Big Ben

[kunaldaswani]

Making up for not posting for 3 weeks. Missed DPS while i was traveling. Last one for today.

Large Version: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1138/...ad870b779a.jpg

[clockdoc]

Nice night shot of the clock tower. Lots of possible angles and croppings but you have recorded this well. Being a clockmaker as a hobby, I found it interesting that old English pennies are used as counterweights on the clock's pendulum mechanism to ensure accurate timekeeping (adding more weight makes the clock run slower). I have read that the clock itself is not Big Ben but rather the large, thirteenth bell that strikes the hour count.

[thingy]

LOL, Im a brit and I didn't know that However everyone in the UK knows this as Big Ben so I think your safe. I like the narrow crop, really accentuates the angle of your shot and the height of the tower.

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