Blackpool tower at night Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is the 7th image in a series on a wet night in Blackpool.

Please see my recent posts for further photo's and information.

My wife has for some time wanted to walk the entire 6 miles of the sea front illuminations at Blackpool - we of course chose a night when it was raining.

We are probably just over the half way mark at this point.

From the net..

Tower Height 518 ft 9 ins. (To the top of the flagpole)
Tower Weight 2586 tons (2493 tons of steel, 93 tons of cast iron)
Building was Started on 29th September 1891
Time it took to build 2 years 6 Months
Original Cost £45,000
The Tower was first opened Whit Monday, 14th May 1894
Original Admission: 6d (2 & 1/2 pence)
No. of trips lift makes a year Approx. 50,000

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robiuk (10763) 2005-09-24 7:13

Wooow Stephen!
This one is excellent!
Amazing how you made it possible handheld.
Great colours, light and reflections on the rain-wet tarmac.
This is the Blackpool I know well!
Robi

pamastro (7213) 2005-09-28 0:24

This is another good capture of the street scene as with one of your previous shots. The point of view captures the line of buildings and lights well with the tower in a good spot. I like how the tower seems to have no substance except the strings of lights outlining it. I think this would also be nice in a longer exposure, with a tripod. Not too long of an exposure, just enough to capture a bit of motion blur of the people walking by and a bit of a trail of the bus. It would make it really dynamic with the perspective that is also visible from here. Well photographed non-the-less being so dark but still capturing it so well hand-held.