Sometimes you have no idea what you will see. This is what makes wandering with a camera such fun. It also teaches any photographer to not only look but to see. Looking can uncover potential but seeing how you can create a photograph from it is another skill altogether.
This photo was taken five years ago during a visit to my brother and sister-in-law in Cardiff. We went for a walk around the Cardiff Bay area, a location much improved over recent years with the erection of a barrier, the inclusion of a marina and wildlife spaces as well as the usual luxury apartments and trendy eateries and coffee bars.
The sun was shining and it was the perfect day for photography buy it was while strolling past a metal fence that I noticed the reflections on the stone. Of course as soon as I moved to take the shot the sun dimmed and the reflection disappeared. Luckily it re-appeared a few minutes later and I got this shot. Abstract in nature and of no particular place it draws the eye at least partly because of the regular lines in the top of the picture and the more chaotic wriggles in the lower half.
A lucky observation? Maybe, but if I hadn't been seeing as well as just looking I would probably have missed it.... This is what makes incidental pictures such fun. The fact you have been able to create something from a moment that is fleeting.
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