.
View through our windscreen on a rainy day; Membury Services, on the M4 in Berkshire; 1 June 2016.
Off eastwards to Berkshire to see a friend, with a (now habitual) stop in a motorway services for sustenance en route. It was a wet morning and, quite by chance, we parked opposite a red car. I blinked my way out of “driving mode”, looked around and this filled the view out in front of us.
This is very far from the first picture I’ve ever taken through a wet window, and I’m sure very far from the last too. For me, blur and softness have their place in images, wall to wall sharpness is not the be all and end all of things. Interestingly, this week’s edition of Amateur Photographer magazine (23 July 2016) is devoted to Sharpness, the Editor kicking things off with “Today’s photographers are obsessed with sharpness in a way that we never used to be.”. And he’s right. But, for me, its always the content of an image that comes first, and the technicalities second. However next week’s AP issue is all about blur – so that’s alright then!
Click onto this image to open a larger version in a separate window.
D700 with 24-120 Nikkor at 95mm; 800 ISO; Color Efex Pro 4.
.
.
.
FATman Photos 
Love this, Adrian – the blurry red, blue, and whites work wonderfully! I can see why it caught your eye.
Have had a Summer – and Spring – travelling around house-hunting and visiting family, and must say that service stations seem to have improved quite a bit. There’s one on the motorway up towards Gloucester which is different to the others – based around local farm produce and crafts. As you walk in, you’re greeted with freshly baked bread and other goodies! Makes travelling a bit less arduous.
LikeLike
What’s the name of that service station, might be worth a visit. Glad the pic appeals. A
LikeLike
Hi Adrian. It’s this one:
http://www.gloucesterservices.com/
Here’s a Telegraph article from last year about it:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/11577221/Is-this-the-best-motorway-service-station-in-the-UK.html
LikeLike
M, thanks for these details, will keep this in mind! Apols for lateness of this reply, just back from a few days in Cornwall, near St Ives. A 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Whilst I’m on here replying to your comments, darts has come on t’telly and you appear to be on it, Adrian Lewis. Surreal 🙂
LikeLike
I saw me on the darts too – a game that, long ago, and to the accompaniment of many, many excellent scotch malts, I was almost proficient at – but then I can’t remember it being played anywhere in Kenya, and that was the end to that! Surreal? Why yes, I know I am. 😉
LikeLiked by 1 person
I used to enjoy watching it, in the days of Eric Bristow, John Lowe, and Jocky Wilson, amazed at the way they could shoot accurate darts after consuming many many pints of beer 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Great shot, Adrian. An image is never far away
LikeLike
Glad you like it, Andy – thank you! Adrian
LikeLike
A happy one. Everything – blurred or sharp or even in between – has its place.
LikeLike
Absolutely! A 🙂
LikeLike
dreamy
LikeLike
Glad you like it, Daksha! A 🙂
LikeLike
This is wonderful. Thank you Adrian.
LikeLike
Thank you, Laura, thank you! A 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person