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london_marcus · September 28th, 2010, 11:54 PM

love that image! *passes tissues to English heritage*

Skyscrapercarazeeee · September 29th, 2010, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by potto

local residents? Hospital patients?

yeah yeah okay ! I don't want their sleep disturbed.But still,i hope this doesn't slow progress down to much !

Absolutely awesome picture from Parliament hill.Really shows Shard's dominance already.
30/31 coming along nicely.Next set of floors will take the steel to 121 metres/400 feet

So only another 617 feet of steel remaining.

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wawd · September 29th, 2010, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Supertall Robbo

Wow a medal deserving batch of images there Wawd

Very good indeed! And with iPhone? Wow! I may get one next time my phone breaks. Very interesting to see on top of the steel.

cheers! the first set of images were using iPhone 4 and an app called Pro HDR (which has more dynamic range than the built in HDR mode that Apple provides).

the rest were with my Panasonic FZ-18 which i will very soon be upgrading to something better...

wawd · September 29th, 2010, 10:23 AM

what a soar from Parliament Hill - great shot!

rockdoctor · September 29th, 2010, 10:27 AM

[QUOTE=scalatrava89;64461149]

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Originally Posted by wawd

and a trip up Guy's, who's internal facelift is coming along nicely:
image hosted on flickr

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Fantastic Photo’s wawd. Anyone know what the object bottom left is?

I saw it being lifted from the lorry it came in on - it looked like one of those hydraulic arms used to suspended a window-cleaning platform.
I wonder if they will install it part way up the tower, or if they will move it up floor by floor as the tower grows (seems unlikely though)?

Skyscrapercarazeeee · September 29th, 2010, 10:48 AM

Hope you don't mind Mattomatto.Just had to get an idea of t/o from that view

mattomatto · September 29th, 2010, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Skyscrapercarazeeee

Hope you don't mind Mattomatto.Just had to get an idea of t/o from that view

Not at all, with your addition, it just shows how awesome it's going to look when finished

Hopefully the next time I go to Hampstead it will be a clearer day!

anthonySE1 · September 29th, 2010, 12:03 PM

The scaffolders have been dismantling some of the large frame slowly over the last couple of days.
Boards and poles craned up inside the smaller frame.
Photo from next monday 4th Oct!!!

anthonySE1 · September 29th, 2010, 12:26 PM

So many sheets hanging from the steel today looks like washday.

http://www.siteeyelive.com/monitor/shard/camputer64.jpg

mattomatto · September 29th, 2010, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by anthonySE1

So many sheets hanging from the steel today looks like washday.

Haha it should be windy enough up there to dry the washing quickly

london lad · September 29th, 2010, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by mattomatto

View from a gloomy Parliament Hill this afternoon

image hosted on flickr

Lol Mickey Salt on SE1 is going to go spare!!

Someone please email that image to Simon Jenkins

cybertect · September 29th, 2010, 01:25 PM

Druid Street early this morning

SkyscraperSuperman · September 29th, 2010, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Skyscrapercarazeeee

yeah yeah okay ! I don't want their sleep disturbed.But still,i hope this doesn't slow progress down to much !

Absolutely awesome picture from Parliament hill.Really shows Shard's dominance already.
30/31 coming along nicely.Next set of floors will take the steel to 373 metres/400 feet

So only another 617 feet of steel remaining.

.

...Shard had a height increase?! NICE!!!

rda · September 29th, 2010, 01:58 PM

Noticed today looking at the webcams (although tricky to see at low res) - it looks like as the cladding rises the lower crane ties are being removed. Check the one nearest the Guys webcam - looks like the red tie lower down is now half gone.

This seems... odd. I thought they had to be tied in at fixed (maximum) hieght intervals, not just once near the top.

Anyone know more ?

Cat man do · September 29th, 2010, 02:38 PM

I was wondering the same, without the lower ties surely they could buckle?

scalatrava89 · September 29th, 2010, 03:21 PM

Also, if there is only one tie (near the top) what will happen when they need to be taken down?

rhidian7 · September 29th, 2010, 03:39 PM

I am guessing that the tie has been taken down because the back pack is growing around the crane so they could tie it to that as it grows....??

tower lord · September 29th, 2010, 05:48 PM

ive been waching the webcam hell!!! its going up fast

Supertall Robbo · September 29th, 2010, 07:38 PM

what a horrible day.. low visibility not ideal for construction, and just that grey feeling everyone hates about London they seemed to have added a nice amount of glass panles though

bobdobbs · September 29th, 2010, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by wawd

cheers! the first set of images were using iPhone 4 and an app called Pro HDR (which has more dynamic range than the built in HDR mode that Apple provides)

Nice pics, and interesting about the HDR- can I ask what the HDR software does other than stitch (appears to be two) exposures together? I do understand the concept of HDR generation from multiple JPEGs, but in this case, what processing has been applied? It doesn't look tone mapped or any different. Cheers.

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September 29th, 2010, 01:25 PM	#13232
cybertect Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: London Posts: 2,875 Likes (Received): 42	Druid Street early this morning __________________ my web site \| my flickr \| My Shard Gallery FAQ: The red things on The Shard are the blind boxes. The blinds themselves are grey. The Shard's observation deck opens in Feb 2013: http://the-shard.com/the-view-from-the-shard Yes the top is finished and will remain open to the elements. The exterior is (pretty much) complete.

September 29th, 2010, 01:58 PM	#13234
rda Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 52 Likes (Received): 0	Crane Ties Noticed today looking at the webcams (although tricky to see at low res) - it looks like as the cladding rises the lower crane ties are being removed. Check the one nearest the Guys webcam - looks like the red tie lower down is now half gone. This seems... odd. I thought they had to be tied in at fixed (maximum) hieght intervals, not just once near the top. Anyone know more ?

September 29th, 2010, 07:38 PM	#13239
Supertall Robbo on Clapham Common Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: London Posts: 1,014 Likes (Received): 0	what a horrible day.. low visibility not ideal for construction, and just that grey feeling everyone hates about London they seemed to have added a nice amount of glass panles though __________________ 2009

September 28th, 2010, 11:54 PM	#13221
london_marcus Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: London Posts: 654 Likes (Received): 11	love that image! passes tissues to English heritage

September 29th, 2010, 12:03 PM	#13228
anthonySE1 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: London Posts: 929 Likes (Received): 44	The scaffolders have been dismantling some of the large frame slowly over the last couple of days. Boards and poles craned up inside the smaller frame. Photo from next monday 4th Oct!!!

September 29th, 2010, 12:26 PM	#13229
anthonySE1 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: London Posts: 929 Likes (Received): 44	So many sheets hanging from the steel today looks like washday. http://www.siteeyelive.com/monitor/shard/camputer64.jpg

September 29th, 2010, 02:38 PM	#13235
Cat man do Founder of the 'Gy'. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Carrbridge/Highlands Posts: 2,058 Likes (Received): 38	I was wondering the same, without the lower ties surely they could buckle?

September 29th, 2010, 03:21 PM	#13236
scalatrava89 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: North Wales, London Posts: 1,454 Likes (Received): 7	Also, if there is only one tie (near the top) what will happen when they need to be taken down?

September 29th, 2010, 03:39 PM	#13237
rhidian7 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 206 Likes (Received): 0	I am guessing that the tie has been taken down because the back pack is growing around the crane so they could tie it to that as it grows....??

September 29th, 2010, 05:48 PM	#13238
tower lord Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: gloucester then muscat in oman then dubai then cheltnham and in the future richmond london Posts: 93 Likes (Received): 0	ive been waching the webcam hell!!! its going up fast

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