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Ye Olde London Bridge


Ye Olde London Bridge
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Copyright: Martyn Peck (Travelcam) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 846 W: 76 N: 1208] (10171)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-03
Categories: Daily Life, Architecture, Decisive Moment, Action
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/500 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-06-28 0:25
Viewed: 327
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Tower Bridge is one of most well known landmarks in London, dating from the Victorian era. It was designed by Wolfe Barry and Horace Jones and completed in 1894. It has the peculiar and distinctive feature of being able to raise the middle of the bridge enable large vessels to pass under it.

The bridge is 60 meter (197 ft) long and its towers rise to a height of 43 meter. From the top of the towers, you have a great view on the center of London. You can also visit the inside of the tower, where you can observe the original mechanism used to raise the bridge.

Tower Bridge is currently enjoying a major 'facelift' costing £4m, and taking four years to complete. The work entails stripping-off the existing paint and repainting in blue and white. Each section will be enshrouded in scaffolding to prevent the old paint falling into the Thames causing pollution.

It is expected to remain open until winter 2010, but is then expected to be closed for several months.

TFR.
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Hi Martyn
as we are going to visit the Old Bridge of London again next month, it was nice to meet it on your wonderful postcard.
beautiful colors and very good clarity.
great POV.
tfs
tsilla

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  • juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2641 W: 1 N: 1264] (15443)
  • [2008-06-28 1:01]

Hola Mark,
hermosa postal y pov,
bello trabajo y excelente ambiente...
luminosa escena,
saludos amigo.

Hello Martyn,

I have seen many shots of Tower Bridge on TL but must say, this is one of the finest! Your pov is perfect giving a good angled view which fulfils perspective, detail and composition! The blues of the bridge match so well with the lovely sky! A great shot!

kind regards,
Bev :-)

hello MArtyn
this is a perfect calander shot.
lovely angle to shoot
nice colours and lighting
i have been watching london bridge photographs since i was a kid.
this one is fantastic. thanks for sharing friend.
have a nice weekend.
regards
Manuj Mehta

Hello Martyn,
this one remines me of a shot taken from the same POV 25 years ago - and nothing has really changed since then and I think not much in the last hundreds of years. Great memory and good exposure.
TFS Thomas

Hi Martyn
What a wonderful and colorful picture
Wow, i cannot stop admiring it
Colors and sharpness are perfect
I guess the picture deserves to be the front page of a touristic book
Well done
Bye

Very nice image!! Excellent clarity and composed ideally.

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