West Cambridge Site

Development at West Cambridge has been on-going since the 1960s and planning permission was granted in 1999. This is one of regular visits to the site as it changes over the years. Their vision was and is to build a world-class, well-connected research and development environment that benefits Cambridge, the region and the UK and to maintain high standards in environmental sustainability across the site and sustainable travel methods to and from the site. Certainly it is a vibrant development with plenty of wild-life areas.

 

Early Morning Contrast in Cambridge

Beautiful light in Cambridge this morning as I walked in from the Park and Ride.

Light and Shape at Grafton Centre Cambridge

There are plans to demolish or adapt the Grafton Centre so we thought that, as part of our recording Cambridge project, we should photograph it as soon as possible. We visited yesterday on a bright morning and I got distracted from the main purpose of a historical record by the play of light and shade interacting with the strong architectural shapes. It seemed to work best in monochrome especially as the wide-angle adapter I was using on my Fuji X100V is soft at the edges and shows quite a lot of chromatic lens aberration. 

Cambridge Sun and Bikes

I had my Fuji compact fitted with a wide-angle lens attachment today on a trip into Cambridge and was attracted by the bright sunshine playing on the buildings and the cyclists coming through the spotlights. I extended this study to parked bicycles and a couple of other popular transport vehicles, the pink scooters  and the hired punts on the river.

Marathon Charities

As usual, there were lots of runners supporting various charities - the largest contingent was from Alzheimer's Research UK. The ladies with the toilets were raising money to replace outdated school facilities in Newport. Not sure about the Chicken or the Glitterball.