Inside the Monument - London
The monument was designed in 1671 by Sir Christoper Wren, to
commemorate the Great Fire of London. It is202 feet tall - the exact
distance it stands from the bakers in Pudding Lane, where the Great
Fire of 1666 started.
There are 311 steps to the viewing platform.
This is a view from the bottom.
The staircase is very narrow, not ideal if you have a large camera
bag!
I have some infrared pictures taken from the top of the monument in my
infrared set.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/leisure_heritage/arch...
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sea_okie, K.Swiss, Paul Grand, acronymlove, and 174 other people added this photo to their favorites.
sea_okie (69 months ago | reply)
Very cool! love the colors and the shiny-ness.
Paul Grand (69 months ago | reply)
Really sucks you in!
DB-UK (69 months ago | reply)
Great shot. I like it.
Spooky. I was actually taking pictures at the same place yesterday - small world eh ? I only had my take everywhere compact camera with me though and it really wasn't up to getting this particular shot. Can I ask what settings you used ? ISO/shutter/apature ? I converted some of my shots from the top to HDRs which you can see a couple of on my Flickr page.
nick.garrod (69 months ago | reply)
Thanks for the comments Andrea and Paul,
Hi Darren, yes small world indeed. That wasn't you up the top talking on a cellphone was it? I went up at about 13:30 with a large group of Germans. I had to rush as I had to get back home to pick the children up from school.
I like your HDR shot. I have tried a couple of HDR pictures, but have not been happy with the results.
On checking the settings, they were 0.7 seconds F5.6 at 400ASA. I put the camera flat on it's back on the perspex shield at the bottom of the tower. I had it set to aperture priority with a two second self timer. The camera is a Minolta 7D with a 17-35 at the wide end, the image is a crop from full frame
cazphoto.co.uk (69 months ago | reply)
Hmmm, very nice. I haven been up the Monument, but it was ages ago. Maybe I should make the trip again :-)
LucaPicciau (69 months ago | reply)
Vertiginosa!
sea_okie (69 months ago | reply)
Looking at it again, it reminds me of an Escher-like concept. Is it going up? Or is it going down? Kewl nautilus.
If you you used it like a pinwheel you could hypnotize someone with it.
Ok, I'm getting too abstract for a Wednesday morning.
GROGG (69 months ago | reply)
WOW!
Graeme Smith (69 months ago | reply)
Very nice! Has a kind of abstract feel to it… I like it.
Shervane [deleted] (69 months ago | reply)
I love the pictures of stairs, this one is great!
DB-UK (69 months ago | reply)
Nick - yes, could well have been me as I was there at about that time and did take a call while I was there. Good idea to put you camera on the flat surface at the bottom - I must try that. An HDR of that angle might work well. My compact doesn't seem to want to auto bracket at speeds less than 1/30th though so will take the 20D next time. Thanks for the tips.
dezsö [deleted] (69 months ago | reply)
found in flickr’s explore interestingness, a favourite...well done!
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gracias! (69 months ago | reply)
Great spiral!
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nick.garrod (69 months ago | reply)
Thank you all for the positive feedback, it is fantastic to know that an image I took is being viewed across the globe. It is a great incentive to go out and take better pictures.
thanks Nick
WomanChild (69 months ago | reply)
Bravo! Opulent and majestic. A beautiful sight.
leannelimwalker (69 months ago | reply)
see in explore/interestingess in the last 7days page, leads the eye so well, i just love images like this.
David James Williams Photography (69 months ago | reply)
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ka_tie76 (69 months ago | reply)
so beautiful... :)
Rija 3.0 (69 months ago | reply)
Very detailed and luminous image. Beautiful.
zwstr (68 months ago | reply)
Thanks, I like yours too, very interesting monument!
*The Boy From Cerrado (68 months ago | reply)
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Ran_d (68 months ago | reply)
What an excellent shot !! Faved !!
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GooseGoddessS (68 months ago | reply)
What and amazing View! very much like an Optical illusion! :)
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jordicerda52 (65 months ago | reply)
Beatiful geometry! It is not first spiral I see, but this one is amazing for the depth and clarity.
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Liberty Place (65 months ago | reply)
great spiral, good work!
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Bev and Steve (65 months ago | reply)
Like a geologic fossil! Great shot.
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cienne45 (65 months ago | reply)
Very interesting!
Brilliant composition.
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Claudia1967 (65 months ago | reply)
Stunning perspective!
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Gabó (65 months ago | reply)
Fantasticphoto!
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silvi@ (65 months ago | reply)
Almost science-fiction like, very nice shot!
Mònica Co (65 months ago | reply)
great shot! ligth and composition is perfect
namq (65 months ago | reply)
Wow! Great shot.
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tommyajohansson (64 months ago | reply)
Excellent shot. Great colours and composition.
CTRL-F5 (63 months ago | reply)
Great shot, the opposite of mine from a few years back
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Ray Tomes (62 months ago | reply)
I've got one too, from even more years back ;-)
steeev (61 months ago | reply)
great photo, you should add your stunning landmark photos to the flickr map. To do this, just click the "place this photo on a map" link and its pretty straight forward from there.
EwaJ (59 months ago | reply)
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Albert ☺ bognerart.eu (59 months ago | reply)
Excellent composition!
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FRandaLUZ (59 months ago | reply)
Superb composition and perspective!!!
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nick.garrod (59 months ago | reply)
Thank you for the awards.
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frisbeeace (59 months ago | reply)
No surprise it was one of the works of Wren. Great shot.
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