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Of course something has changed. You've got a much better camera. The 2015 photo is much more vibrant than the 2005 one, which is washed out and lacking in contrast.

Mike Scott | 05.12.15 - 7:31 a.m. | #

One difference.The definition on the latest photograph is much better.

John | 05.12.15 - 7:32 a.m. | #

It's like one of those "Can you spot the 10 differences in these pictures?" competitions.

Tim | 05.12.15 - 7:42 a.m. | #

Same tide level as well.

Sara | 05.12.15 - 7:46 a.m. | #

Taken from almost exactly the same spot, with almost exactly the same framing, in very similar weather and tide conditons. Quite the coincidence, no?

Reminds me of the before-and-after shots over at http://alondoninheritance.com but they are very deliberate.

Andrew | 05.12.15 - 8:17 a.m. | #

same tide level, maybe: but in the 2005 shot it appears to be coming in and in the 2015 shot it's going out.

So some time between the two shots we can conclude there has been a high tide (probably rather more than one!)

There is one new block, on the extreme right

timbo | 05.12.15 - 10:22 a.m. | #

So little change in ten years, is remarkable in a city like London.

Michael | 05.12.15 - 10:33 a.m. | #

But was it the same season...looks like there was more "green" in the older pic.

E | 05.12.15 - 10:57 a.m. | #

I suspect the photos could be made even more similar by a little bit of photoshop (other graphics programs are available) tweaking of the contrast and colour. No reason why DG should have bothered, though, as that was not really his point.

(I'm not disagreeing with the "better camera" comment. But the camera-related differences are slightly more subtle than the colour and contrast).

Malcolm | 05.12.15 - 11:36 a.m. | #

Come back in a few years time, the amount of high rise development going up will change the skyline dramatically

J | 05.12.15 - 11:42 a.m. | #

Perhaps a photo from the same spot say 50 years ago would be more "amazing"?

Grumpy Anon | 05.12.15 - 1:20 p.m. | #

That's Docklands for you. I guess it must have finished its 'rapid drastic change' phase and sent the bulldozers off to somewhere else like Shoreditch or Battersea, or perhaps even the City itself (which was considered stagnant at the time the Docklands redevelopment started).

I'm not sure if the two photos having the same caption was a mistake, proving a point, or both.

swirlythingy | Homepage | 05.12.15 - 4:23 p.m. | #

The coincidence may be serendipitous, or a result of the large number of photos in the DG archive. Anyway, this is a great piece of extended time-lapse photography.

It's also interesting that the beach in the foreground appears to have changed from mostly shingle to sand.

Bob Lindsay-Smith | 05.12.15 - 6:56 p.m. | #

I was under the impression that there has been a hiatus in construction at Docklands because the DLR and Jubilee Line can't take many more passengers. This will change when the Crossrail station opens.

RogerP | 05.12.15 - 8:15 p.m. | #

Quite surprising to me as someone who has lived near where this picture was taken from for the last 10 years, there have certainly been more changes than the pictures suggest, but it is lower rise stuff like Crossrail, or developments just out of the pictures to the South (right). And as Roger says, some developments are held back until Crossrail completes, but there is a lot of groundwork completed or ongoing, so it won't look the same in 2025, whatever camera you have!

Alan | 05.12.15 - 9:31 p.m. | #

Dig at climate change agenda?

Peter | 05.12.15 - 11:33 p.m. | #

I live close by too. I think if you'd taken from a different angle, a bit further down river you'd see more development. I'll have to dig out some of my own for comparison!

SJM | 06.12.15 - 12:14 a.m. | #

Fascinating picture.
If the photo had been angled slightly to the south - towards South Quay - you'd see much more change. The new Novotel tower. PanPeninsular. The swirly Baltimore tower.
To those suggesting development at C Wharf is over.... Come back in five years. Three large buildings being built (currently at foundation level) at Herons Quay. Massive development at Wood Wharf - eastern side of Wharf.

IslandDweller | 06.12.15 - 8:51 a.m. | #

As well as the developments listed by IslandDweller, there are some big holes in the ground in the area of your picture. One, directly on the riverside to the right of your picture is currently mothballed at ground level, but across the road from it, work is in full swing on two new residential towers and new office blocks to replace the 1980s enterprise zone buildings.

And someday the big new skyscraper on the City Pride site may get under way. Possibly. Allegedly.

Autolycus | Homepage | 06.12.15 - 11:23 a.m. | #

What's the new building on the far right?

Karl. Dover | Homepage | 06.12.15 - 2:29 p.m. | #

Here's a two frame animation of the pictures: https://media.giphy.com/media/26tP8l9kAWE5n7WHm/giphy.gif

Eric | 09.12.15 - 11:46 p.m. | #











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