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This shot from the top of the Wills Memorial building is a first test of panoramas from this location. In the perfect world I'd do a 360 degree from the centre of the tower (as in my test from a 4 metre pole) but as the top of the tower is very wide (15m I think) I'd need a very tall support for the camera to enable me to see the ground below over the castellations.. Instead of that I plan to do the surrounding view in four sections. This first one is looking south . I was under time pressure during a public tour of the tower but hope to get more time in the future. The tower was built in 1926 and is part of Bristol University. See small inset shot from a distance. See also http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=24574 and http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27492 and a super 360 degree shot is at http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/33892/ See the tower from below at http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/31606/ |
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This attempt sadly cut off the top of the bridge and the camera obscura so I'll be back when the light is right. A cloud scudded by too, making that dark patch to the right of centre. British weather is so unreliable!!! Clifton Bridge spans the river Avon and connects the City of Bristol to Leigh Woods in Somerset. It was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and completed after his death in 1864. He won a competition to design a bridge here, but because the powers that be didn't believe that such a span could be built, he had to build a brick abutment on the Leigh Woods side to reduce the span. The chains used were second hand having been used on the original Hungerford bridge over the Thames in London. The river here is tidal although the sea (Bristol Channel) is over 5 miles downstream. This is why the water is kept in Bristol Docks by lock gates (the floating harbour) otherwise all craft ended up resting on the mud at low tide. They had to have extra strong hulls hence the phrase "shipshape and Bristol fashion!'See:http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27492 for a distant view from Dundry Balloons over the bridge at http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=30355
October 23, 2009 14:28 Edit | Delete See the world's first ever bunjee jump at Clifton Brdge Bristol here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8DLooHqJMc |
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Clifton Bridge crossing the Avon Gorge. Built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and opened in 1864 and Sion Hill houses (Bristol's postcard row) from the west end of the bridge. Quick Gigapan of 189 shots
Camera Canon SX1 Manual settings. Contrast adjusted in Photoshop and edges cropped. more at http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/37843/ |
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The river Avon and Clifton bridge from Durdham downs (Bristol's lungs) See balloons over the bridge at http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=30355
October 23, 2009 14:28 Edit | Delete See the world's first ever bunjee jump at Clifton Brdge Bristol here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8DLooHqJMc |
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Clifton Bridge spans the river Avon and connects the City of Bristol to Leigh Woods in Somerset. It was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and completed after his death in 1864. He won a competition to design a bridge here, but because the powers that be didn't believe that such a span could be built, he had to build a brick abutment on the Leigh Woods side to reduce the span. The chains used were second hand having been used on the original Hungerford bridge over the Thames in London. The river here is tidal although the sea (Bristol Channel) is over 5 miles downstream. This is why the water is kept in Bristol Docks by lock gates (the floating harbour) otherwise all craft ended up resting on the mud at low tide. They had to have extra strong hulls hence the phrase "shipshape and Bristol fashion!'See:http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27492 for a distant view from Dundry hill. Clifton Bridge in Bristol was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel to cross the River Avon at Avon Gorge.
It was completed after his death in 1864 It is the location of the first ever bungee jump on 1st April 1979 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8DLooHqJMc See the view from Dundry athttp://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=26462 and http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=24574 and http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27492 and balloons over the bridge at http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=30205. Balloons over the bridge at http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=30355 http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/37843/ Sorry about the stitching on the bridge guys. I'll do better next time. 621 shots Canon SX1IS manual settings Sept 2009 |
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This is the second shot I took here (and appeared in twice) at the lovely Clifton Lido. Try their custard tarts but leave one for me! This was done on auto setting and apart from the sky seems to have worked better than the previous manual one. The newly re-furbished Victorian Lido which lay derelict for almost 20 years is now a health spa, swimming pool and super restaurant. |
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The Wills Memorial Building was built using funds supplied by the Wills tobacco family and finished in 1926. It is part of Bristol University and stands at the top of Park Street in Bristol. See the small pic of the tower at the bottom right.
This is my first 360 degree panorama and so is experimental. It was taken from the top of a 3 metre stand which I trundled up the tower. See also http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=24574 and http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27492 There's actually very much more to see on this Gigapan than you may at first think. Explore Bristol! A much better version is a 360 degree shot from a 6 metre stand showing even more. See it at at http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/33892/ |
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The Clifton Bridge and Observatory from Leigh Woods. The device hanging under the bridge is the inspection and maintenance cradle which runs along the bridge on the handrail. Clifton Bridge in Bristol was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel to cross the River Avon at Avon Gorge. See also the ballooons over the bridge at http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=30205
It was completed after his death in 1864 It is the location of the first ever bungee jump on 1st April 1979 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8DLooHqJMc On the other side of the bridge is one of the world's first panoramic viewers "the camera obscura" observatory. See the distant view of the bridge from dundry http://share.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=26462 and http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=24574 and http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27492 and balloons over the bridge at http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=30355 October 23, 2009 14:28 Edit | Delete See the world's first ever bunjee jump at Clifton Brdge Bristol here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8DLooHqJMc Taken from the top of 4 metre lighting stand |
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In June 2009 a surprise exhibition of art by Banksy, the Bristolian graffiti artist, was opened at the Bristol City Museum. The amazing popularity of the exhibition took the museum by surprise as nearly 400,000 people queued for up to 5 hours to see the free show which closed on 31st August.
The tower is the Wills Memorial tower of Bristol University. Built after the first world war in gothic style it is probably the biggest clock in the world without a clockface. You only know the time if you hear the bell, Great George, striking the hour!! See my view from the top See also http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/33892/ for the view from the top of the tower http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=28576 and http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27362 and http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27250 and http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=27492 |
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The Clifton Bridge and the first panoramic viewer, the Victorian camera obscura. Taken during this year's International Balloon Fiesta- before launching!! Shot on a Canon SX1 IS camera 150 shots, manual settings. More during the festival to follow. See the balloons over the bridge at http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=30205 and http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=30355 October 23, 2009 14:28 Edit | Delete
See the world's first ever bunjee jump at Clifton Brdge Bristol here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8DLooHqJMc |