Thanks, Bob.
It is in fact Strand-on-the-Green, as you surmised. It's quite close to where I live. And yes, one vapour trail is unusual!
John
On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 22:45:19 +0100, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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.
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