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15th August 2011
Natural History by sparkle

Natural History

photo 291
Went into London this morning with Vicki and the kids to go to the Natural History Museum. I'd forgotten (or maybe I never really knew!!) what a great building it is, and I remember the dinosaurs being much bigger! Thought I was still impressed with the Blue Whale! We went to get ice cream from Ossie (he's got a permanent ice cream van outside Exhibition Road entrance to the tube...) I haven't seen him in about 5 years and he almost fell out his van window when he saw me with 3 kids in tow!! Great day had by all - the eating plan has gone out of the window - but plan to go and run it off now!

Meant to try and catch up on comments yesterday but the server was so slow I gave up - bit busy again tonight but will try tomorrow!

Alternative shot from today http://365project.org/sparkle/alternative-365/2011-08-15

EDIT: I took over 200 shots inside the building from all different angles and locations...but this one is definitley the best vantage point to capture it's height, beauty and depth. I also remembered @leoadrian had taken a shot that i fav'd back a few months ago - checked it out after posting - seems his image left a lasting impression! http://365project.org/leoadrian/365/2011-06-15 thanks for the inspiration Leo!
Comments
impressive shot - and building!
posted August 15th, 2011  
This place is gorgeous! Nice shot of it. :)
posted August 15th, 2011  
This is an amazing shot!! Awesome processing!
posted August 15th, 2011  
I love the angle and the sheer size of this place is impressive! What is on the ceiling? Beautiful!
posted August 15th, 2011  
Wow! Beautiful building! I love the POV and this makes me want to visit London.
posted August 15th, 2011  
This is just like a film set !! Amazing lines, light & detail, wonderful ! My internet was so slow last night I had to give up commenting !
posted August 15th, 2011  
woah super stuff, might try and go here next week when I'm back down with the kids!
posted August 15th, 2011  
wow....stunning shot, just beautiful!!!
posted August 15th, 2011  
wow! a fav for me!
posted August 15th, 2011  
This is superb! What wonderful craftsmanship in an age before all the technology and machinery that is used now. Must visit next time I am in London.
posted August 15th, 2011  
AMAZING !!
posted August 15th, 2011  
Beautiful shot. It's such a grand building. Great processing!
posted August 15th, 2011  
Stunning!!!
posted August 15th, 2011  
Incredible building and shot. Just beautiful.
posted August 15th, 2011  
great perspective!
posted August 15th, 2011  
I love the NH museum, especially as you walk into the grand hall with the dinosaur in front of you! A wonderful shot of a stunning building. A fav.
posted August 15th, 2011  
LOVe love love it!
posted August 15th, 2011  
Lovely capture of the museum...
posted August 15th, 2011  
Love it! Fav'd it! ;-)
posted August 15th, 2011  
like the angle on this shot with the galleries above and the floor below all in view, amazing processing as always
posted August 15th, 2011  
A sublime shot... really spectacular. A favourite for sure!
posted August 15th, 2011  
Nic
This is a great photo - so much detail! A fav for me :)
posted August 15th, 2011  
Very cool processing.
posted August 15th, 2011  
A gorgeous place and even more gorgeous photo. Love the angle you chose. Beautiful!!
posted August 15th, 2011  
Lovely place and great processing!
posted August 15th, 2011  
Another cool one. How do you take your 3 images so quickly before any of the people in your shots move?! I always end up getting ghosts...(and I'm not THAT slow!).
posted August 15th, 2011  
It is a beautiful building and you have captured it well. Nice processing.
posted August 15th, 2011  
truly beautiful!!
posted August 15th, 2011  
Oh my gosh, fabulous picture and a beautiful looking museum. Fav.
posted August 15th, 2011  
wow, you have really done the museum justice with this shot, you have captured the grandeur and atmosphere of the building.
posted August 15th, 2011  
Beautiful
posted August 15th, 2011  
Wow - Magnificent detail. Love your prespective and processing.
posted August 15th, 2011  
