Ambushed!

Sometimes I'm engaged in taking one kind of photo when KERPOW! I'm ambushed by something quite different. Most recently I was taking photos of flowers in Christ's College gardens when I came upon a certain statue, then later I found a bas relief plaque. Here they are:

The one on the right is the image we normally have of Charles Darwin, familiar to British people at least as the man on the £10 note. But on the left is Darwin as a young man at Christ's College in 1831 when he was 22 and planning a field trip to Tenerife. He never made that journey as he had the opportunity to accompany Capt FitzRoy aboard The Beagle. 

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On another occasion I was wandering along by the River Cam photographing the University rowing races when it suddenly became darker as rain clouds rolled in, followed by the inevitable downpour. I walked briskly towards the railway bridge which was the only cover from the elements when I noticed....

....I just love the stoicism with which horses face (or more often turn their backs on) inclement weather.

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I thought I'd finished with photography for the afternoon and was thinking about doing my shopping when I saw...

... the look of determination on this woman as she swings her basket. I get the feeling that the market trader might have a hard time if the prices or quality aren't to her liking.

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Making my way to the E-luminate light show I put my lens up against a shop window. 

It's known as "The Haunted Bookshop" and though I can't detect a ghostly presence it does look as though it might have been hit by a particularly untidy poltergeist!

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Not the kind of image I was expecting when I ventured into a parish church but I rather like it:

....shadows as the sun strikes through the church window.

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Sometimes I just get the feeling that somebody's watching me...

Take care.

And watch out for ambushes.