Paving and legs

The shopping area of Gloucester Docks is known as Gloucester Quays, and like all such places it is tidy to a fault; there is a place for everything and everything is in its place (as the saying goes). This includes some of the exterior paving which is in shades of grey. That paving is the subject of my photograph. However, paving alone would have been boring so I included the manhole cover and the legs of a passer-by. This photograph, it should be noted, is a colour shot, not black and white.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Nikon Z 5

Gloucester - warehouse flats and narrow boats

Gloucester Quays is the fancy name given to the restoration of an area of Gloucester Docks. It includes a large shopping centre, places to eat, many flats (in converted warehouses as well as new-build), a college, ship repairers, museums etc. All this stands alongside the actual docks themselves which are home to sailing ships, motor boats and lots of narrow boats, virtually all being pleasure craft. The docks were originally built to connect the city to the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal and the River Severn, which they still do. However, their commercial purpose is no longer required and they have found a new purpose in the activities described above.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Olympus OMD E-M10

Reflected flats

I've long thought that photography helps you to see better. Not just in the way that you notice more, or how the mundane becomes more interesting, but also in the way that it can cause you to revise your perception. An example of the latter is exemplified by the photograph above. In taking this shot of new warehouse-style flats at Gloucester Quays I thought I was photographing a pair of mirrored buildings and their reflection. In fact, the buildings aren't perfectly mirrored - there are minor but significant details that prevent them being alike. And once you find one such difference you look for more. And then wonder why the architect did it that way.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Sony DSC-RX100