John, I think it's an excellent picture, having walked & cycled through that type of tidal flooding many times. Where exactly is it? I suspect it's Strand-on-the-Green, or perhaps a bit further down towards Hammersmith, but I guess it could also be Twickenham.
I'm surprised there are so few vapour trails. -- Cheers, Bob > Thanks for your comments, and I agree with you to a large > extent. However, I'm still grappling with the purist thing > about how far one should go with excising troublesome objects > from a picture. > > This isn't a natural scene, and I'm not working for the > tourist board. > The river bank was turned into a towpath 200 years ago. The > gas lamp probably belongs to the 1870s. On the right, the > rich live in splendour. > Despite apearances, this is in the middle of the biggest city > in Europe. > > The sky above is always filled with vapour trails because the > river is on the flightpath into Heathrow airport. > > So, I think that in this crop, the vapour stays. However, I > will try a much tighter crop to focus on the wet slabs, as > you suggested.
