Tom Tower, a photo from Oxfordshire, England

Photographer's Note

Sir Christopher Wren's Tom Tower, which is over the gatehouse, houses the seven ton bell known as Great Tom.
Every night Tom strikes 101 times at five-past-nine. Originally the college had 101 students, and they all had to be in by 9pm Oxford time. Oxford time was 5 minutes later than Greenwich Mean Time. The tradition has continued ever since.
The great quad in the front is known as "Tom Quad"

teutza, MIMACSKA, TeresaT, syd1946, Buin has marked this note useful

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markstaples (15670) 2006-06-11 3:56

Great symmetry in this pic Peter.. Looks like tyou were shooting into the sun and have therfore managed exposure well whilst still retaining some of the colour in the sky. Nice details, nice and sharp. Nice work.
Best wishes
Mark

thor68 (5586) 2006-06-11 4:24

excellent shot, peter! :-)
great view of the tower centered nicely in
the middle creating a beautiful symmetry.
good pov and composition with the fountain
and the fresh green english lawn in the foreground.
well done & take care, thor.

teutza (10590) 2006-06-11 5:02

very nice and intersting place!thanks for the note!

MIMACSKA (291) 2006-06-11 6:58

Bravo Peter, very nice!
Simetric, colorfull, clear and interresting!
erika

lukie (0) 2006-06-11 9:31

Hello Peter,

on first sight I thought there was a slight tilt, but I'm wrong. Good shot once again !

regards,

Luc.

TeresaT (10806) 2006-06-11 10:39

Hi Peter,
Nice capture with a good POV and a perfect symmetry.
Perfect details of the building.
I only think the sky is a litle bit white, but I know it's dificult to work with this kind of light.
Regards
Teresa

atus (15878) 2006-06-12 4:53

Hello Peter,
an interesing shot from a good PoV with nice colors and good definition. You managed well the difficult light conditions and the people add vitality to the pic. Thank you and all the best!
Attila

syd1946 (1167) 2006-06-12 7:50

Hello Peter,
Yes this is my Tower and you make a perfect image for it!!.
Excellent composition and geometry.Also nice colors and details.Good work!

Friendly Regards,
Thomas

terrysio (715) 2006-06-13 12:13

Bonjour Peter,
Je connais Oxford de nom, mais l'architecture de cette université semble très impressionnante!
Cette tour est bien capté et la prise de vue centré donne une belle touche classique.
Bravo pour cette photo!
Terrysio