A shot across the Olympic stadium looks like a Nintendo game, particularly with the giant umbrella.
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Olympic Stadium
In a shameless ploy to capture some Paralympic traffic here’s… the Olympic Paralympic stadium! This extra-wide photo is made up of three individual photos joined using Hugin, and comes complete with its own matrix-style man-in-the-red-shirt glitch. He looks suspicious. Part of the Olympic park was … Continue reading Olympic Stadium
Run
One of those things that’s likely to appear in a million photos but… this is mine, complete with random guy in corner of frame, and the tops of some rubbish bins.
Orbit tower
Bit of an odd one this. Reminds me of an over-enthusiastic helter skelter designed for export to the USSR.
International Inspiration
Tucked away near the Olympic stadium was an area where children could leave notes and thoughts and attach them to this tunnel, and other areas. It created a nice effect and was fun to browse.
Beat Box
I don’t really know what this is, other than a building covered in plastic sheets inside the Olympic park and labelled as ‘beat box’. It looks difficult to clean.
Velodrome
Probably one of the most striking buildings in the Olympic park, both up close and from a distance. It’s well placed within the parkland and looks like a giant stingray dropped by.
World’s largest McDonald’s
Situated in the Olympic park and with enough space for 1500 athletes to chow down. Looks like it was made from noodles.
Olympic Park
As mentioned in a previous post, I recently visited the Olympic park. This is a vast area of East London previously occupied by industrial units and dilapidation and now all shiny and new and full of visitors. I used to live about 20 minutes walking distance … Continue reading Olympic Park
Crowded
As shot inside the Riverbank Arena for Olympic Hockey.
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