Showered

Showered. Arriving in London's Trafalgar Square just after 6:00pm one evening in early August, I was imme­diately attracted by the late afternoon sun shining through the spray of the fountains. Under the previous city administration photographers could be told off for taking pictures in Trafalgar Square – for reasons that no-one really could understand – but I shot seven or eight pics quite quickly, of which this was the last. The arrangement of the water droplets is a matter of chance of course, especially as there was some gusty wind, but I was pleased with the single drop in focus in front of the statue's chin. I presented the image as a 20-inch flush-mounted print, just like the old days. In competition, one judge loved it and marked it 20/20. A few weeks later another judge hated it and gave it 13/20, saying the right-hand quarter of the image should have been cropped to avoid the flare spot. That wouldn't work, and I like it as it is. I'll see if I can get it in an exhibition next year.

Technical: NIKON D300, f=200.0 mm, ISO320, 1/4000 sec @ f8.0

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