AMAZING SHOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fav!
posted August 15th, 2011  
WOW this photo is stunning! I would love to visit this museum someday.
posted August 15th, 2011  
WOW.... Amazing shot, girl!
posted August 15th, 2011  
This is spectacular! Excellent perspective and processing!
posted August 15th, 2011  
Really really good shot!! And ace to meet you chick!
posted August 16th, 2011  
Oh WOW!
posted August 16th, 2011  
This is an amazing capture, love it!
posted August 16th, 2011  
Fabulous!
posted August 16th, 2011  
Saw this on the POP Page--where it belongs! ;-)
posted August 16th, 2011  
great shot and processing my dear...and congrats on POP...lori is the best for spotting pop.. @lorihiro
posted August 16th, 2011  
Wow that building is amazing. Great details.
posted August 16th, 2011  
incredibly stunning detail and architecture. love your treatment too.
posted August 16th, 2011  
Wonderful capture and processing. Well done Juliette.
posted August 16th, 2011  
wonderful image !!
posted August 16th, 2011  
Oh wow Juliette. This is awesome. Fav for me.
posted August 16th, 2011  
Wow. It looks like a painting!
posted August 16th, 2011  
Wow, Juliette! Just, wow!
posted August 16th, 2011  
Superb HDR, the detail is amazing!
posted August 16th, 2011  
What a great shot
posted August 16th, 2011  
just love what your processing has done for this... can't wait to see it for myself!
posted August 16th, 2011  
You have brought a new dimension to one of my favourite places. When dad said we had a day in London and where was my choice, it was either here or the science museum. So many happy memories. It is a wonderful building in itself as you say....from this angle you have given it so much perpsective. Strange how the dinosaurs look smaller as we get older!! Fancy the ice cream man remembering you.....Sorry I missed the meet up, looks like you guys had a great time.
posted August 16th, 2011  
This is FANTASTIC! Wonderful architectural shot, enhanced beautifully by your unique editing. Instant fav for me!
posted August 16th, 2011  
Wow this is absolutely fantastic, where did you learn your 'stuff'? this is awesome, keep it going Sparkle!
posted August 16th, 2011  
It's fantastic!
posted August 16th, 2011  
brilliant!!!!!!!! fav
posted August 16th, 2011  
oh wow.... stunning...
posted August 16th, 2011  
Looks like a fairy castle or something. Just gorgeous ....a fav for sure.
posted August 16th, 2011  
Wow! Fantastic shot! Beautiful detail, composition and processing.
posted August 16th, 2011  
Wow!
posted August 16th, 2011  
Wow, Juliette! This is just fantastic! Love this HDR and what a great building with perfect architecture for the this effect! A fav!
posted August 16th, 2011  
WOW! +fav!
posted August 16th, 2011  
Amazing shot..fave..
posted August 16th, 2011  
So I had signed out and then I saw this photo on the main page so I had to sign back in to tell you how great this is! Signing out...
posted August 16th, 2011  
This is absolutely amazing! I love the composition and the hdr is perfect! Fav!
posted August 16th, 2011  
This is wonderful - so much detail and really well processed.
posted August 16th, 2011  
Fabulous...Im ashamed to say I've never been....but its on the list :)
posted August 16th, 2011  
This is fantastic! The processing works so so so well.
posted August 16th, 2011  
Oh my, awesome shot and post processing!
posted August 16th, 2011  
Fabulous photo...really truly awesome.
posted August 16th, 2011  
Always wanted to visit this place since I was a wee small lad .. Not been yet now your picture has reminded me I need to do it .. Fav
posted August 16th, 2011  
Bloody marvellous!!!! fav'd
posted August 16th, 2011  
Fantastic shot of the interior - one of my favourite buildings.
posted August 16th, 2011  
Perfect. A Fav. I love this
posted August 16th, 2011  
WOW, a fav for me.
posted August 16th, 2011  
Oh - WOW. Faved.
posted August 17th, 2011  
It's an amazing building! How have you created this effect... is it HDR?
posted August 17th, 2011  
Unbelievable! So impressive!
posted August 17th, 2011  
Actually, it kind of looks like Hogwarts...
posted August 17th, 2011  
absolutely fantastic photo Juliette!
I love following your photos - it gives me inspiration

