The Shard

[Marmora Man]

This may have been what the architect was anticipating - The Shard catching the sun on this crisp Saturday morning

[Senor Chevalier]

Wow that's pretty amazing. Just wait for the spearhead...

[Husker]

Going through London Bridge station every day it has been pretty amazing just watching it go up.

[Huguenot]

Is that mist or pollution? It's only 3? miles away innit?

[Marmora Man]

It was a very frosty morning - mist I think rising as the moisture warmed up.

[bon3yard]

When are they going to put its hat on?

[jctg]

Its 'elf and safety gone mad.

[PeckhamRose]

Fabulous pic MarmoraMan. We love seeing the same view. I also love that 'pod' on top of the Aura building, down the road on Peckham Rye. Boosboss told me he knew the man who lived in it. And you have caught it beautifully in this photo too. Is this shot from the top of your house?

[Marmora Man]

PeckhamRose Wrote:

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> Fabulous pic MarmoraMan. We love seeing the same view. I also love that 'pod' on top of the Aura building, down the road on Peckham Rye. Boosboss told me he knew the man who lived in it. And you have caught it beautifully in this photo too. Is

this shot from the top of your house?

Yes - saw it from dining room window and then went to the top of the house to do my best - but don't have your skill with camera.

[HAL9000]

In case anyone else is interested in technical details:

Filename - DSC00909.jpg

Make - SONY

Model - DSC-HX9V

ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds

FNumber - 5.90

ExposureProgram - Normal program

ISOSpeedRatings - 100

DateTimeOriginal - 2012:02:04 13:05:14

BrightnessValue - 7.17

ExposureBiasValue - 0.00

MaxApertureValue - F 3.29

MeteringMode - Multi-segment

LightSource - Auto

Flash - Flash not fired, compulsory flash mode

FocalLength - 68.48 mm

[PeckhamRose]

You're too kind. But you're also wrong. This is fabulous!! I am looking forward to see the building with more on top that is visible from our flats. So I visited it on the bike last week and it is 20 Fenchurch street. I took photos but only on film. Can't wait to see the Shard's hat go on. I wonder if they will lower it on from helicopter pretty much like they did with the Canary Wharf tower. Also of course the Pinnacle and the Leadenhall Building (just found this site with the best images on it).

[PeckhamRose]

Ha! Hal I am never interested in technical details. MrPR is the professional photographer in our outfit and has never successfully explained to me what an F stop means, or what the F is short for, and so I end up saying effing stop! hohohoho. Sorry 'bout that.

[HAL9000]

The F-stop number or F-ratio is the focal length divided by the effective aperture of a lens.

It expresses how much light passes through (to expose the image) as a ratio so that different lenses can be compared directly.

Yes - I was once a professional, although I haven't exposed a frame in earnest for over twenty years now.

[Marmora Man]

HAL9000 Wrote:

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> In case anyone else is interested in technical

> details:

>

> Filename - DSC00909.jpg

> Make - SONY

> Model - DSC-HX9V

> ExposureTime - 1/250 seconds

> FNumber - 5.90

> ExposureProgram - Normal program

> ISOSpeedRatings - 100

> DateTimeOriginal - 2012:02:04 13:05:14

> BrightnessValue - 7.17

> ExposureBiasValue - 0.00

> MaxApertureValue - F 3.29

> MeteringMode - Multi-segment

> LightSource - Auto

> Flash - Flash not fired, compulsory flash mode

> FocalLength - 68.48 mm

Blimey, I just pressed the button, picked the best from a burst of images, cropped it and posted it.

[HAL9000]

I still like to see what's under the bonnet.

Your image reminds me of one of my favourite old-school photographers, Andreas Feininger (1906-1999). He was perhaps the first to expose cityscapes from a great distance using telephoto lenses. His images of New York from across the harbour are stunning. See Poster Gallery.