Thursday, September 17, 2009

"Give it another two or three years' thought"



"Give it another two or three years' thought" - Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson

10 comments:

Unknown said...

I never noticed the pattern on the face of Big Ben before. I like your unique perspective on it, and I like this picture/quote combination, very clever!

Joan Elizabeth said...

Likewise, I don't think I've seen it close up like this before. You do such interesting shots ... I would be doing the whole building not just the clock face ... things to learn.

pescado del dia said...

Excellent London's graphics. Congratulations. You're an blaclandwhiteartist!

AB said...

Rather ominous moment - the last minute before twelve. Did you wait to take it?

Sean said...

I like the concept.. some questions though.. .what lens, and did you crop it or take it... if you know what I mean... PS: Quicksilver is a long book :)

Sean said...

Sorry... Quiksilver....hmmmm!

Martina said...

AB, yes I did wait. And also I did wait yesterday night and posted it just before twelve. Whatever blogger says about 23.51h: it's a lie!! ;-)

Sean, it's cropped out of a photo taken with a tele lens, focal length 300mm, that makes up to 450mm with the Sony ccd. Very noisy, but I thought it okay in this case. Any yes, Quicksilver is very long. I think I might give it a break with the quotes and use some The New Yorker short stories ... or await some quotes-on-requests ...

Thx for all the nice comments :-)

Julie said...

I agree about the ominous feel to this. I am learning, too, that a small part can often say much much more than the whole.

Clueless in Boston said...

Very nice composition. It's such an iconic image we all know what it is, even seeing only a small(?) portion of it.

AB said...

Martina: You are a pro!

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