Infinitely Complex by judithg

Infinitely Complex

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.
Awesome!
April 12th, 2012  
cool find, the bike and Monty are great - the reflection of the basket looks a bit like a hand peering around the corner
April 12th, 2012  
I always love your bike shots :) You're in the right city for it! Lovely lovely
April 12th, 2012  
Yeah for bike shots :) Lovely pic!
April 12th, 2012  
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!
April 12th, 2012  
Like the artistry
April 12th, 2012  
Kim
Great comp....love it!
April 12th, 2012  
Cool composition, someone seems to have written all over your photograph, vandal, though they have neat handwriting
April 12th, 2012  
Very nice edit!
April 12th, 2012  
Beautifully composed shot!
April 12th, 2012  
Fav from me - just stunning
April 12th, 2012  
bicycle! :-) now i can't shot one without think of you Judith!
April 12th, 2012  
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.
April 12th, 2012  
Great composition. My first thought was someone had written all over your photograph. Nice to see the dog in the reflection
April 12th, 2012  
This is beautiful.
April 12th, 2012  
Beautiful!!!
April 12th, 2012  
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!
April 12th, 2012  
We know... we know...
What you mean is that you couldn't crop out the bike!
I always know where to come for arty bicycle shots.
April 12th, 2012  
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 !!!!!!
April 12th, 2012  
@fueast You know how to have a good time!
April 12th, 2012  
@happypat Yes sorry!! I was in it - just - but I really wasn't adding anything to the shot so I removed myself!
April 12th, 2012  
@peggysirk We should suggest it to Picmonkey!
April 12th, 2012  
Cambridge graffetti! Love your bike shot!
April 12th, 2012  
I think he was right ...on reflection! Love the shot.
April 12th, 2012  
@judithg Hoping to get advice on that later!
April 12th, 2012  
@judithg What does the question mark mean? Curry + beer = good time no?
April 12th, 2012  
@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!)
April 12th, 2012  
neat shot and nice comp!
April 12th, 2012  
Liz
Wow - infinitely complex indeed! Brilliant composition.
April 12th, 2012  
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!
April 12th, 2012  
Amazing - I don't know how you manage to think up such creative shots
April 12th, 2012  
Another pretty bike- I saw a similar bike chained up outside Asda today, but the automatic doors didn't make quite such a nice background as this.
April 12th, 2012  
Great editing! I am not great at the clone function. Sometimes the results are pretty horrid.
April 12th, 2012  
Stunning composition Judith. Struggle for life...and how is your shoulder? The bike is perfect here too
April 12th, 2012  
beautifully composed
April 12th, 2012  
very lovely composition....
April 12th, 2012  
@jgpittenger Hideous - just waiting for the next injection and watching the weeds grow now! Very frustrating! Hope your back is properly better.
April 12th, 2012  
@judithg I hope your next injection works better...they never have with me. Back is better...leg slowly improving
April 12th, 2012  
@jgpittenger What are we like?!!!
April 12th, 2012  
beautifully balanced.
April 12th, 2012  
Fantastic processing. Could be the cover of a book. :)
April 12th, 2012  
Judith, this is beautifull!
April 12th, 2012  
What a wonderful composition!!
April 12th, 2012  
Great shot, i thought you'd written all the quotes until i read the descripton =) fab find!
April 12th, 2012  
Very nice! I like the reflection in the window and of course the quote.
April 12th, 2012  
@judithg Good question!
April 13th, 2012  
nice composition
April 13th, 2012  
Great shot!
April 13th, 2012  
Love the composition of this photo
April 13th, 2012  
Bikes and doors...they always work, don't they? And if there are any dissenters, all they have to do is look at your photo!
April 13th, 2012  
Really cool composition - and, there is the bike again :).
April 13th, 2012  
Fantastic find, really cool,especially with Monty there too!
April 13th, 2012  
Very charming photo (ps I replied to your question on my pic).
April 13th, 2012  
Just a delightfully artistic shot. Wonderful composition.
April 13th, 2012  
I am fascinated by the processing here. Glad you left Monty in the pic - Darwin would've approved. Fav.
April 13th, 2012  
What a wonderful shot, Judith. Full of so many components. So well composed. A fav for sure!
April 13th, 2012  
Fantastic composition, Judith! Love your commentary about the wondow! Bike is just perfect!
April 13th, 2012  
So well done, bike and Monty in too. What more could you want! Great shot.
April 13th, 2012  
really nicely captured Judith - great comp and love those subtle words too
April 13th, 2012  
Lovely Judith, very creative! fav
April 14th, 2012  
I have just spotted Monty , nice shot Judith
April 14th, 2012  
another superb study, i 'bigged up' you and your bicycle's in a comment to another lady from cambridge :)
April 14th, 2012  
Popular Page :)
April 15th, 2012  
great ideas !
April 15th, 2012  
Clever. I thought you had been processing odd words onto your photo. Very effective, and great cloning!
April 16th, 2012  
FAV!
April 16th, 2012  
Fabulous shot!
April 18th, 2012  
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