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Brilliant aerial photo's of London by night, truly amazing.
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Top picture, I'm pretty sure my last house in London is on there - somewhere at the very top.
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Question for Brits: You guys have nearly identical street markings for driving, but one we don't have in the States are the zig-zag lines. What do those indicate when driving?
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Originally Posted by olePigeon 
Question for Brits: You guys have nearly identical street markings for driving, but one we don't have in the States are the zig-zag lines. What do those indicate when driving?
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Do not park on zigzag markings: You will obstruct vision. And no overtaking.
Warning of pedestrian crossing or road hump (Sleeping policeman) to slow traffic. White
Also warning of school, outside school gates. Yellow
see http://www.2pass.co.uk/crossing.htm
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Nice pics! Cities at night are a sight to behold.
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Originally Posted by MacNNUK
Dammit! I was hoping they actually meant, “Drive in zigzag here”. 
And those are some pretty damn amazing pictures.
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Originally Posted by MacNNUK
Do not park on zigzag markings: You will obstruct vision. And no overtaking.
Warning of pedestrian crossing or road hump (Sleeping policeman) to slow traffic. White
Also warning of school, outside school gates. Yellow
see http://www.2pass.co.uk/crossing.htm
Guess that's easier than painting curbs red and putting up 3 different signs. I laughed at the "sleeping policeman" for speed bumps. 
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Spectacular photos!
Wasn't it also the Boston.com that had those fantastic photos from the Olympics?
Wonder how they took them, or, how they avoided camera shake (I assume it's from a helicopter)...
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Originally Posted by the photographer
I shoot at night using the very latest digital cameras, mounted on either one or two gyro stablazied mounts, depending on the format of the camera and length of lens I'm having to use.
Not particularly detailed, but a general idea …
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Originally Posted by Jens Peter
Spectacular photos!
Wasn't it also the Boston.com that had those fantastic photos from the Olympics?
Wonder how they took them, or, how they avoided camera shake (I assume it's from a helicopter)...
The link states that gyro-stabilized tripods were used.
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Picture #6 brings to mind:
Clark: "Big Ben kids... Parliament."
Kids: "We know dad."
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Thanks guys, guess I just looked at the photos and skipped the text 
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Originally Posted by Oisín
^ pwn3d, slowie.
I feel like your vocabulary choice was intentionally spiteful.
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the images must have been inverted because everyone is driving on the wrong side of the street.
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Originally Posted by Laminar
I feel like your vocabulary choice was intentionally spiteful.
Oh how you make me want to break free of my civilised, eloquent, well-spoken self and break out the “O RLY?” owl.
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Originally Posted by SSharon
the images must have been inverted because everyone is driving on the wrong side of the street.
Apparently that's how the civilised people drive.
safari says civilized.
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Originally Posted by boy8cookie
Apparently that's how the civilised people drive.
safari says civilized.
No-no, it’s how the Brits drive. 
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Nobody drives better than the cabbies in Naples, Italy. Truly polite, and hospitable.
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Originally Posted by SSharon
the images must have been inverted because everyone is driving on the wrong side of the street.
Actually, people drive on the left in 74 countries (31% of all nations). It's no so weird.
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My office is just out of frame on pictures 1 and 12. Annoying- it would be cool to see it like that.
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Originally Posted by ctt1wbw
Nobody drives better than the cabbies in Naples, Italy. Truly polite, and hospitable.
You just don't realise how many children can fit on one scooter until you've been to Naples.
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Beautiful pictures. I want to go back to London really bad. I was too young to remember it when I went, and I kick myself everytime I see a wonderful photo of London.
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Originally Posted by philm
Actually, people drive on the left in 74 countries (31% of all nations). It's no so weird.
Yes left is the correct side, in mainland China they drive on the right and the driving standard is terrible.
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Are these photos a little bit HDR?
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Originally Posted by Wiskedjak
Are these photos a little bit HDR?
From a helicopter, I don't think so, even with the aligning of separate images.
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Originally Posted by MacNNUK
From a helicopter, I don't think so, even with the aligning of separate images.
You don't necessarily need to take multiple for HDR. Auto exposure bracketing and RAW photos will do also, just not as well.
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Cool pictures. Looks like that place could make for a confusing driving situation though.
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Driving on the left makes more sense security wise. Here's why : most people in the world are right handed, most cars in the world are manual shift. To change gear when you still have the strongest/best coordinated hand holding the steering wheel is a good thing.
I thought that at one time the Chinese drove on the left. The Swedes did, and then changed.
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Originally Posted by mattyb
Driving on the left makes more sense security wise. Here's why : most people in the world are right handed, most cars in the world are manual shift. To change gear when you still have the strongest/best coordinated hand holding the steering wheel is a good thing.
I thought that at one time the Chinese drove on the left. The Swedes did, and then changed.
Actually, left hand drive makes more sense. The right (dominant) hand is in a position where it can both shift and steer, leaving my left hand for more important things like talking on my cell phone and eating Big Macs.
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That would be the new Emirates Stadium. Home of your favorite football club (and mine too), Arsenal. Go Gunners!
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Originally Posted by Laminar
Actually, left hand drive makes more sense. The right (dominant) hand is in a position where it can both shift and steer, leaving my left hand for more important things like talking on my cell phone and eating Big Macs.
Great, now I want a Big Mac.
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