Royal Exchange by andycoleborn

Royal Exchange

With it getting dark now before 5pm, my photo opportunities seem to consist of someting within a 10 minute or so walk from my office during lunch, or an evening wander after work.

And so once again, I ventured off, camera in hand, after work on a little wander just to see where my feet will take me.

Ended up walking down Threadneedle Street in the City and took a few pics of The Royal Excahnge building. It's a wonderful looking building, pity I couldn't fit more in - needed Vik's bad-boy wide angle lens tonight :-)..

This is in fact the 3rd Royal Excahnge on the same site - the first was opend by Queen Elizabth I in 1571 and destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. The second was also destroyed by fire in 1838. The current building was opened by Queen Victoria in 1844..

It is now... a shopping centre!!!
very cool colors !!
November 15th, 2010  
Nice lighting and perspective. Ive been thinking wide angle lens lately too!
November 15th, 2010  
@rich57 LOL for the iphone :-)... I would but they are too expensive... thinking a nifty 50 might come in handy tho....
November 15th, 2010  
pretty--like the lighting!
November 15th, 2010  
Ed
Glad you didn't cross the road otherwise you might have taken a photo of my wine glasses ...
http://365project.org/edpartridge/365/2010-11-15
November 15th, 2010  
I'm with you. It's getting more challenging to get a picture before I leave the house in the morning and head home in the evening. I am fortunate in that I can get out during my lunch break. This affords me a lot more opportunities. Time to think about night photos.
November 15th, 2010  
Beautiful.
November 15th, 2010  
@edpartridge ha ha... wonder how often 365ers cross paths throughout the day...
November 15th, 2010  
nice!
November 15th, 2010  
Very imposing and impressive....completely royal feel to the photo.
November 15th, 2010  
Great angle. Love the perspective of this shot and the lighting. Very nicely done.
November 16th, 2010  
great angle to make it even more interesting. like it
November 16th, 2010  
What a great perspective to capture this beautiful old building. Love the colors!!!
November 16th, 2010  
I kind of like being forced into taking pictures in a small square foot area. I think it makes us REALLY look at what is around us always and find the beauty in it. Just like you did here
November 16th, 2010  
A great shot - love those colums and blue light. also a great history lesson! It's a fav - beautiful.
November 16th, 2010  
I hope third time lucky and hey have included sprinklers now.
November 18th, 2010  
missed this for some reason, but the blues are wicked, nice find Andy
December 2nd, 2010  
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