The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London (the others are the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum). Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road. The museum is home to life and earth science collections comprising some 70 million items. There are five main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. There is also a wildlife garden containing native fauna and flora.

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Natural History
Made by TurnipFarmer
The Natural History Museum Still revisiting some old photos from the archives which I have not got around to processing. The reason why I am coming across these photos is that I am sorting out my photos for LR3 and as LR3 gives me a new perspective on alot of old photos I am able to process them in the way I intended. Again another HDR (sorry if your not a HDR fan) but I am still experimenting with HDR. Combined together in Photomatix and lens corrected using PTLens (which is an excellent program by the way). The colour version was too over saturated and too over exposed hence for a B&W conversion, I hope you like it :-). Have a good Friday and Weekend! Information The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England (the others are the Science Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum). Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road. The museum is an exempt charity, and a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The museum is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 70 million items within five main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. The museum is a world-renowned centre of research, specialising in taxonomy, identification and conservation. Given the age of the institution, many of the collections have great historical as well as scientific value, such as specimens collected by Darwin. The Natural History Museum Library contains extensive books, journals, manuscripts, and artwork collections linked to the work and research of the scientific departments. Access to the library is by appointment only. The museum is particularly famous for its exhibition of dinosaur skeletons, and ornate architecture — sometimes dubbed a cathedral of nature — both exemplified by the large Diplodocus cast which dominates the vaulted central hall. Originating from collections within the British Museum, the landmark Alfred Waterhouse building was built and opened by 1881, and later incorporated the Geological Museum. The Darwin Centre is a more recent addition, partly designed as a modern facility for storing the valuable collections. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_History_Museum


Natural History Museum - London
Made by nick.garrod
Artizen HDR 2.4.10 lock06 Natural History Museum - Kensington London The foundation of the collection was that of the Ulster doctor Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753), which allowed his significant collections to be purchased by the British Government at a price well below their market value at the time. This purchase was funded by a lottery. Sloane's collection, which included dried plants, and animal and human skeletons, was initially housed in Montague House in Bloomsbury in 1756, which was the home of the British Museum. In the late 1850s, Professor Richard Owen, Superintendent of the natural history departments of the British Museum saw that the natural history departments needed a bigger, separate building. Land in South Kensington was purchased, and in 1864 a competition was held to design the new museum. The winning entry was submitted by Captain Francis Fowke who died shortly afterwards. The scheme was taken over by Alfred Waterhouse who substantially revised the agreed plans, and designed the façades in his own idiosyncratic Romanesque style. The original plans included wings on either side of the main building, but these plans were soon abandoned for budgetary reasons. The space these would have occupied are now taken by the Earth Galleries and Darwin Centre. Work began in 1873 and was completed in 1880. The new museum opened in 1881, although the move from the old museum was not fully completed until 1883. Both the interiors and exteriors of the Waterhouse building make extensive use of terracotta tiles to resist the sooty climate of Victorian London. The tiles and bricks feature many relief sculptures of flora and fauna, with living and extinct species featured within the west and east wings respectively. This explicit separation was at the request of Owen, and has been seen as a statement of his contemporary rebuttal of Darwin's attempt to link present species with past through the theory of natural selection[1]. The central axis of the museum is aligned with the tower of Imperial College London (formerly the Imperial Institute) and the Royal Albert Hall and Albert Memorial further north. These all form part of the complex known colloquially as Albertopolis. Text from Wikepedia


Tranquility
Made by TurnipFarmer
Natural History Museum The Natural History Museum is great place to go. The main hall has a really calm feeling about it and its also great to photograph too. I wanted a slightly darker look to the hall hence it being slightly dark. I am trying to practice my HDR skills, any C&C would be great! Information The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London (the others are the Science Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum). Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport The museum is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 70 million items within five main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. The museum is a world-renowned centre of research, specialising in taxonomy, identification and conservation. Given the age of the institution, many of the collections have great historical as well as scientific value, such as specimens collected by Darwin. The Natural History Museum Library contains extensive book, journal, manuscript, and artwork collections linked to the work and research of the scientific departments. Access to the library is by appointment only. The museum is particularly famous for its exhibition of dinosaur skeletons, and ornate architecture — sometimes dubbed a cathedral of nature — both exemplified by the large Diplodocus cast which dominates the vaulted central hall. Originating from collections within the British Museum, the landmark Alfred Waterhouse building was built and opened by 1881, and later incorporated the Geological Museum. The Darwin Centre is a more recent addition, partly designed as a modern facility for storing the valuable collections. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_History_Museum


