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EXPLORE #6, Front Page on the 8th June. Thank you for your comments.
My favourite hour in London and my favourite building, the Lloyds...
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The blue hour comes from a French expression (l'heure bleue), which refers to twilight, the period each morning and evening where there is neither full daylight nor complete darkness. The time is considered special because of the quality of the light at this time of day.
The Lloyd's Building (also sometimes known as The Inside-Out Building) is the home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London, and is located at One Lime Street, in the City of London, England.
It was designed by architect Richard Rogers and built between 1978 and 1986. Bovis was the management contractor for the scheme.[1] Like the Pompidou Centre (designed by Renzo Piano and Rogers), the building was innovative in having its services such as staircases, lifts, electrical power conduits and water pipes on the outside, leaving an uncluttered space inside. The twelve glass lifts were the first of their kind in the UK.
The building consists of three main towers and three service towers around a central, rectangular space. Its focal point is the large Underwriting Room on the ground floor, which houses the famous Lutine Bell. The Underwriting Room (often simply known as 'the Room') is overlooked by galleries, forming a 60 metres (197 ft) high atrium lit naturally through a huge barrel-vaulted glass roof. The first four galleries open onto the atrium space, and are connected by escalators through the middle of the structure. The higher floors are glassed-in, and can only be reached via the outside lifts.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd's_Building
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The City of London is a geographically small city within Greater London in England. It is the historic core of London around which, along with Southwark and then Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City’s boundaries have remained almost constant since the Middle Ages, and hence it is now only a tiny part of the much larger London metropolis. It is often referred to as the City or the Square Mile, as it is just over one square mile (1.12 mile
06 Март 2010, 03:02 rbsjj (Robin)
cool shot, great colors and lighting
also great angleThanks for stopping by
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06 Март 2010, 22:09 Mina (not in England anymore :((( fantastic! great colours and perspective!
07 Март 2010, 09:14 feroze kaliyadan fantastic colors and lighting ...as usual!
07 Март 2010, 15:29 the-father
that's brillant!
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08 Март 2010, 03:21 madisonprincipal Beautiful color. I like the way you chose to compose this. It is a real keeper!
08 Март 2010, 21:24 Tattooed JJ (more off than on for a while) WOW what a perspective and amazign colors especially the blueshave a good sunday
09 Март 2010, 19:25 www.hamperium.com inspiring picture with stunning colours
09 Март 2010, 19:53 josechino2424 Fantasticos colores es preciosa la foto y original perspectiva
09 Март 2010, 21:12 FoNgEtZ
another magnificent shot...
Love the colors.
Very much "David".
10 Март 2010, 06:50 Sareni Wonderful colors!...
11 Март 2010, 05:37 almonkey Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Sgt. Peppers AMAZING IMAGES Club Band (Invited images Only), and we'd love to have this added to the group!Very cool angle! Great shot.
11 Март 2010, 19:34 Ming chai WOW !!! another " Masterpiece" !
11 Март 2010, 22:17 mang M Whatta shot. Very nice tilting. And beautiful blue!
12 Март 2010, 06:23 M.Bob stunning combination of blue and green colors in the buildings!
12 Март 2010, 13:01 Sash
what a blues
wow--
good to see you in GG
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12 Март 2010, 19:58 pattpoom
Very beautiful and outstanding night shot.!!!
Great diagonal composition, wonderful blue
tone.
I wish you have a great remaining weekend and
great upcoming week.:)
12 Март 2010, 23:18 DMC43
nice and unique point of view.. the capture
is perfect ! nice exposure.
enjoy the rest of your weekend my friend.
13 Март 2010, 14:59 rich66 ~~ Fabulous perspective and super charged colors!
13 Март 2010, 17:48 zanimo
perfection David...outstanding work!
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14 Март 2010, 17:31 Limbo Poet
Fantastic blues!! Great perspective! Well
done! Cheers,--
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14 Март 2010, 19:55 nate@82 (sorry - still very busy) Amazing image. Wonderful work
15 Март 2010, 18:36 ktania
So nice...it makes my day!! =)
A fave!!(Seen in my contact's photo)
15 Март 2010, 23:10 david.bank (www.david-bank.com)
perfect angle
perfect colors!!
15 Март 2010, 23:40 StGrundy This is better than mine from the Lloyds building. The colours are so bold and striking. Love it. We should go out on tour together at one point.
16 Март 2010, 10:49 Richard Roscoe Photography
Very cool. Great color and interesting
angle!--
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16 Март 2010, 18:08 Ramon San Juan
Great capture.
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17 Март 2010, 11:17 Michael Peron...Happy new year vaya luces y colores!! muy buena con esa perspectiva!!
17 Март 2010, 16:50 Jian Alvarez
superbe compo, lignes cadrage, couleurs...--
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17 Март 2010, 21:42 alextmf1 What a beautiful perspective! I totally admire your works and you are amazing. Have a great day ahead!
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