I dropped Adam at hockey this morning and took Monty in search of the magnificent display of Imperial lilies outside the Botanic Gardens. But alas! Building work means that the bed of plants has been dug up. So we meandered through the backstreets off Hills Road, through town and headed back towards the car via Fitzwilliam Street. I was very familiar with this little street during my PhD as it was home to the Biochemistry Department's electron microscope. It also has a nice chemist on the corner - often frequented for headache pills after I'd been on the microscope for too long! Well I haven't been down there for so long that the building has been demolished and replaced with a nice new one. It's a very narrow plot and must have been a nightmare for the builders but it has an attractive entrance and this window which quotes Charles Darwin's explanation of Natural Selection. It also reflects the door of one of the lovely terrace of houses opposite and, on this occasion, Monty. I managed to duck down behind the bike and cloned out the top of my head and legs - I thought a little bit of extinction was justified in this shot! I wasn't sure whether to crop in more closely but in the end I decided to leave a bit of context.
Oh, what a fabulous composition! I thought Darwin's Natural Selection was from a PicMonkey texture option before I read your narrative. Such an excellent shot...Monty, a bike with basket, beautiful architecture, cool window text...wonderful components!
oo somebody left you a space to squeeze in your favourite pet bicycle. Nice composition and some interesting quotes. I zoomed in on the infinite complexity one too. Just reading a lovely (not...) thesis about turbulence modelling.
This is great! It's taken me a while to work out what is real and what is reflection, even after reading your description! A very complex picture that makes you just look and look!
Fabulous shot Judith but for the life of me I couldn't understand where you took this shot from ! You must be this side of the bike but seeing the door & Monty's refection in the window ...complicated but a stunning result !!! Only in Cambridge could you have those illuminating words on a widow & of course your favourite bicycle !!
Headache tablets for too long in front of the microscope !!!!!!
@fueast Oh yes but I'm guessing you don't need advice about beer and curry. It was a ? as in is it @sparkle that is giving you the advice and does that mean you're going on exotic travels (can't believe you didn't get all that from the question mark!)
Oh my - I can't even begin to describe how intriguing this is on so many levels!! Well done!!! Thanks for the bike - was wondering when I would see one again!
What you mean is that you couldn't crop out the bike!
I always know where to come for arty bicycle shots.
Headache tablets for too long in front of the microscope !!!!!!