Dockside Reflections by andycoleborn

Dockside Reflections

Long, long day today. Up early and starting preparing grub for this afternoon's BBQ.

Potato salad made, prawns marinated then turned into kebabs, lamb marinated in 2 different flavours - BBQ and spicy mustard sauce - salad picked, washed and made.

All done before noon... Far too busy for a Saturday morning!!

Had friends over for the day - including a couple down from Birmingham for the weekend. Was a really nice day, great food, good company and fantastic weather.

Last night me and my girlfriend went shopping and stopped off here for a midnight walk. We suggested driving down again this evening, so we jumped into a couple of cars and headed to the docks in Beckton for a late night wander - there was a nice cooling breeze, which was needed after the scorching weather of late.

This is another long exposure attempt,taken just before midnight, with camera rested on the floor looking across the Royal Victoria Dock.

Am quite pleased with this one - Straight from the camera, no tweeks or touch-ups...
stunning! great capture
July 11th, 2010  
Gorgeous. :) I love the clarity and the reflection on the water.
July 11th, 2010  
This is lovely. I'm especially attracted to the dark blue you achieved.
July 11th, 2010  
great shot..beautiful reflections.
July 11th, 2010  
Wow, this is really superb!! Love water reflection shots!
July 11th, 2010  
Gorgeous shot, was it a long exposure?
July 11th, 2010  
great shot, the reflections are so perfect
July 11th, 2010  
Great picture and sounds like you are going to have a glorious day. I will be spending most of my day in airports!
July 11th, 2010  
This is beautiful, love the reflections!! Great shot!
July 11th, 2010  
wonderful job! The blues are beautiful
July 11th, 2010  
Just wow!!
July 11th, 2010  
stunning shot
July 11th, 2010  
Beautiful capture!
July 11th, 2010  
absolutely stunning!
July 11th, 2010  
Gorgeous. Absolutely beautiful capture.
July 11th, 2010  
This is a beautiful photo. I love the reflections on the water.
July 11th, 2010  
Great shot. You should consider tagging it for this week's architecture theme.
July 11th, 2010  
fantastic!
July 11th, 2010  
What a wonderful shot! Love it.
July 11th, 2010  
Marvelous !
July 11th, 2010  
stunning shot!
July 12th, 2010  
Hee
Absolutely amazing nightscape. The lighting & reflection looking awesome.
July 12th, 2010  
nice nightscape...
July 12th, 2010  
Thanks everyone for all you great comments (as always).. Thanks Cheryl, I've tagged and Vik, yeah, this was about 15 second exposure - took a few but resting the camera on the ground and clicking still brought about a small shake - this was easily the best of the night and even if I say so myself, I'm rather pleased with this snap :-)
July 12th, 2010  
How did I miss this! Great shot, so crisp.
July 12th, 2010  
I missed this one the first time as well. It's lovely. The reflections are perfect.
July 13th, 2010  
CONGRATS on making the top five, how awesome!!!
July 15th, 2010  
Congratulations!! I'm definitely voting for your photo, it's absolutely lovely!
July 15th, 2010  
This is gorgeous!
July 15th, 2010  
you selected for the best theme-architecture and deserve it. I voted for you because I love all your pictures Andy!
July 15th, 2010  
Found this on my suggestions page. Great reflections!
February 18th, 2011  
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