Darwin's Legacy
Made by 1982Chris911 (Thank you 100.000 Times)
Hit L and view in Large on Black for the amazing details of the building The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England (the others are the Science Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum). Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road. The museum is an exempt charity, and a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.[2] The museum is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 70 million items within five main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. The museum is a world-renowned centre of research, specialising in taxonomy, identification and conservation. Given the age of the institution, many of the collections have great historical as well as scientific value, such as specimens collected by Darwin. The Natural History Museum Library contains extensive books, journals, manuscripts, and artwork collections linked to the work and research of the scientific departments. Access to the library is by appointment only. The museum is particularly famous for its exhibition of dinosaur skeletons, and ornate architecture — sometimes dubbed a cathedral of nature — both exemplified by the large Diplodocus cast which dominates the vaulted central hall. Originating from collections within the British Museum, the landmark Alfred Waterhouse building was built and opened by 1881, and later incorporated the Geological Museum. The Darwin Centre is a more recent addition, partly designed as a modern facility for storing the valuable collections. Like other publicly funded national museums in the United Kingdom, the Natural History Museum does not levy an admission charge.


The Tiger
Made by pallab seth
Harmonia Tiger (Tithorea harmonia gilberti) One of the commonest and most widespread of the toxic 'tiger' species, share a basically similar pattern of black wings, strongly marked with bands or stripes of bright orange, being found in sub-tropical deciduous forest as well as in evergreen rainforest from Mexico to the southern Amazon. By sharing a common pattern, toxic species are less likely to be attacked by predators, who having experienced one distasteful insect will avoid eating others with similar colours and markings. Many other non-toxic species have evolved to look similar to the toxic species so that predators will avoid them also. The easiest way to distinguish this species from it's 'mimics' is to examine the antennae and legs. The antennae of Tithorea are very gradually tapered, cream in colour, and drooping. Worth Reading: On the wings of a butterfly The larvae feed on Prestonia acutifolia (Apocynaceae ). These foodplants are highly toxic to birds and other small vertebrates, the chemicals within them (alkaloids) are accumulated by the larvae, and passed on to the adult butterflies, rendering them highly distasteful to birds. Family - NYMPHALIDAE subfamily - DANAINAE Tribe - ITHOMIINI subtribe - TITHOREINI SEE LARGE:


Natural History Museum - HDR
Made by Ender079
Canon EOS 450D + Peleng 8mm 3.5 Fisheye HDR (One RAW) (-2/-1.5/-1/-0.5/0/+0.5/+1/+1.5/+2) Explore - Highest position: 395 on Thursday, June 24, 2010 El Museo de Historia Natural (Natural History Museum) de South Kensington, en Londres, es uno de los tres grandes museos localizados en la calle Exhibition Road, en Kensington (los otros dos son el Science Museum y el Victoria and Albert Museum). El museo posee una variada colección con más de 70 millones de especímenes y objetos en exposición. Las cinco colecciones más importantes son las correspondientes a las áreas de: botánica, entomología, mineralogía, paleontología y zoología. El museo es conocido por su gran salón central donde se muestran esqueletos de diferentes dinosaurios, en particular, un enorme diplodocus que domina la entrada al edificio además de un mastodonte encontrado en la Laguna de Tagua Tagua, Chile. El museo de historia natural fue construido entre 1873 y 1880 para albergar la creciente colección de esqueletos, plantas y fósiles que constituían una sección del Museo Británico. Legalmente el museo de historia natural permaneció como parte del Museo Británico hasta 1963. En 1986 absorbió el cercano Museo geológico adquiriendo el nombre oficial de The Natural History Museum.


The Waterhouse Building . London . HDR
Made by ZedZap
LARGER VIEW back in the old days when i lived in London we went to see a band play here . a very good friend of mine was the drummer . can you imagine a live rock band performance in this very famous hall . ?? quite surreal circa 1988 . With its cathedral-like structure, frescoes and sculptures, the Museum's Central Hall forms a fantastic backdrop to some of the highlights of the Museum's collection including a Diplodocus skeleton and a 1,300-year-old giant sequoia. Charles Darwin's famous statue sits at the top of the hall's grand staircase. One of the grand Victorian museums of the 19th century, Alfred Waterhouse's Museum of Natural History had roots in designs by Sir Richard Owen, the museum's creator, and an 1864 competition won by Francis Fowke. The building integrates the romantic and the practical in an eclectic whole: German Romanesque stylistic use of dramatic arches and towers, decorated with a rich sculptural program of terra cotta, and a practical use of structural iron and contemporary mechanical systems.


