London viewed again

  

Shard on a slant or was the wine more powerful than I thought? 

 From a Shard to a Gherkin

Un oeil de poisson@London Bridge

 

A prone cyclist@London Bridge

 More cyclists and a taxi

Bus squeezing under railway bridge at start of Borough High Street 

Bus stop and The Shard

 

 Winning by a bus length (above and below)

 

The Shard sticking out of the top of a 148 bus

London photos – various inc June dusk and dawn + Shard

 

Around 4.30am 22.6.2012

Grey conclusion to longest day (above and below)

Not dirt on camera lens but airship over London (above and below)

 

The Shard – 6.11.2010 (above and below)

London inc #Shard as last sunlight fades

 Centre of London from south above the Horniman Gardens (illuminated trees) as the last light from the sun fades

Closer onto the Shard

#Shard@6am this morning

The Shard@6am 

London views@dusk 12.5.2012

The Shard and the fading light

Fish seeing from Taymount Rise, Horniman Museum. Canary Wharf and the City

The Shard and the fading light

The Shard in early May

 

Some photos of the Shard development@London bridge on a dull and cool early May day. Shots taken from top of Tooley Street close to Evans Cycles. 

 Passing lorry and bus with Shard development in background 

 A Southern Hemisphere view of the Shard

'Pocket sized' bus

The upper part of the Shard

... now the middle part

Shard watch and rainbow into the Horniman Museum

 The Shard@London Bridge in early morning light: 15th April 2012

April showers (13.4.12) and another rainbow – this time a crock of gold at the Horniman Museum, London SE23 (above and below)

The Blue Shard – sad at the sunset?

The Blue Shard in the fading light

With its large expanse of glass the Shard goes through frequent changes colour and aspect. This evening it was noticeably blue caught by the declining light.   

London view: 2nd February 2012

London: rise of the scrapers!

Top of the Shard to you!

The Shard: the unfinished top (above and below) 

Further pics of The Shard with the last of the trio showing how the new building dominates the others around it. 

Morning February light on the Shard – from South London

The Shard on a cold, clear January night

The Shard from the Embankment Bridge (Charing Cross) 

Although not yet completed The Shard@London Bridge has become an increasingly compelling building – a forceful and dominant feature of the London skyscape. Because of its height it is often visible from unexpected places. 

 Taken from the pedestrian Hungerford Bridge beside the railway into Charing Cross (above and below)

Derbyshire and London: a few photos

The Shard@London Bridge



Reflective crane

St Pancras

St Pancras: just after 9.45 am

Sunset through the remains of Dale Abbey

The small church@Dale Abbey

Detail of church including leaning pulpit

Autumnl leaves@Dale Abbey