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Candid inside Somerset House

Somerset House is a large Neoclassical building situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, England, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge. The building, originally the site of aTudor palace, was designed by Sir William Chambers in 1776, and further extended with Victorian wings to the north and south. The East Wing forms part of the adjacent King's College London.
Somserset House is a popular filming location with its exterior featuring in several big budget Hollywood films. Among these include two James Bond films, Tomorrow Never Dies and GoldenEye, and several scenes of the 2003 film, Shanghai Knights starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson were filmed in the courtyard of Somerset House.Elements of the 2008 film The Duchess starring Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes were filmed in October 2007.[Somerset House was also used as a filming location in several Sherlock Holmes films, including the 1970 film The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, and more recently, Sherlock Holmes (2009) starring Jude Law and Robert Downey, Jr. directed by Guy Ritchie. Exterior shots of Somerset House were also used in the 1999 Tim Burton horror film,Sleepy Hollow starring Johnny Depp and the 2006 film, Flyboys. It was used as a filming location in the 2012Bollywood film Jab Tak Hai Jaan, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma, and directed by Yash Chopra.
Somerset House was also the main location for the BBC's New Year Live television show, presented by Natasha Kaplinsky, which celebrated the arrival of the year 2006. It also stood in for Buckingham Palace in the episode "Celebrity" of Spooks.
Snow Patrol recorded a DVD at Somerset House as part of their Final Straw tour. It was filmed on August 8, 2004 and was released in November 2004.

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Taken in: United Kingdom / England / London / The Aldwych (show map)

Taken on: April 26, 2014

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Camera: SAMSUNG EX1, f/1.8, 1/45 sec, 5.2mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	SAMSUNG EX1
Lens:	Schneider KREUZNACH 3x ZOOM 5.2-15.6mm 1:1.8-2.4 DUAL IS
Aperture:	f/1.8
Exposure Time:	0.022 sec (1/45)
Focal Length:	5.2mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	+0.7 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto bracket
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
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