Replicant
Made by An Gobán Saor
Diplodocus, Natural History Museum, London. Diplodocus roamed the western states of North America at the end of the Jurassic Period (150-200m yrs ago). Interesting history to this particular chap that I've only just found out: On 4 July 1899, an almost complete fossilised skeleton of a dinosaur was discovered in the badlands of Wyoming (named Diplodocus carnegii after the expedition's sponsor - that filthy-rich Scottish American industrialist Andrew Carnegie). When Edward VII visited Carnegie's Skibo Castle in Scotland in 1902, he asked if Carnegie could find a similar dinosaur skeleton for the British Museum. Carnegie told the king that there weren't too many Diplodocus skeletons knocking around the place but offered a plaster replica of 'Dippy' instead, which was unveiled in 1905. Over the next few years, other replicas of 'Dippy' were donated to museums in Berlin and Paris (1908), Vienna and Bologna (1909), St Petersburg (1910), Madrid (1911) and Buenos Aires (1912).


Postman Rings.....when Rainforest Glow!
Made by pallab seth
The Postman (Heliconius melpomene cythera) This slow-flying butterfly avoids bright sunlight, keeping to the shadier parts of the forest edges which it inhabits. In the rainy season it can be commonly found in forest / pasture mosaics, but abandons these in favour of more heavily forested areas in the dry season. Heliconius melpomene is one of the commonest and most widespread of the Longwings, found from Mexico to Bolivia. The butterfly occurs commonly at elevations between sea level and about 2400m on both sides of the Andes. Heliconius butterflies are characterised by having a very delicate fluttering flight, particularly when hovering around flowers. Both sexes visit Lantana and many other flowers for nectar, and sequester pollen from Psiguria flowers in the forest. They could learn and remember the exact location of particular Psiguria plants, which they visit daily, following a predefined circuit through the forest. Family - NYMPHALIDAE subfamily - HELICONIINAE


Charity Print Sale - 15/52 - Giraffe
Made by jamesgalpin
This image has been requested by a colleague so he can donate for the Demelza Hospice. It was a fun image that has been viewed close to 30,000 times now. This is the 15th image for sale from my 52 week fundraising effort for the Demelza Trust. www.demelza.org.uk/ Each Saturday one image will be uploaded with the following price guide. All profits from the images will go to the Demelza Trust. www.justgiving.com/jimjam52pics Pledge size will result in differing print sizes as follows: 6x4.5 - £1.50 8x6 - £7.50 12x9 - £25 16x12 - £50 Each image will be sold a maximum of 5 times, first come first served. Each print will be accompanied by a certificate of authenticity recording its limited edition status. Please be generous, it's a very good cause. And please note which image the donation relates to so I know which to print. James


Main Hall of the British Natural History Museum
Made by Geekstalt
This one need a little GIMP'ing to bring out the colours and detail in the stained class and also to recover the railing which was in shadows because of the exposure (One day I'll learn how to do real HDR :-). If you look at the railing you'll see the stone is carved with all sorts of little scroll-work detail. The columns and door headers in the museum are likewise detailed and include carvings of monkeys and wild animals. Monkeys in particularly seemed populous in the museum. I wonder if that has something to do with a certain Charles Darwin. Was Explorer #482 for Sept 28th, 2008. Got dropped. Probably added it to a group that's Explorer banned. Who can figure out Explorer. Ah well, c'est la vie, c'est la guerre. Out of curiosity, does anyone out there look at Explorer? I look at my contact's photos. I've only looked at Explorer once. If it weren't for the DNA app on my profile page I'd never know I'd ever been selected for it.


hall of lines
Made by Swiv
The entrance hall of the Natural History Museum in London. It'd been a long time since I'd been to the museum - at least 15 years I suspect - and I'd either forgotten or never noticed the marvellous architecture of the building, especially the entrance hall with its arches, stairs and galleries. It's also possible that they've cleaned the windows, allowing more light to enter and making the awesomeness more noticeable! I love the way the different elements work together - the horizontal and vertical lines, and the arches - to create the the sense of space and grandeur inside the building. Anyway, we went in on Saturday to have a look at the Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition (some great stuff, btw; go have a look if you're in London) and I was immediately struck by the building. So after the exhibition I wandered off round the gallery of this hall taking photos whilst my mother sat on a bench and got hungry...


Clipper
Made by pallab seth
Enjoy in Large: The Clipper (Parthenos sylvia) Found in primary rainforest, usually in the vicinity of rivers, a powerful and fast flying butterfly. The flight consists of short periods of gliding, alternating every few seconds with shallow but rapid flickering wing beats. Both sexes commonly nectar at Lantana and other flowers. If disturbed they fly up immediately, circle around at a height of about 3 metres, and then resettle nearby. Clipper has an extremely wide distribution being found in Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Java, Bali, Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya. The larval foodplants include Adenia ( Passifloraceae ) and Tinospora ( Menispermaceae ). Source: www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Malaysia%20-%20Parthenos%20... Family - NYMPHALIDAE subfamily - LIMENITIDINAE


