in space and time... and there's purpose in that. Albert Einstein stated that "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." That should point out that history should do more than tell stories… it should give evidence of what works well for society and what doesn’t. Perhaps you remember this quote most likely due to writer and philosopher George Santayana, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." While many squabble about the truth of that statement, the concern here has my mind going back to 1 Samuel 8 where the children of Israel demand of God a king… and God responds with this question, “Do you truly want a king?” Anywhere in scripture where God asks questions, it’s worth taking note because He’s opening up the assumptions of those He questions. In other words, they needed to back up and rethink their demands of Him, though, in this case, they got what they wanted. It makes me wonder what history and the world would be like if they had rethought their demand. Having gone that direction, however, much of the history of the Tower of London might have been quite different had the English kings and queens taken note of the struggles of another king, Israel’s King David.
During a period of Tudor history here known as the War of the Roses, King Edward IV deposed King Henry VI and imprisoned him in the Tower of London. King Henry was found dead at this very spot on the 21st of May 1471. According to the Historie of the Arrivall of Edward IV, an official chronicle favorable to Edward IV, Henry died of melancholy on hearing news of the Battle of Tewkesbury and his son's death. It is widely suspected, however, that Edward IV, who was re-crowned the morning following Henry's death, had, in fact, ordered his murder… death by “melancholy” likely seldom looks like murder, which happened quite a lot at the Tower of London, mostly at the whim of kings. Many such kings saw their determinations being those also of God, so if any were against those “determinations”, they were considered subversive to both God and Crown and put to death as heretics, often in horrific ways to be made examples of publicly… “Do this and suffer the same fate.” It seems ironic to me to find such beauty within so troubling a time... yet, I'm able to do that now in no less than troubled times.
On another note, as an American, I found it quite mesmerizing to find myself in such perfectly preserved structures much older than America. The oldest structures on American soil, apart from a few native American edifices, are the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico constructed in 1521, and the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine, in St. Augustine, Florida. I’m always blown away by how early civilizations were able to build such soaring and enduring structures.
Addendum: An Irish friend pointed out on Facebook his thoughts about beauty versus fallenness here: "One could spend a month in the Tower and still be mesmerized by its artifacts and history! Beware the whims of Kings and Queens as we Irish can attest! I was at a funeral of a good friend yesterday and the tiny church had wonderful modern stained glass which brought God's light right in to the mourners. These windows had that effect on the worshippers, helping to bring light to their darkness!" Hope is an understanding that can only truly be known by those who are given to faith in God… a bright light in the darkness is often enough reason for hope for those who are in need.
The famous Tower Bridge in London during the blue hour.
Canary Wharf, one of the largest business places in the world, banking, million pound / dollar transactions, high fliers, and all I'm interested in is images of the architechture.... I think I know what side of the fence I'd rather be on.. anyway, a second attempt at this location, after my wide angle failed last time with a loose mounting plate screw (how???) I didn't spot until later in the day causing autofocus failure and light leaks, once the issue was found it was sorted with a simple matter of an opticians screwdriver (which now stays in my camera bag permanently), So, a different day and a functioning lens...needed to return to get what I'd wanted in the first place, Canary Wharf is a funny old place, not somewhere I'd usually rate as a destination but I do like it for shooting and I've a bit of a London thing going on at the moment, amidst the seemingly never ending concrete constructions of London there is still beauty to be found, challenging lighting issues and the incessant passengers make it all the more fun to try and grab something here, handheld, no tripod, no HDR. Can concrete be beautiful...? Interspersed with a bit of shiny metal.... Maybe.
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Il ponte più fotografato di Londra, difficile trovare qualcosa di non fotografato... :-)
It's not every day you see a set of escalators or a tube station entrance quite as eye-catching as Canary Wharf. When it is 2.30am on a Saturday morning, it becomes even more so, as there are no people about to distract you from the extraordinary architecture. Just as with New Street station, I couldn't resist B&W treatment with a dash of selective colour - as inspired by fellow Flickrite Mark Waidson.
Secret Togs in operation in Canary Wharf, in the West India Quay walkway. This is a B&W reworking of a shot from earlier this year.
Sulla strada per Londra ecco che i primi grattacieli a scorgersi sull'orizzonte sono quelli di Canary Warf, un ex porto antico ormai trasformato in un moderno quartiere finanziario
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Most modern Underground station in the new financial district of London Canary Wharf. Feels like being in a science fiction film.
Canary Wharf looking on a financial universe.
Just south of Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs is Millwall, and although this area has not seen the same level of redevelopment it has still been drastically changed. The old dock cranes on Millwall Outer Dock are now practically 'street art', ornaments that tell of a bygone age as the docks are no longer operational. Here three of those cranes are reflected in the blue glass of one of the newer buildings in the area.
The lightshow that is Canary Wharf seen across Blackwall Basin at the very beginning of 'Blue hour' Walking around Canary Wharf, this seemed to be the spot that showed the place at it's most intense.
Firecrest 3.0 and 0.6 soft nd
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Speravo di trovare un puosto dove riprendere questa perfetta linea di grattacieli e per farlo sono andato a Canary Wharf, quartiere spesso snobbato dai turisti soliti perchè tipicamente finanziario.
Thanks to all Phoide contributors to London Borough of Tower Hamlets!
Most notably Adelheid Smitt, Salvatore Petrantoni, Clive Griffiths, Frank Voigtländer, Pete Rowbottom, Andrey Sulitskiy and Lenis Las.