The Shard Tower in London

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Bit of a tricky thing to photograph!

Especially with a compact that I barely know how to use and even if I did, I don't think the camera's capable of that anyway

 

[editor]

Best I could manage without a tripod.

 

[Epona]

Fuck sake - £25 a pop to visit the viewing platform (and £19 for a child ticket). I won't be going up there any time soon. That's fucking bloody outrageous!!!!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

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Best I could manage without a tripod.

That's good, and you can see the lights at the top of the Sharp better than mine. I was using a tripod

Can't see the Olympic rings on yours though. I wonder what building they're on?

 

[teuchter]

Looks like they are on the Natwest tower judging from your photos.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Looks like they are on the Natwest tower judging from your photos.

No, it's not the NatWest Tower, as it's much further to the left. (Well I'm pretty sure it's not, but I could be wrong)

Pretty hazy day out there so hard to even tell in daylight where the building is. Will have to get my binoculars out and scan for the rings, then attempt to take a photo of the area, but my camera's not good enough to get a zoomable picture

Maybe Editor can figure it out from where he is?

 

[TitanSound]

I think you might be wrong

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

and you are right

and is teuchter (just before he jumps down my throat)

Can't recgnose it any more since other buildings have shot up around it.

Before you posted this, I was looking through my binoculars as well but looking in the wrong place because I couldn't remember where they were. Will go and have another look now

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Anyway, what exactly are the flags made of? Is it a big piece of cloth or painted boards or screens or what?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Furthermore, what's that building that's lit up blue?

 

[Divisive Cotton]

London's latest monument to Mammon is open for business!

 

[Crispy]

Furthermore, what's that building that's lit up blue?

Heron tower, over the road from Liverpool St. station

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Heron tower, over the road from Liverpool St. station

Thank you Crispy. What are all those lights for and are they some kind of environmentally friendly lights or are there lots of people that work there all night which means it keeps its lights on all night?

 

[Crispy]

Thank you Crispy. What are all those lights for and are they some kind of environmentally friendly lights or are there lots of people that work there all night which means it keeps its lights on all night?

Are we talking the same building here?

Between Natwest and Gherkin, stepped roofline, faintly glowing blue, with the spire on top?

The blue glow is just for show

 

[Dan U]

this is my benchmark for tonights light show

it gets good/weird about 3m in


also ffs at the £25 entrance fee

 

[Utopia]

Gonna head up to Parliament Hill tonight for the 'laser show', hopefully it'll be a clear night, i've got a half decent DSLR so i'll take some pics and post them up if they're any good.

Where's everyone else going to watch it from just out of interest?

 

[teuchter]

The Heron tower is rubbish.

And I'm disappointed in you Minnie for considering that there could be a possibility of my being wrong.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Gonna head up to Parliament Hill tonight for the 'laser show', hopefully it'll be a clear night, i've got a half decent DSLR so i'll take some pics and post them up if they're any good.

Where's everyone else going to watch it from just out of interest?

Living room

Looking forward to pictures

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

The Heron tower is rubbish.

And I'm disappointed in you Minnie for considering that there could be a possibility of my being wrong.

Only disappointed. You should be absolutely disgusted.

I feel very ashamed that I ever doubted you teuchter

 

[teuchter]

this is my benchmark for tonights light show

it gets good/weird about 3m in


also ffs at the £25 entrance fee

I fear what we get tonight may fall well short of that benchmark.

 

[teuchter]

Only disappointed. You should be absolutely disgusted.

I feel very ashamed that I ever doubted you teuchter

Hopefully you will learn from your mistake.

 

[Crispy]

The North side of Heron tower is pretty good. Big diagonals. The rest is all a bit of a mishmash.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Hopefully you will learn from your mistake.

I doubt it

 

[El Sueno]

Anyone know what time the laser show actually begins? I'd like to get settled in a nice spot with a bag of beers.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Anyone know what time the laser show actually begins? I'd like to get settled in a nice spot with a bag of beers.

I read somewhere 10.00pm, then I read somewhere else last night that it was 10.15pm

 

[El Sueno]

Ah sweet, I just clocked you post this a page back - thanks Minnie. I shall head up if it's not raining. I love lasers, me.

 

[El Sueno]

Now I'm torn. Do I go up London Bridge, find a spot up close and personal and really immerse myself in the occasion or would it be better viewed from a big hill some distance away? Like Norwood Hill in Crystal Palace, you get a pretty decent vista from there. I'd hate to think I'm missing the bigger picture if I was stood right underneath it, but likewise I'd be wondering how spectacular it would look from the river if I was peering on from miles away.

Thoughts urbs?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Now I'm torn. Do I go up London Bridge, find a spot up close and personal and really immerse myself in the occasion or would it be better viewed from a big hill some distance away? Like Norwood Hill in Crystal Palace, you get a pretty decent vista from there. I'd hate to think I'm missing the bigger picture if I was stood right underneath it, but likewise I'd be wondering how spectacular it would look from the river if I was peering on from miles away.

Thoughts urbs?

Think it would be dependent on weather, and judging by my pictures last night, I wouldn't say the lasers looked razor sharp from Brixton, so even further away, not sure

 

[teuchter]

I find myself faced with the same dilemna.

 

[Crispy]

Now I'm torn. Do I go up London Bridge, find a spot up close and personal and really immerse myself in the occasion or would it be better viewed from a big hill some distance away? Like Norwood Hill in Crystal Palace, you get a pretty decent vista from there. I'd hate to think I'm missing the bigger picture if I was stood right underneath it, but likewise I'd be wondering how spectacular it would look from the river if I was peering on from miles away.

Thoughts urbs?

I really don't think there will be much occasion to get immersed in. I recommend North side of Southwark Bridge for a river view, or up Parliament Hill for a distant view.