Daily Photo – One Night on The Esplanade

I took this one night on the Esplanade, when I set out on one of my little missions of chance – otherwise known as “wandering about hoping something interesting happens.” I do this from time to time, mostly as a personal creative challenge, or perhaps as an excuse to postpone doing anything more sensible. The light wasn’t ideal, but that’s often when the best surprises appear, if you’re patient – or slightly foolish – enough to look for them.

And before you ask, no, the lights along St Clair aren’t actually those colours. They’re the usual street lamps, those modern LED ones that bathe everything in a sort of sterile hospital glow. Once upon a time, they were sodium vapour and turned the place a cheery shade of orange, like the world’s largest baked bean. I decided to give them a bit of artistic encouragement,  a dash of colour and variation, just to see what might happen. After all, if the evening insists on being ordinary, you might as well give it a little nudge.