20120731 Under the Giant's Feet - a photo on Flickriver

20120731 Under the Giant's Feet

Looking up at Anish Kapoor's Orbit tower, at the Olympic Park, in Stratford, London.

At 114 metres high, the ArcelorMittal Orbit is Britain's largest piece of public art. Kapoor designed it in conjunction with Arup's Cecil Balmond, and construction was completed in late 2011, in time for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad. A slide was later added in 2016. Despite the design being unanimously chosen by a nine-person advisory panel, the tower has never been universally popular, even being nominated for the Carbuncle Cup in 2012.

Shot with a Nikon D7000 and a Nikkor AFS DX 18-200mm F/3.5-5.6G lens, merged in Photomatix, then processed in GIMP and Photoscape. Potentially a bit heavy handed with the tone-mapping...

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Taken in: UK / England / Newham / Stratford and New Town (show map)

Taken on: July 31, 2012

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Camera: Nikon D7000, f/8.0, 1/5000 sec, 18mm (=27mm), ISO 2000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7000
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	1/5000 sec
Focal Length:	18mm (35mm equivalent: 27mm)
ISO:	2000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	High gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	GIMP 2.10.30
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