#27 Use a Random Point Generator to pick the exact location where you make a photograph. — Alec Soth

This week’s 52 by 52 challenge was to use a Random Point Generator to determine where to take our photograph. Since I didn’t want to walk very far I had my random generator set to a destination within one mile of my flat. Maybe I shouldn’t have let my laziness take reign since I ended up being led to a destination in the middle of nowhere. ..

The coordinates of my random location was:

Latitude: 51°22′50″N   51.38053769

Longitude: 2°20′24″W   -2.33990834

Distance: 0.9137 mi  Bearing: 116.825°

I was a little skeptical when I saw on Google Maps that I was basically being led to a field…or abandoned warehouse…but out the flat I went with my camera. The weather today’s had somewhat of a split personality and within a one hour time span I witnessed beaming sun with bright blue skies to ominous grey clouds that were ready to dump a tidal wave of water over Bath to HAIL. The weather here definitely makes for some interesting picture-taking sessions but as someone who generally likes to stay dry when it’s cold out I just prayed to the weather gods to hold out until I was safely back within the walls of my flat.

I like the picture below because you can see the grey clouds starting to mask the beautiful sky but there’s a spot on the tree that shows evidence of the sun refusing to be overtaken.

You’re only supposed to submit one photo for the challenge but I also walked past this warehouse and decided to snap some shots because I liked the abandoned feeling the crates have given off.

And last but not least, I just like the framing of this one. I took this one as I walked back home and passed by an antiques store.

Until next week! Oh, the weather gods decided to spare me today 😉

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