Tower Bridge glass walkway

Share your vision then Dean, go get that stunning image I for one certainly look forward to viewing it.
 
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Kevin O'Brian said:
Share your vision then Dean, go get that stunning image I for one certainly look forward to viewing it.
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id be up there in a heartbeat if i wasnt recovering from major surgery. but have put it on top of my list as one of the first things to shoot when recovered. been far to long since ive ventured into London for a days shooting what with the surgery at start of the year and the last one 2 weeks ago . roll on 2015 and life back to normality
 
IIRC (from documentaries about TB) the walkways used to be the usual pedestrian route over the bridge. In the days of sail, the bridge spent as much time open as it did closed so the walkways were far quicker than waiting for the bascules to close.

Dean, at least you'll actually carp yourself rather than filling a bag if you get the heebie jeebies!!! (Hope all's going reasonably well and that the antibiotics are doing their job.)
 
Brrrrrrr :eek:

I like that short video clip, where they step back as the bridge opens. :giggle:
 
mentally im great , positive future and all that. physically things are a bit slower as the old stoma area wound had to have the stitches removed and be drained due to build up of fluid ( the stoma area is classed as a "dirty area" and very common to get some infection.
so i now have some hi-tech device called a pico bandage which is a pump action negative compression vacuum bandage covering the 5cm cavity in my side. essentially the bandage forms a vaccuum by way of a battery operated pump that drains the fluid away and pulls it all from the wound area allowing it to dry and heal.. the wonders of modern science!
will take around a month to heal over properly so have to take it very careful for now so my goal is to be fit for the new year.
 
I bet that glass is going to get awfully scuffed and scratched, so if you want to photograph through it you'd better get there sooner rather than later.

OldCarlos said:
Brrrrrrr :eek:

I like that short video clip, where they step back as the bridge opens. :giggle:
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The feet in that video look really fake to me.
 
Nod said:
IIRC (from documentaries about TB) the walkways used to be the usual pedestrian route over the bridge. In the days of sail, the bridge spent as much time open as it did closed so the walkways were far quicker than waiting for the bascules to close.
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That was the intention, though, apparently people preferred to wait for the bascules to close again, so very few people actually used the upper level walkways, which was why they were closed in 1910.

Brian G said:
The feet in that video look really fake to me.
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Yes, it looks more like it was done on a green screen/projection than filming through glass, especially when you see shadows from shoes on the surface, but no reflections from above. Not to mention the lack of any visible structure... I don't think there's an area that clear of steel along the glazed section.
 
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