On a walk around London, a camera can be your best companion. It encourages you to take in the landscape, architectural details and other people enjoying the views. This absorbing walk, on the south side of the River Thames, took me from Woolwich to the Greenwich peninsula. My starting point was Woolwich Arsenal station (DLR), ending up at North Greenwich station (Jubilee Line). Here’s what you’ll see along the route:
- Woolwich Arsenal with its mix of original and contemporary architecture
- River views all the way to Docklands
- Plane spotting courtesy of London City Airport
- The Victorian Woolwich foot tunnel – a subterranean delight
- The Thames Barrier
- Greenwich peninsula’s industrial edginess, new buildings, cable car and crane installation
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I just wish I could see things the way you do – especially love the cranes but on second thoughts impossible to choose a favourite
Thanks so much, Laura. I guess we all have our own view of the world which makes life so interesting and varied. And it’s well worth taking that walk – really rich in things to see.
Nice mix of architecture, industrial material and details. I love it!
Thanks Koos :) It’s a great walk, so much to take in… no time to look at your feet!
Great to hear you didn’t walk into the river, whilst looking up 😜
Oh you don’t know the half of it. I still have fish in my beard.
Oh, you sailor!
Aye aye cap’n!
Great images. Very atmospheric. I always thought there was more barbed wire ‘sarf’ of the Thames, though… You know, to keep all those Northerners out…
Thanks Richard. And yes. Hahahaha! This photo walk was probably the most packed I’ve done – a lot of good things in a relatively short stretch.
Your “crazy paving portholes” just reminded me of something similar I saw in Dresden earlier this week. While there are extremely beautiful buildings about, I found it difficult to capture them and was actually thinking about your pictures and how you have a knack for architectural pics, picking out the right details, showing us parts instead of the whole building etc. I often stood in front of a building or monument and thought “Which part would Mike shoot?”.
I didn’t manage well, but it did make me look in to architectural photography courses, so I hope all is not lost :-) .
Hi Kiki, oh that’s a wonderful tale. And how lovely to think that I was being thought of as you took photographs in Dresden. Coincidentally my great-grandfather came from there. I think instinct plays a great part in these shots – and lots of practice. I bet you did pretty well. Perhaps we should trade skills – teach me how to cook!
Ha – I’d trade skills in a an instant :-) And that’s interesting that your great-grandfather was from Dresden! Have you ever been?
I haven’t but I got as far as Leipzig once. Perhaps the German ancestry is where my need for precision comes from ;-)