Tower bridge from the river
A rare view of Tower bridge square on, at sunset from the Thames Clipper
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A rare view of Tower bridge square on, at sunset from the Thames Clipper
This shot is one of the few I’m posting from my 20 minute boat trip along the Thames from Canary Wharf to Embankment where I fired off 650 shots! In this shot you can just see the star of the sun glimmering through the Tower Bridge support – with MoreLondon and it’s building work on the left.
Earlier in the week I posted a shot of a bridge in Budapest made by William Tierney Clark. The same man built the original Hammersmith bridge which was replaced in 1887 by Joseph Bazalgette’s design due concern’s it wouldn’t hold the weight of the traffic (and the spectators to the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.)
Still the traffic numbers grew; and a more elaborate scheme is now in place which gives buses priority (the buses all have to be single decks too for weight concerns).
Its had multiple refurbishments – not least the one which returned it to it’s original green glory. Although most recently it was refurbished due to a REAL IRA bombing in the year 2000.
The IRA first attempted to blow it up 70 years ago; luckily a local man saw the sparking suitcase and threw it off the bridge into the Thames; where it reportedly blew columns of water 60 feet into the air. – Wikipedia
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Phill channels his creative energy into his photography. His passion lies in minimalist architecture, abstract and street photography with which he has been published in the Economist Group's Intelligent Life Magazine.
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Someone could say that’s an easy shot, but it’s not at all! Not only it’s really hart to find a correct place to be able to shoot this one in front, but also, doing that in a sunny day it’s something unmissable! :)
Congratulations, nice one
i agree , nice shot
Sweet.
The dpreview guys always take shots of this bridge.
@evandrocaldeira : yes lots of people take photos of Tower Bridge, just not from this angle