Phone Photography 18 - Perspective

I try and have a walk about 20 minutes after eating. It's good for the blood pressure, blood sugar, and digestion. It's also been beneficial in helping control my weight.

Earlier in the year I wandered along a local street which is unadopted. This means the local council never accepted responsibility for maintenance, and the residents of the street are responsible for the upkeep.

Without regular maintenance (expensive) patches of worn tarmac can quickly degrade and require repair (very expensive). Performing neither is the cheaper option, so long as your vehicle isn't damaged, or the degradation doesn't spread to affect your property.

It's a matter of perspective I suppose.

And that brings us to the picture above. It shows the top, level, part of the street where a large swathe of roadway has worn away to leave a hollow which becomes an impressive lake after some rainfall - which had happened the day before. Note how few vehicles are parked in the street.

Filming from so low to the ground in the early night gives some wonderful texture to the picture. The street light just above, the one along the street, and the clouds reflecting Plymouth's light pollution all work to convince the viewer this is not the deep darkness of a mid-evening in February.

text and picture by stuartcturnbull. picture taken on Samsung 22 Ultra