Dali-Bike. A fairly common scene in the cycling-strong city of Cambridge, England: two bikes carefully locked to railings at Great St. Mary's Church, but unfortunately going nowhere. I liked the August evening sun and the added contrast of the puddle following a rain shower. Taken with a new toy at the time – a Nikon 2200 2 megapixel camera which I'd brought to use as a diary camera, and for grabbing shots like this. In choosing it I deliberately kept the pixel count low so that I wouldn't be tempted to use it for 'serious' pictures (I have the D100 for that), but it was great value for money and produced well balanced images straight out of the box – ideal for on-screen viewing and the web. [How lumpy it seems just three years later, compared to today's svelte models].

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