thanks for all your kind comments on my photos
posted August 17th, 2011  
this is absolutely gorgeous. love that glow!
posted August 17th, 2011  
This is stunning!
posted August 17th, 2011  
WOOOOOOOOOOOW!!! UNREAL AND STUNNING!!! what an amazing looking building! so many shapes and lines...and your processing is awesome!! great shot!
posted August 17th, 2011  
A top notch picture, and it really is stunning as many people before me have already said. It reminds me a little of Hogwarts. I keep expecting the staircases to shift. :)
posted August 17th, 2011  
Wow this is amazing, I remember going here as a child but never have I seen it like this, you have captured this amazingly and I love your processing. Congratulations of the PP appearance, you have inspired me to go again the The Natural History Museum ha ha xx
posted August 17th, 2011  
fantastic... funny because was only talking to a colleague on friday who has never been and me and another colleague both said we're sure the dinosaurs were bigger years ago haha
posted August 17th, 2011  
i saw this on the PP page before i looked at your images and wondered if it was a 'juliette HDR special' ...lol...i was not disappointed...superb POV and lighting . fantastic juliette
posted August 17th, 2011  
May have already commented as saw it yesterday, but this is SPECTACULAR!
posted August 17th, 2011  
love what you do
posted August 17th, 2011  
Amazing shot
posted August 17th, 2011  
Absolutely stunning, the processing gives it a wonderful warm glow.
posted August 17th, 2011  
A beaut. Great processing.
posted August 17th, 2011  
excellent HDR, not something i have tried yet but i will
posted August 17th, 2011  
Blimey Juliette!! I saw this on the sign in page and sought it out on PP - should have known it was yours!! LOL about the ice cream man! I'm being hopeless in Northumbria despite lots of subject matter and I can't see on Nigel's netbook to do any processing either but I keep thinking 'Juliette would take a great shot of this!!'
posted August 17th, 2011  
@judithg LOL thanks Judith! Northumberland is amazing for photos...hope you are going to Banburgh Castle? Best shot from the sand dunes on the beach!! I'm jealous, i love it up there, hope you're having fun!
posted August 17th, 2011  
Love, love, love this. I'm so jealous of your processing. I haven't attempted a true HDR yet. Fav! :)
posted August 18th, 2011  
This shot is absolutely incredible!!! One of my all time favorites!!! Fav'd!!!
posted August 18th, 2011  
Kim
WOW WOW WOW! Love it!!! A Fav!
posted August 18th, 2011  
Well Well, nice to know my work has influenced you to take this shot
, good work
posted August 18th, 2011  
This is an amazing shot of an amazing building. Such a fantastic photo. Fav.
posted August 18th, 2011  
Saw this on PP! Absolutely stunning...like a painting! FAV
posted August 18th, 2011  
#1 on Top 20! So awesome!! Congratulations Juliette!
posted August 19th, 2011  
@lorihiro you know you should market yourself as the #1 top 365 alerter!! You are so on the pulse!! WOW blush gulp er that's amazing! Thanks so much for letting me know and for all your support etc etc. MADE UP :o)
posted August 19th, 2011  
Wow!
posted August 19th, 2011  
huge congrats to you.....this is fantastic...number 1 wow so well deserved
posted August 20th, 2011  
Wohoooooo! #1 on the top 20! Awesome and well deserved, Juliette!
posted August 20th, 2011  
Simply beautiful.
posted August 20th, 2011  
Juliette, congrats on number 1 Top 20! Way to go!
posted August 20th, 2011  
copycat........... ha ha well done
posted August 20th, 2011  
whereever did you the the idea to take such a great pic
posted August 20th, 2011  
Amazing shot, such spectacular architecture!
And congrats on reaching #1 in the weekly top 20. Well deserved!
posted August 20th, 2011  
Kim
Congrats to you for getting the top spot on the top 20!! So well deserved:-) This is just so beautiful in so many ways!!
posted August 20th, 2011  
Wow, I see why this is #1!! most excellent work! Beautiful HDR rendering, and dang what an architectural marvel!
posted August 20th, 2011  
Sublime...
posted August 20th, 2011  
#1.... this is incredible photo and so worthy of that position. Congrats to you... You must be proud!
posted August 20th, 2011  
Awesome shot.
posted August 21st, 2011  
Hi Sparkle, just noticed you hit No1 with this, not suprised at all, seen many similar shots to this in this building, but this is special, well done.
posted August 21st, 2011  
well done Juliette no one shot !!! ((o;
posted August 21st, 2011  
Amazing! +Fav
posted August 21st, 2011  
Flippin' WoW! .........FavE!!
posted August 22nd, 2011  
Congrats Juliette on being No 1 in the charts this week! Yippeee and well done you! :-)
posted August 22nd, 2011  
Simply wow you should think about emailing this onto someone at the museum im sure they could use it in something!
posted August 22nd, 2011  
Hurrahhhhh!!!!! Number 0ne with this fab shot - I've made the whole family look at it! Just genius.
posted August 22nd, 2011  
Stunning shot and my absolute favourite London Museum
posted August 22nd, 2011  
Fantastic! A fav!
posted August 23rd, 2011  
This is simply stunning!
posted December 9th, 2011  
Jo
OMGOODNESS this is gorgeous! Makes me want to do it myself!
posted January 5th, 2012  
wow - that's pretty!
posted January 8th, 2012  
This is amazing -- so light and beautiful. Love the shot, the light, the processing, all of it. FAV!
posted January 8th, 2012  
Stunning, really.
posted January 11th, 2012  
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