Friday 28 January 2011

Canary Wharf by night



I love the steam venting from the pyramid.

Posted by H at 06:29
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8 comments:

  1. Desiree28 January 2011 at 07:03

    I love night-time scenes! And these are beautiful, especially the first of the trio. Night-time changes everything, blots out all the harshness and grimness that daylight highlights, softening all the edges and adding a touch of magic to what, in daylight, is often quite a stark and uninteresting scene.

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  2. Gattina28 January 2011 at 07:42

    Long time ago I haven't seen it ! Beautiful !

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  3. Mo28 January 2011 at 10:20

    Great images

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  4. Alan Burnett28 January 2011 at 10:40

    Wonderfully atmospheric shots. You make me want to revisit London.

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  5. Sacristan28 January 2011 at 12:09

    I'm sorry H, but I can never see that pyramid [nor the one in Stockport] without thinking of "Stargate" - especially the TV series...

    ... and your beautifully atmospheric shots of it with the base glowing so brightly don't do anything dispel the thought =D

    Amazing architecture, far better than the acres of soul-less concrete of the 1960s & 1970s; but, for me, still not a patch on the "form and function" that the Victorian and Edwardian eras seemed to produce in their municipal and public buildings.

    I've not often visited London but I do know that the London Head Office of Barclays Bank is in an adjacent tower. Within that particular building are some atria, which span (I think) about 5 floors and contain informal meeting areas, coffee bars and, amazingly, living trees. The surrounding offices and meeting rooms can see down and into these voids ... and they are not at ground level so you get fabulous views out over the surroundings through the glass walls...

    Clever but not user-friendly if, like me, you hate heights :(

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  6. Rosie28 January 2011 at 15:43

    Wonderful photos - love the first one there are so many elements to it I could look at it for ages.

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  7. Michael and Hanne28 January 2011 at 16:38

    Excellent photos well done. Any exposure/camera details?

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  8. paige29 January 2011 at 06:02

    I love your night photos. You're quite the nighttime photographer! Nice.

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