Asymmetric Congruent Polygons I
Made by Silver Doctor
The Natural History Museum in London is famous for its M.C. Escher-like staircases though they are not impossible to negotiate! Had to have a go at this perspective myself. Used a relatively long shutter speed to blur the people, ironically it took several attempts to get enough figures in the scene moving, despite choosing a rainy saturday and a busy museum, everyone kept standing still! The title comes from Escher's 1941 paper called Regular Division of the Plane with Asymmetric Congruent Polygons, which detailed his mathematical approach to artwork creation. This image is available at RedBubble Explore #409 June 6 2009 Technical 1s @ f/22, ISO 100 - braced (no tripod) 12-24mm Nikkor @ 12mm Post Processing Aperture 2.1: crop sqaure Silver Efex Pro: orange filter


Moths Wings
Made by evilibby
119.365 // Y3 // 25.06.2010 You come beating like moths wings, Spastic and violently; Whipping me into a storm, Shaking me down to the core. But you've run away from me, And you've left me shimmering, Like diamond wedding rings, Spinning dizzily down on the ground. -- Passion Pit, Moths Wings. . Spent the day playing with moths (evidence of which can be seen above, haha!), before heading into university to meet Catherine and get my results (!), before going back home for morris. I've had this idea in my head for a while, but wasn't sure if I could pull it off or not. Decided that I might as well give it a go, regardless of whether it worked or not... And look, it did! All moths in the photo were stolen from the drawers of moths I was working on that day (hee!), and my tripod was crafted from a lighting box, a drawer, some plastazote and my lens cap.


The dream-child moving through a land Of wonders wild and new, In friendly chat with bird or beast-- And half believe it true.
Made by ZedZap
Charles Darwin's theories have sometimes been accused of being elitist. So the father of modern science would surely have been pleased to be given pride of place in one of the world's most prestigious museums. A massive 2.2-tonne statue of him is to be moved into the landing of the Central Hall of London's Natural History Museum as part of the scientist's 200th birthday celebrations. Darwin's seminal 1859 text On The Origin Of Species laid the foundations of the theory of evolution and transformed the way society thinks about the natural world. The marble statue was first unveiled in 1885, three years after Darwin's death. Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1021220/Darwin-gets-prid... skeletalmess texture


Blue Morpho : A Close Encounter
Made by pallab seth
Enjoy in Large: The Peleides Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) is among the largest butterflies in the world, with wings spanning from five to eight inches. Their vivid, iridescent blue colouring is a result of the microscopic scales on the backs of their wings, which reflect light. The underside of the morpho’s wings, on the other hand, is a dull brown colour with many eyespots, providing camouflage against predators such as birds and insects when its wings are closed. When the blue morpho flies, the contrasting bright blue and dull brown colours flash, making it look like the morpho is appearing and disappearing. Found in the tropical rain forests of Latin America from Mexico to Colombia. Blue morphos are severely threatened by deforestation of tropical forests and habitat fragmentation. Family - NYMPHALIDAE subfamily - MORPHINAE


Natural History Museum HHDR
Made by conorwithonen
My first HDR images, processed after I processed the ones on the Southbank. Not sure I learnt a lot from that exercise. Nicer I prefer the orginal exposure in terms of clarity of the detail in the ceiling and obviously the lack of ghosting of people. I have subsequently learnt to take 7 or 9 exposures in C_H mode to shorten the burst of time taken to complete the exposure set, but these are still handheld shots, so I am interested to know how much blur is introduced as part of the HDR process and how much is due to camera shake. Nick Garrod has pretty much perfected the technique (using Artizen on the PC) and you can see his pictures here: I will stick it out with Photomatix for now and see what happens if I can smuggle a tripod in to some cool places....


NHM...
Made by Jonathan Herbert
Blog I One morning I decided to take a trip to the National History Museum in London and I wanted to take this shot from the top of the Stairs. It was taken first thing in the morning when the Museum opened at 10.00 so there were not many people there so i was able to get a shot with not many people around. I love how the light was coming through the windows and it made the picture hard to expose but i think it makes the image more interesting. As i was leaving there were many groups of school children entering the Museum so I was glad that I was able to get the shot before it got too busy. If you would like to buy this you can from my BLOG


National History Museum #2
Made by nabilishes
Another wider view of the National History Museum in London. This picture was taken last December during my visit to London during the Christmas break. If you've been following my stream since December, you would notice that this shot is quite similar with the one i uploaded back then. However this one looks wider and it includes the semicircular beams which hold the roof together. Life's been busy with multiple projects and assignments. I hardly have free time nowadays hence the lack of new pictures and big intervals between uploads. =/ Press L to view large! . . . Single RAW file Shot @11mm, aperture of f/5.6 with 1/20 exposure with ISO value of 400 Initial tweaks in ACR Post processing and Adjustments in Photoshop CS4