The Backs - Kings College - Cambridge
by Mark Tisdale
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The Backs - Kings College - Cambridge
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Mark Tisdale
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Photograph - Photo
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It's interesting how you never quite know what you'll get when it comes to light. The skies during my visit to Cambridge were filled with clouds. This both made for picturesque skies as well as moments when the direct light of the sun was obscured. Moments before we passed the towering chapel at Kings College, the sun had been out, but just as we hit this point in our adventure of punting, the direct light was gone.
The result though is quite dramatic. I loved how the clouds in the sky almost perfectly outlined the tall spires of the chapel and the low roofs to the right. It felt as if the sky was framing the subject.
Meanwhile in the foreground, the languid waters of the River Cam were reflecting what the locals refer to simply as The Backs - that is the grand buildings of the University of Cambridge that face the water. Often the most imposing and beautiful sides of Cambridge.
I think we often forget how much our reliance on our modern roadways has changed the way we see and experience buildings. When water travel was the preferred way to get around, this, The Backs, would have actually been your first impression of that beautiful medieval architecture!
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September 14th, 2013
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