The interesting thing about these two riverside cottages is that their front doors have a lifted threshold to offer some protection against the recurring flood from the river just ten feet away across the towpath.
Because of rising water levels generally, the doors are now reduced in height to as little as 4 feet / 1.2M in the case of the green door and 5 feet / 1.5M for the black one. The green door, particularly, looks really cute because of this.
[ It wonât take an expert to realize that this is two photographs nudged together - although the two cottages are side-by-side. I just couldnât get far enough back for one shot with the 18mm (equivalent) : not without a boat ! ]
- AG
AFTERTHOUGHTS
Like all this stuff, there are so many decisions in an image before the 'final' result that still leaves a whole load more to mull over. My main objective was to get these 'square on' - rather like a builder's drawing might be - and yet I could stand only ten feet back while I watched those loooong shadows starting to disappear into the morning. On-screen, I did debate leaving the two pics side-by-side (as I often do) but they screamed to be joined together so I went for that. Yup, the turning corner on the right is an oddity but the whole street is one big delightful oddity when looked at closely !
Blending the two pics was done manually because there is, in fact, no overlap. The curious might like to know the join is just to the right of the downpipe. The rather crazy lines in the brickwork are not defects in the lens but the result of over 250 years of settlement and alterations. All part of the charm, I suppose.
- AG - May 13, 2006
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